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The Renaissance Game

An AI-powered flowchart learning experience that brings Renaissance history to life through interactive storytelling, adaptive scenarios, and educational puzzles.

AI-Powered Choose Your Own Adventure Educational Gaming Adaptive Learning
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Standalone demo • Part of the Leonardo da Vinci Web Companion

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What Is The Renaissance Game?

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Flowchart-Style Gameplay

Inspired by classic "Choose Your Own Adventure" games from the 1970s, the game presents branching narratives where every decision shapes your journey through Renaissance Italy.

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AI-Powered Scenarios

Each scene is dynamically generated or adapted using AI, ensuring unique experiences and educational content that responds to player choices and learning patterns.

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Historical Authenticity

Explore art galleries, solve scientific puzzles, and interact with historical figures, all grounded in curated Renaissance content and cultural context.

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Educational Purpose

Designed for bilingual educators and students, the game demonstrates how AI can transform historical learning into an engaging, interactive experience.

Technical Implementation

A showcase of AI integration in educational game design

Game Engine

  • • Node.js backend
  • • React frontend
  • • RESTful API
  • • JSON data structure

AI Integration

  • • Scene generation
  • • Adaptive responses
  • • Content validation
  • • Puzzle creation

Educational Design

  • • Branching narratives
  • • Historical accuracy
  • • Cultural context
  • • Learning objectives

Game Data Structure

📁 renaissance-game/
├── 📄 story_graph_v1.json (branching narrative structure)
├── 📄 art_gallery.json (Renaissance artworks & context)
├── 📄 puzzles.json (scientific puzzles & solutions)
└── 📄 world_bible_renaissance_v1.json (historical content database)

Why This Project Matters

This game demonstrates how simple, proven game mechanics from the past can be enhanced with modern AI to create engaging educational experiences without overwhelming complexity.

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Bridging Past and Future

By taking the beloved flowchart game format from the 1970s and infusing it with AI-powered content generation, this project shows that innovation isn't always about reinventing the wheel, sometimes it's about making timeless ideas more accessible and adaptable.

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." — Alan Kay

Ready to Experience It?

Play the full Renaissance Game as part of the Leonardo da Vinci Web Companion