Common Ground

Learning focus: Well-being beyond constant pleasant feeling Resilience and supportive conditions Gratitude and research design Six virtue categories Posttraumatic growth without compulsory positivity

1. Use after introducing the topic, or pause to explain unfamiliar ideas during play. These activities do not replace the course instruction.
2. Have students read the feedback and give a reason for a move. Correcting a mistake is part of the work.
3. Use the keyboard or on-screen controls to move. Clicking a person also walks the character to the conversation. Three leads and a main challenge lead to each new chapter.
4. Review the written checkpoints. The game checks that a note is present; it does not automatically grade the student’s reasoning.
5. Download a save for shared devices or another browser. Keep names and personal health details out of the notes.

Suggested play time: Allow about five minutes to enter the world, 10–15 minutes per chapter for exploring, testing, and writing, and another 10 minutes to compare explanations. This gives a 55–75 minute starting estimate; readers and discussion groups may need longer.

Model limits: Original educational fiction. Decisions and resource scores are simplified game rules, not psychological measurements. Students are research and education staff; this is not diagnosis, treatment, or a personality assessment. Four levels are a 45–75-minute planning estimate, not a tested minimum.