Cartorik - A Gamified Experience of German-French History

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Cartorik

In collaboration with the DFJW, Cartorik lets young people explore the varied Franco-German relationship through the last 150 years in an interactive gamified experience.

An interactive gamified experience rethinking how to learn about the French-/German friendship.

In close collaboration with the “Deutsch-Französisches Jugendwerk” (DFJW) we created an interactive experience highlighting the major historic points of interest of the Franco-German relationship.

Based on the meticulous work of historians, users discover more than 60 places and 2 centuries of relationship between the two countries.

The stories are told in bite size "chapters" and enriched by interactive gamification elements like quizzes, chats and "fill-in-the-blanks"

Cartorik was demoed for Presidents Macron and Steinmeier during the official state visit to Germany in 2024. We heard they liked it a lot ;)

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Impact and KPIs of the Cartorik experience

The experience has quickly and succcessfully grown in content depth and target group focus.

Points of interest

Cartorik includes more than 60 POIs to interact and learn from.

60+

Time periods

The map and locations refer to 2 centuries and 6 different time periods.

Countries involved

Discover history and content around the worlds.

10+

Target group

Created for mobile first audience

16+

A vibrant and interactive user experience

Weve put a lot of effort into the navigation and experience that Cartorik provides by working on a smooth and optimized navigation on the map. Complemented by a variety of UI animations to create the best possible user experience.

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Finding the future of education: we developed a modular and flexible system of micro gamifications throughout the experience. This lets Editors precisely control and shape the story of each location, from sobering and serious to beautiful and fun.

Interactive and personalized routes

The Routes lets users gather and explore multiple points of interest from various historical periods, location and topics all in one seamless journey. They are constantly updated and personalized by the Cartorik team.