Life$im (T2 Play for Awareness)

Learn money by living it, play real-life financial scenarios, make choices, earn XP, and build smarter habits for the future.

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Inspiration

  • Inspired through the gap built between real-life financial decisions and how people actually learn through play, experimentation, and feedback rather than lecturers. We also asked around some of our lecturers and parents and all shared mutual concern lacking financial knowledge in their early years of adulting.

What it does

  • Life$im is a gamified financial simulation app that lets users experience real-life money decisions in a risk-free environment. Users learn through interactive scenarios, quizzes, and rewards that build financial awareness and confidence. An AI advisor provides guidance and feedback to help users make smarter financial choices over time.

Thought process to building it

Define problem + target users (students/young adults) and the learning goals (budgeting, saving, debt, planning)

  • Break features into epics: Simulation, Quizzes/XP, AI advisor, Profile/Progress, Admin content
  • Write user stories + acceptance criteria; prioritize with MoSCoW for an MVP
  • Design user flow + wireframes (onboarding → choose scenario → decide → feedback → quiz → XP/progress)
  • Create data model (users, scenarios, choices, outcomes, quiz questions, XP/levels, badges, logs)
  • Build UI screens (home, scenario player, decision screens, quiz, results, progress dashboard)
  • Implement game logic (choice branching, scoring, XP rewards, penalties, difficulty scaling)

Challenges we ran into

  1. Translating real-life finances into gameplay Real financial decisions are complex and interconnected. We had to simplify scenarios without losing realism or educational value.
  2. Balancing fun and learning Too much education felt boring, while too much game logic risked losing learning outcomes. Finding the right balance between engagement and awareness was challenging.

What's next for Life$im

  • What’s next for Life$im is expanding the experience beyond early adulthood by adding more life stages such as family planning and retirement, allowing users to explore long-term financial decisions in a realistic way. Deeper personalization will tailor scenarios, difficulty, and AI guidance to individual goals and behaviors. In addition, new progress insights will provide analytics and reflective feedback, helping users understand their financial habits and make better decisions over time.

Built With

  • chatgpt
  • prosperpath
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