Last updated on 12 May 2026
Backstage Game is a serious (but not too serious) game that makes it possible toInitiate your students the management and conduct of projects by Immersing in a scenario that uses the tools and codes of the video game. That's quite a good idea.
A serious game is an activity that combines a "serious" intention of pedagogical type, with playful springs. Backstage Game is a model of its kind.
How to learn the project approach? This can be done in a classic way through books, courses and PowerPoints. But it can also be learned through practice. This is what Backstage Game designed to be a fun framework to convey the methods of project management and beyond the desire to undertake.
Backstage Game as the name suggests is in the form of a game.
The player will create a virtual avatar that aims to open a concert hall in his city. To succeed in this challenge, it will have to respond to missions organised in five main chapters: clarify their idea, take stock, draw up an action plan, conduct the project and finally evaluate it.
By advancing in the game, the young cultural entrepreneur will earn points that will allow him, among other things, to build the concert hall. Each action of the game contains lessons in decision-making and project management. Smart and efficient.
Backstage Game is played alone, but it is even better with several players.
This online video game can be played alone. It is free of charge. The youngster will follow the scenario proposed to him in a linear way from the development of the project to the inauguration of the concert hall. The daily duration of the game was limited to about twenty minutes and it took five to six hours to complete it.
But where Backstage Game takes its full interest is when it is used in collective mode and by mixing virtual and face-to-face. The game then becomes a great support for group work led by the teacher or trainer. It is up to him to alternate activities in front of the screen and off-screen exchange and sharing times. The conduct of projects accompanied in a way.
This pro function of Backstage makes it possible to highlight the importance of teamwork, collective intelligence and mutual assistance. It is also a way to accompany the transition from virtual to reality. After the virtual concert hall, why not propose to the young people to lead a very real project? A trip, a living room, a … newspaper
It's up to you now.
Backstage Game in its pro version is offered with everything necessary to enable you to host face-to-face teaching sessions. As a teacher, you will be able to create groups, start sessions, limit time, monitor players’ progress on your … interface. You will also have access to many resources: scenarios, pedagogical sequences, etc.
In the end, it is an excellent tool, combining play and concrete situations, which should easily win over your students, from middle school to senior high school, or young people on local missions or on integration journeys.
Do not rely on the name of the game, Backstage Game was designed in France, on the side of Lille, by the company Id6 which has associated many partners (Local Missions, Regional Council, CRIJ, … schools)
Backstage Game is free for solo use. The pro-teaching licence with an unlimited number of students, access to dedicated resources and EUR 99 support for a whole year.
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