A Better Tomorrow Kids

A Better Tomorrow Kids is a sustainability learning platform for Dutch primary schools, developed by companies from the Brainport region. They asked for a browser game that teaches kids aged 8 to 12 how to sort waste, as part of a wider curriculum on topics like water and energy. It had to run on desktop and tablet, embedded inside their learning platform and passing progress back to it.

Kids drag to aim a catapult and hold to charge their shot, trying to land each piece of trash in the right container. Instead of a physics engine I shaped the flight arcs by hand, so every throw feels predictable, and shot strength decides how deep into the scene the item lands, which gives the flat 2D art a sense of depth. Each level adds more kinds of trash and more containers, spaced further apart, so the platform can match the level to a child's age and skill. The art was made by a colleague, and I built the game.

The finished game has three levels and is embedded in the ABTK platform, which passes in the player's name and highscore and gets their score back at the end.

The game is live and used in primary schools across the Netherlands. What made this one stand out for me was knowing it would have a real, positive impact: it teaches kids about something that actually matters.