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High School Story

Mindprint Rating

Tags

Standardized Test Prep All Ages iOS App

Skills

Flexible Thinking Organization

Mindprint Expert Review

Pros

  • Game has no end.
  • Students must use imagination, planning, and problem solving skills when making decisions about their school.

Considerations

  • Moving characters and arrows may be overwhelming for students with visual weaknesses.
  • Concerned parents should understand the app encourages negative social stereotyping and questionable behavior.
  • Limited educational value.

Mindprint Expert Review

This app has limited educational value and questionable content. The players assume the role of a high school student with the task of creating a new school by purchasing buildings from the virtual store and recruiting new students. Students are described as “nerds,” “jocks,” or “preps,” and you can earn coins by recruiting them by “partying” and “hanging out.” Players control the student body, go on dates, set up friends and decide what the characters will say “I pick truth; I pick dare; I pick just making out.” “You’re pretty.” There is negative stereotyping like "Whoa, you are trying to admit a nerd" and you need to buy nerds educational items like chemistry sets. The redeeming aspect is that characters level up by purchasing books and studying. As with other role playing games, there are elements of planning, strategy, problem solving, and imagination as users make choices about their school. However, the app's educational value is limited and may actually be detrimental to teaching children social values like accepting others and themselves.

Fun

Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
  • Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
  • Visually appealing to children in the target age range
  • Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
  • Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
  • Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
  • Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

Easy to Use

Understandable for children in the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Has a free or trial version
  • Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
  • Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
  • Student should be able to use independently after first use
  • Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
  • Multiple users can save a profile
  • Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
  • Can play without sound and not distract others
  • Students can save work between sessions
  • Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
  • Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
  • Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
  • Overall - Easy to use

Cognitive Concerns

May not be advisable for students with the following cognitive needs

  • Anxiety
  • Self-regulation
  • Social Awareness
  • Visual Discrimination
    • Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
    • Words used during activity can be too small or difficult to read
    • Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects

Manufacturer Description

Live high school your way!

5/5 "Out of all the iPhone games I've played, High School Story is easily the one with the most heart." - K. Alpert

5/5 "I'm way past my high school years... but this game is hands down one of the best games I have ever played." - Kaytumbear99

Meet All-Star classmates in all-new exclusive stories! Add them to the school of your dreams, filled with all your friends. Throw parties, go on dates, and recruit jocks, nerds, cheerleaders, and MANY MORE classmates to unlock their stories! Go on wild trips, take your team to the next level, and discover hundreds of other adventures!

- ADD SPECIAL CHARACTERS to your school, and unlock exclusive stories!
- THROW PARTIES to unlock over 30 characters!
- DATE your crush and play matchmaker for everyone at your school!
- BATTLE a rival high school in an evolving story, including a showdown at the Homecoming game, a science fair, a prank war, and more!
- PUT YOUR FRIENDS in the game and join them on adventures, dates, and parties!
- MAKE NEW FRIENDS and play their stories!
- BUILD your dream school and decorate it with everything from a half-pipe to a box of puppies!
- CUSTOMIZE your look and choose your clique!
- LEARN new vocabulary in fun mini-games!
- ENJOY tons of new content every week, including more characters, more stories, and more romance!

Please note that High School Story is completely free to play, but you can purchase some game items with real money. If you don’t want to use this feature, you can disable in-app purchases in your device’s settings.

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To our players:  Thank you for your passion.  Pixelberry is a firm believer that games can make a difference.  And you’ve proven they can.  

When we partnered with non-profits, like The Cybersmile Foundation, a cyberbullying non-profit, and the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) you responded with great enthusiasm.  Together, we’ve done some amazing things.
* Over 4 million players have learned more about cyberbullying.
* Over 30,000 players have visited NEDA's sites to learn more about eating disorders.
* And thousands of players have reached out to Cybersmile, often for help with bullying.

Thank you!  We really, sincerely appreciate your enthusiasm and support.

- The Pixelberry Team

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