Splash screen shot

Privacy Pirates is an interactive educational quiz on online privacy for children between the ages of 5 and 8. It’s a tool to introduce children to the concept of online privacy and help them distinguish between information that is appropriate to give out and information better kept private. One of the other major goals of this project was to encourage children to seek guidance from their parents or teachers if they are unsure of anything online.

The players unlocked pieces of this map every time they made the right decision.

In Privacy Pirates children attempt to assemble a map leading to a pirate treasure (introducing the idea that information has value). In doing so they encounter a variety of situations in which they will be asked to give up information: making the correct choices – based both on the information they’re being asked to give and the context in which they are being asked – will be rewarded with an additional piece of the map.

This project is an initiative from a Canadian non-profit organization, Media Awareness Network, that has been a pioneer in the development of digital media literacy programs.

My Role: I created all pirate characters and the wise old mentor in their various environments for the project along with the child friendly UI design. I tried some simple Flash animations as well.