Low- to medium-income Americans are learning how to use credit cards responsibly from a new interactive video game created for a Boston-based not-for-profit organization called Doorway to Dreams (D2D Fund). Players of “Celebrity Calamity” earn kudos for timely payments and demerits for incurring dreaded late fees, within an entertaining game environment. “If you can’t manage debt, you can’t save,” says Nick Maynard, the organization’s director of innovation and new product development. Maynard is optimistic that the inviting 2D Flash game, developed by Enspire Learning Inc., in Austin, Texas, will benefit the most financially precarious segment of society. It is the first volume of a planned library of instructional games from D2D Fund dedicated to improving the financial literacy of struggling families.
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