Welcome to Rapua, a platform dedicated to making it easy to create games for education in the real-world.
The name Rapua was given to the platform by the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago. It is a te reo Māori word that means to seek, to search, to find.
Rapua combines two platforms: The Amazing Trace, which I developed as part of my Master of Science Communication thesis at the University of Otago, and Te Rapua Hamu, which I built for the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago to support their vision.
I built Rapua to help educators and communicators create games that are engaging, educational, and accessible. 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 this platform free and open-source, and I am committed to keeping it that way. I also host Rapua with nominal fees to cover server costs. 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, contributing code, or by getting in touch and sharing how you use the platform.