Kia ora!

Welcome to Rapua, a platform dedicated to making it easy to create games for education in the real-world.

Rapua combines two platforms: The Amazing Trace, which I developed as part of my Master of Science Communication thesis at the University of Otago (you can explore my work on Resource-Efficient Games for Spatially-Located Learning), and Te Rapua Hamu, which I built for the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago to support their vision. You can learn more about me on my personal website, Nathan Hollows.

I believe that games can be a powerful tool for learning, capable of teaching complex concepts, engaging diverse audiences, and creating immersive, real-world educational experiences. To that end, I have made Rapua free for all educators and communicators forever. If you would like to contribute, there are three avenues: you can support the project financially with a one-time "Pay What You Can" contribution, with code contributions on Github, or by emailing and sharing how you use the platform.