The Power of Serious Games with Involv

Sustainable Pathways

sustainability workshops
Mar 28, 2025
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If you've ever tried to run a workshop and felt it didn’t quite land, maybe the ideas didn’t stick, or the energy faded fast, you’re not alone. That’s exactly why we created Involv.

Involv is a platform built to help facilitators deliver immersive, decision-based workshops that spark engagement, curiosity, and action. It’s a serious games platform designed for real-world thinking, group learning, and collaborative problem-solving.

What is Involv?

At its core, Involv is a facilitation tool for running high-impact workshops using interactive decision-making games. Each game presents participants with realistic scenarios where they must discuss, choose, and act on decisions as a team.

Rather than clicking through slides, facilitators guide their group through a structured series of rounds, some narrative, some interactive, and others built around challenge and consequence. This creates space for dialogue, critical thinking, and reflection.

Screenshot from The Sustainability Ward

Why It Works

Serious games work because they draw people into real-world thinking in a safe, collaborative way. With Involv, participants aren’t passive attendees, they’re active players in a shared learning journey.

This approach builds:

  • Stronger engagement – people connect more when they have to make decisions together
  • Deeper learning – abstract ideas become concrete through applied choices
  • Better reflection – the outcomes of each round prompt discussion and insight
  • Practical takeaways – what you learn in-game can be applied in the real world

Screenshot from The Sustainability Ward

What’s Available Now?

Right now, Involv hosts six games, each varying in length, complexity, and topic, from sustainability to leadership, systems thinking to social impact. We’re continuing to build and refine more content all the time.

There are currently 7 games available on the platform (more coming soon)

How the Credit System Works

To keep things simple, we’ve introduced a credit-based system for accessing games on Involv. Each game is assigned a credit value based on its depth, length, and complexity.

When you sign up, you’ll receive 3 credits to try out a few games and get a feel for how the platform works. After that, if you want to keep exploring or use Involv in your own facilitation work, you can easily purchase additional credits.

We’ve chosen this model to make the platform as fair and accessible as possible, not only for users, but also for the creators who build the games. The credit system helps ensure that creators are fairly reimbursed for their work while.

Want to Build Your Own Game?

We’re opening up this approach to collaborators. If you’ve got an idea for a game, or want to create a workshop experience that sticks, get in touch. We’d love to support you in turning that idea into something playable and powerful.

Involv is for facilitators, trainers, educators, and changemakers who want to run workshops that people actually remember.

Because when people are involved, people learn.