Winners Announced: Communication Video Games

Award-winning annual game design contest from the nonprofit Gaming Against Violence program challenged game designers to create non-violent video games about the importance of healthy communication for young people.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES, September 29, 2025 --

In recognition of the importance of strong communication skills for healthy relationships and thriving communities, an Atlanta-based charity challenged video game developers to create non-violent video games for teens that explore the meaning and importance of healthy communication for young people and their communities.

Through its Gaming Against Violence program, the nonprofit charity Jennifer Ann's Group has been producing prosocial video games for violence prevention since 2008. Past topics include consent, critical thinking, healthy relationships, resilience, and teen dating violence prevention. Gaming Against Violence is a Top-50 nonprofit program in the United States.

The winning teams of this year's game design challenge take home $10,000 in cash prizes. Announcing the winners of the 2025 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge:

FIRST PLACE
'Wasteland of Eloquence'
Team: 2Gen (Argentina)

SECOND PLACE
'Time to Explain!'
Team: falafelovore (France)

THIRD PLACE
'Fractured Home'
Team: Pawzzle Studios (Canada)

FOURTH PLACE (tie)
'Aboard the Erida'
Team: The Whole Circus (USA)

FOURTH PLACE (tie)
'Path to Peace'
Team: Misfit Adventure (USA)

QUOTE FROM THE GAMING AGAINST VIOLENC PROGRAM
"We continue to be amazed by the creativity of the non-violent video game ideas we receive from teams around the world. This year, we announced 16 Finalist Teams from 9 countries at the Games for Health Europe Conference in Eindhoven. We are pleased that the five winning games represent four different countries and that each team had its own creative vision of what a video game about healthy communication looks like. We are eager to share these uniquely engaging games with you when they are published."

Drew Crecente, Program Director, Gaming Against Violence

QUOTE FROM THE FIRST PLACE WINNING TEAM
"Our game was truly a two-generation effort - that's why we call ourselves the 2GEN Team. My daughter and I poured a lot of love and dedication into it. For us, games are a powerful way to inspire curiosity and learning, and we are thrilled that our very first visual novel has been recognized by Jennifer Ann's Group, an organization so committed to the well-being of children and young people. This award motivates us to keep creating experiences where fun and education go hand in hand, especially in such an important field as Communication. As the only Latin American team in the competition, this recognition is also a great personal pride."

ABOUT THE GAME DESIGN CHALLENGE AND WINNING GAMES
These video games encourage players to explore, examine, and evaluate the importance of communication for young people and their communities. Interactive video games are a uniquely compelling approach to engaging and empowering young people about complex issues.

Exploring nuanced concepts through video games has been shown to be more effective than traditional approaches to learning. Jennifer Ann's Group's use of intentionally designed prosocial video games through the Gaming Against Violence program is an evidence-based and award-winning approach to violence prevention.

Communication, like previous game themes about resilience, critical thinking, and social connectedness, is considered a protective factor against violence. Protective factors are
characteristics that may decrease the likelihood of young people experiencing or perpetrating violence in the face of trauma or adversity. (Source: CDC)

The communication games from this year's game design challenge focus on conflict resolution, fact-sharing, and healthy relationships. Through conflict resolution, players learn how to resolve differences peacefully by helping them see issues from a variety of perspectives. Fact-sharing
through games benefit local and global communities by teaching players how to effectively use communication strategies to overcome and prevent misinformation. Finally, developing strong communication skills help game players foster and maintain healthy relationships with their family, friends, and partners.

These new games about communication will undergo some additional development work before they are published. For more information about communication and the communication game design challenge please visit the contest website at https://Communicating.Games.

Further information about the nonprofit charity Jennifer Ann's Group and its violence prevention program are available at https://JenniferAnn.org and https://GamingAgainstViolence.org.

Jennifer Ann's Group
2554 Drew Valley Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30319 USA

Jennifer Ann's Group is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charity preventing teen dating violence since 2006. They have been instrumental in passing relevant legislation mandating teen dating violence awareness in schools and have produced dozens of prosocial video games that engage, educate,
and empower young people through their Gaming Against ViolenceTM program.

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