(28) Silent Lights – Playful solution for light pollution
Published in Games and Learning Alliance: 14th International Conference (GALA 2025), 2025
Silent Lights is an educational game designed to raise awareness and foster understanding of light pollution as well as its ecological and societal impacts. Aimed primarily at K-12 students but suitable for broader audiences, the game integrates scientific learning with interactive exploration. Players take on the role of a city employee tasked with optimizing an urban lighting system, balancing ecological preservation and economic efficiency. Through experimentation, feedback, and problem-solving, they learn how different lighting parameters can affect species, ecosystems, and sustainability goals. By simulating real-world trade-offs, Silent Lights aims at promoting systems thinking, critical eflection, and responsible environmental decision-making in an engaging and playful format.
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Recommended citation: Ober, L., Huber, S. E., & Ninaus, M. (2025). In: Röpke, R., Risley, K. (eds.), GALA 2025 Games Competition & Exhibition - Book of Abstracts (pp. 45-47). University of Southampton Press.