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Jennifer Ann's Group
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NGO preventing teen dating violence. Our Gaming Against Violence program empowers adolescents through intentionally designed bespoke prosocial games.

🦣 Follow on Mastodon: games.ngo/@stopTDV
🕹️ Gaming Against Violence: linktr.ee/gamingagainstviolence
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🎃 For #Halloween and #DVAM we offer a short quiz:

🧛🏽 "What kind of monster is your boyfriend?"

🌐 jagga.me/monster/inde...
'What kind of Monster is your boyfriend?' A caricature of the vampire from the Twlight series stands next to this text. "Your boyfriend is: 0% Abusive 80% Vampire [HIGHLIGHTED] 10% Werewolf 20% Zombie "It is possible that your boyfriend is a VAMPIRE. Be sure to wear a garlic necklace at all times." Online quiz from: https://jagga.me/monster/index_en.html
October 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Announcing the winners of this year's game design challenge. Thank you to our panel of expert judges & congratulations to the winning teams!

Link to press release w/ screenshots: drive.google.com/file/d/143Fx...

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18th Annual Game Design Challenge 2025 Communication Games Winners (1st) Wasteland of Eloquence (2nd) Time to Explain! (3rd) Fractured Home (4th tie) Aboard the Erida (4th tie) Path to Peace Visit www.Communicating.Games for more information about these communication games and the importance of strong communication skills.
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Not sure where to share and hope this is okay here.

Two of our nonprofit org's free #educational games about #consent are de-indexed. We opened support tickets.

They are *not* adult games. We marked both games as "sensitive content" and "content warning" due to the subject matter.
Screenshots of two games: 'Stuck in a Dark Place', created by Another Kind, https://jag.itch.io/stuck-in-a-dark-place and 'A Thousand Cuts early edition', created by Elizabeth Ballou, https://jag.itch.io/a-thousand-cuts-early-edition. CW: These games include descriptions of sexual violence.
August 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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🥳 Finalists from 10 countries are submitting their communication games today!

🎮 Winning games announced in September.

🌐 communicating.games

#conflictresolution #factsharing #misinformation #healthyrelationships #communication #gamedev #indiegames #media #nonprofit #prevention #health
A graphic with text and a few images. At the top: COMMUNICATION GAMES created with a 3D-retro-font. Behind this text is a rounded background of purple. Below: On the left is a colorful cassette tape in colors of light blue, red, purple, and yellow. It has two strips of masking tape. Printed on the masking tape is 18th Annual Game Design Challenge. To the right of the cassette tape, three attributes with corresponding hand-drawn icons: Conflict resolution (with a peace-symbol); Fact sharing (with a checkmark); and Healthy relationships (with a heart). Below the cassette tape: Finalists from 10 countries are submitting their games today. The winning communication games will be announced in September. To the right of this text, a retro-game controller in colors of light blue, red, and yellow. Behind this controller is a solid circle of purple. At the bottom: A World Wide Web icon; next to it is https://Communicating.Games
July 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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We recently participated in an NIH funded study that focuses on abuse prevention in the lives of women.
The course we taught showcased our Gaming Against Violence program and illustrated the value and impact of thinking outside the box for violence prevention!
Learn more: www.project-tidal.org/home
July 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Congratulations to all of the Finalists for this year's game design challenge!

We were excited to make this announcement on March 31st at the fantastic Games for Health Europe Conference held in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

#gamedesign #gamedev #communication #publichealth #indiedev
Stage with a man standing at a podium with "Games for Health Europe". Behind him is a large screen: "Communication Games: Finalists for the 2025 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge" A four-by-four quadrant of sixteen finalists are listed: 2GEN Team (Argentina) CelleC Games (U.S.) CoLab (U.K.) DOTDOT (U.S.) Misfit Adventure (U.S.) Monkey Dori Team (India) Necther Louie (Phillippines) Pawzzle Studios (Canada) Story Tonic (U.S.) Unwise Tootsie (U.S.) The Whole Circus (U.S.) A.R. (Georgia) D.T. (India) F.Z. (Czech Republic) L.V. (France) S.H. (U.S.) At the botto of the screen: "Communication Game Design Challenge Website: www.communicating.games"
April 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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🆓 NO MORE Week 2025 #Tech Summit: Empowering or Endangering - Tech's Impact on Domestic and Sexual Violence

Our Founder will discuss our work in "From Innovation to Impact, Technology’s Potential to End Violence Against Women and Girls"

📆 March 4

Register now: events.zoom.us/ev/AgnWiOcoE...
NO MORE WEEK Tech Summit 2025
March 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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You may use this flyer to help us spread the word!

This is a low-res JPG. Click the link for a hi-res printable flyer.

🧡 Thank you for your help!

[printable PDF]
drive.google.com/file/d/1vvG4...

#gamedev #indiedev #videogame #edtech #publichealth #communication #teachers #prevention
1980s style flyer for a game design challenge. The colors are teal, purple, red, and yellow. The fonts are "laser" and "old typewriter" styles. At the top: "LAUNCHED!" A large cassette tape with masking tape. Printed on the tape: 18th Annual Game Design Challenge "What will you make this Spring?" "$10,000 in Prizes" "Submit your pitch by March 24th" "Visit the website for rules and registration." Communicating.Games "Gaming Against Violence is an evidence-based violence pregvention program form Jennifer Ann's Group." A line of text runs vertically along the left margin: "Video Games About Communication."
March 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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More details:

🔖 Rules - contest has two stages:
[1] submit a game pitch idea
[2] selected Finalists create their game
💰 Prizes: $10,000 (Finalists guaranteed at least $100)

😮 The 18th annual competition for our #nonprofit!

🌟 Help us reach #gamedevs who could envision & build such games.
1980's themed graphic promoting a game design challenge. Color, fonts, and graphics are reminiscent of the 1980s. A cassette tape covered with masking tape: 18th Annual Game Design Challenge Game Design Challenge: Video Games About Communication A gradient sun setting: $10,000 in prizes. Submit your game pitch by March 24th. Visit the website for rules and registration. https://Communicating.Games Gaming Against Violence is an evidence-based violence prevention program from Jennifer Ann's Group.
March 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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🎮 HONEYMOON
An award-winning #videogame for young people about healthy dating relationships.

▪️relatable dialogue & colorful artwork
▪️free / no ads / no tracking
▪️pilot tested in classrooms

Play in your browser:
🕸️ jag.itch.io/honeymoon

#TDVAM #publichealth #education #prevention #indiegame
A colorful illustration of two teenaged characters. On the left, is a young woman. To her right, is a young man. Behind them, are brightly colored homes. The game title "HONEYMOON" is overlayed this illustration.
February 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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VAWnet: resource center to prevent gender-based violence.

▪️As of two weeks ago, the site was up.

▪️Today, the site is not available.

We do not know why.

#genderviolence #domesticviolence #IPV #TDVAM #nonprofit #publichealth #prevention
Internet archive copy of the homepage for VAWnet.org. "A project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence" "Welcome to the new VAWnet.org, home to thousands of materials on gender-based violence and related issues." Screenshot of the current (Feb 5, 2025) website at vawnet.org. A blank screen with the following text: "The provided host name is not valid for this server."
February 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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🧡 February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month

(no proclamation from the White House this year - and there will not be one for the next 4 years)

#TDVAM #Prevention #PublicHealth
Proclamation on White House letterhead: "A Proclamation on National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, 2024 "During National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, we recommit to building a future where our Nation's young people can live free from violence, fear, and abuse."
February 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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🎉 Available now: 'The Orb of Harmony' a winning game about social #connectedness.

▪️ Free
▪️ No Ads
▪️ No Tracking

Early release: We'll be adding more content & you might encounter a bug or two!

⭐ Play in your browser on #itchio right now!

🌐 jag.itch.io/orb-of-harmony

#indiegame #nonprofit #itchio
A marketing image about the game 'The Orb of Harmony' is primarily shades of green with some brown. Most of the images and fonts are pixeled. The scene's focus is on a character on a bridge with two statues nearby. Blue water surrounds this scene. Trees, rocks, and stumps are on the banks of the water. "The Orb of Harmony" "A short game about connectedness."
January 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM