Created as both an onsite installation and web game experience, Playing the President: FDR’s First Hundred Days is an educational game that puts you in the seat of Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the historical critical first 100 days of his presidency. Developed with students at the New York Historical Society, the game presents you with six policies decisions that FDR had to make alongside contemporary voices arguing for different positions. Players can explore how different decisions created loyalties and hostilities with different critical constituencies and how presidents deal with crises with the powers and limitations of their office.
Platform(s): Web, Museum Installation
Partners: New York Historical Society, New York Historic Teen Leader Program
Playmatics Role: Game design, programming, art, writing
You can see the installation as part of the New York Historical Society’s Meet the Presidents and the Oval Office at the New York Historical Society or check out the game on the web here.