Oikonopolis app for iPhone and iPad


4.1 ( 4101 ratings )
Games Education Educational Strategy
Developer: Innervative Learning Pte. Ltd.
Free
Current version: 1.4.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 07 Jan 2013
App size: 56.47 Mb

Awesome Economics Role-Playing Strategy Game.
Engage yourself in the thrill of learning Economics and financial management principles through this revolutionary educational gaming App.

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An OIKONOPOLIS game login is required to play.
If you are an educator, please get in touch at [email protected]
Limited-play Trial accounts can also be created at innervative.co/register
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A.D. 2115 - Fleets of space shuttles flee the ruins of Earth in search of a new home many light-years away. You are amongst the few lucky ones who survived and tasked with the important responsibility to create a city on a newly-discovered planet. More importantly, the people look to you to make key economic decisions on what to build and policies to put in place to steer your economy to greater heights.

Oikonopolis constantly challenges you to steer your city through the economic cycle, reacting to events or crisis situations, eventually emerging as an Economic Powerhouse.

Designed with Experiential Learning as the key pedagogical approach, learning is stimulated through bringing you a series of exciting challenges, effecting learning of an important and complex subject.

Features:
• Learn basic economic concepts through engaging storyline
• Put your resource management skills to the test with realistic (and adaptive) building features
• Enhance your city’s capabilities through technological advancement and R&D
• Implement Fiscal / Monetary Policy with simulations to guide you on the effect of your actions
• React to real-life events and steer your economy out of potential crisis
• Think you have done a good job? Monitor the economic performance and satisfaction level of your city
• Reinforce your understanding by acing the quizzes
• Compare with your friends – spy on their cities and outwit them on the leaderboard


Key Economic Topics Covered:
• Role of Money
• Factors of Production
• Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns
• Production Possibilities Frontier
• Demand & Supply
• Public Goods
• Human Capital & Technology
• Trade & Comparative Advantage
• Fiscal Policy
• Monetary Policy
• Macroeconomic Indicators (Inflation, GDP Growth, Employment)
• Business Cycles


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