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Featured · IT security

NNVO

IT security people understand — and actually use

Together with NNVO, we build interactive MicroGames that make IT security tangible. No dry rules — just recognisable situations where people make their own choices and immediately experience what works — and what does not.

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Featured · Disruption game

Maryland

Understanding disruption by experiencing it yourself

The Disruption Game helps players understand what happens when complex systems are disrupted. By playing, they feel the impact of their choices — insight that theory alone rarely delivers.

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Maritime supervision

NNVO

Practising choices in the reality of maritime supervision

Realistic scenarios from the field

For NNVO, we are building a learning environment where supervisors practise situations from their work. By making choices themselves and seeing the consequences, insight sticks — long after the session ends.

CO-wijzer

Studium

Making CO safety clear for everyone

Complex topics broken into clear steps

For CO-wijzer, we are developing new storylines and interactive MicroGames that turn complex safety knowledge into something people can grasp and apply in practice.

Refrigeration technology

21CC

Learning technology by experiencing it

Technical concepts grounded in concrete situations

Together with 21CC, we make refrigeration technology understandable by turning it into storylines and interactive MicroGames. Students learn not only what something is, but how and why it works.

Keerpunt

Wijkz

A card game that opens the conversation about money worries

A safe, low-threshold opening for a sensitive conversation

Together with welfare organisation Wijkz, Preludens designed the card game Keerpunt to make hidden poverty in The Hague discussable. A low-threshold game that encourages residents to share their story and seek help in time.

RiRa Heat Network Game

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Experiencing the heat transition by making choices together

Making the motivations of different actors visible

The Netherlands has to move away from natural gas, but choosing a heating solution is a complex interplay of factors and actors. The RiRa Heat Network Game makes those motivations and consequences visible by letting players make choices together.

The story of Maria

onITnow

Learning the USM method through the story of Maria

A recognisable storyline that makes workload and stress tangible

Maria works at a municipal service desk and is drowning in ever-new requests. Her search for calm and control is the heart of a MicroGame Story that introduces the USM method — learning through a recognisable story instead of dry theory.

Laws & Regulations refresher

NNVO

Keeping experienced operators sharp on laws and regulations

Challenging experience instead of repeating the basics

How do you keep experienced bridge and lock operators sharp in a field where the rules are constantly evolving? For NNVO, Preludens developed a refresher that challenges experience rather than re-teaching the basics.

Knowledge 24 April 2026

6 min

Learning starts in a safe play space

Psychological safety is not a soft culture topic — it is the foundation on which play, experimentation, and real behaviour change rest. Here is how to design that space deliberately.

Knowledge 11 February 2026

6 min

Two steps closer to serious games

Serious games are powerful tools for learning and change. With a solid preliminary phase and a card game, you bring serious gaming two steps closer — and make it smaller.

Knowledge 11 February 2026

3 min

The moment someone finds their game

Sooner or later, with every client, I see something shift in their eyes. As if a light switches on. That is when I know they have found their game.

Knowledge 12 June 2023

4 min

Game rules — the key to activation and connection

Play is present in every aspect of our lives. With a few well-considered rules you bring elements to life and encourage people to explore, play and start a conversation.

Knowledge 17 April 2023

6 min

Game Thinking — game design as a method for designing solutions

Play triggers behaviour change, and that is crucial for any successful transition. Game Thinking helps organisations align their transformations with the human scale.

Knowledge 14 July 2022

5 min

Find the Game — a game is hidden inside every transition

A game is already hidden inside every change. With the right guidance and method, finding that game matters more than designing new game mechanics. This is how Find the Game works.

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Stories that move teams forward

Projects, knowledge and depth

IT security people understand — and actually use

Understanding disruption by experiencing it yourself

Practising choices in the reality of maritime supervision

Making CO safety clear for everyone

Learning technology by experiencing it

A card game that opens the conversation about money worries

Experiencing the heat transition by making choices together

Learning the USM method through the story of Maria

Keeping experienced operators sharp on laws and regulations

Learning starts in a safe play space

Two steps closer to serious games

The moment someone finds their game

Game rules — the key to activation and connection

Game Thinking — game design as a method for designing solutions

Find the Game — a game is hidden inside every transition

Your story here?