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BURBANK, Calif., Oct. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Winners! The Venture Valley game team is excited to announce that our groundbreaking game, Venture Valley, has received winning recognition from the Serious Play Awards and the Tech & Learning Awards. Additionally, Venture Valley was a finalist in this summer’s GEE! Award in the ‘Informal Learning’ category and came in second place in the 11th International Educational Games Competition at the 17th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL23).

Serious Play ‘Gold’ Award for K-12 Education: Venture Valley has been honored with the ‘Gold’ Award in the K-12 Education category by the Serious Play Awards. This recognition highlights the game’s exceptional educational value, its ability to captivate and inspire students, and its impact on K-12 learning.
Tech & Learning Award for ‘Best Back-to-School Secondary’: Venture Valley has been named the ‘Best Back-to-School Secondary’ solution by Tech & Learning Awards. This prestigious accolade emphasizes Venture Valley’s effectiveness as a secondary education tool, particularly in preparing students for their academic journeys.
Venture Valley is a fast-paced business simulation game where players in a risk-free environment take on the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur. Venture Valley is available for free on PC and mobile (iOS and Android) with no in-app purchases or ads. The game was created by the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship, a 2023 Innovation Award winner from Jump$tart. These accolades represent a significant acknowledgment of Venture Valley‘s innovative approach of teaching financial literacy and entrepreneurship through fun and with a medium that that target market understands – video games.

“We couldn’t be more proud. Winning these prestigious awards and nominations speaks to the hard work the team has put into making Venture Valley an excellent and engaging way to accomplish the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship’s mission of encouraging entrepreneurship and making financial competence a reality for everyone,” stated the CEO of Singleton Foundation, Shelley Miles. “It is a reflection of our commitment to enhance and foster lifelong learning through innovative approaches.”

Venture Valley empowers young adults to build financial and business basics by capturing kids’ interest with a competitive esports-style multiplayer play. Players learn real financial and business skills as they grow their business from one small pet-walking enterprise to multiple businesses, including a drone factory, a dating app development firm, a robot manufacturer, and many more. Playing against others provides a fun outlet to compete with friends in positive ways while practicing financial skills and business concepts. Venture Valley also has a single-player campaign of 35 entertaining missions.


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It’s not all fun and games in Venture Valley, but we’ve been putting in the work to ensure a smooth gaming experience for all! Our Game Producers and Developers have been working hard on improving the Venture Valley player experience. Game Developers continue extensive testing, to find & fix various server and client bugs. They’ve made steady progress and continue to anticipate going live with the new servers within the next two weeks.

In the meantime if you are a student hungry to show off your talent, Join the NASEF X Venture Valley Entrepreneurship Beyond the Game™ Challenge! We’ve got hundreds of dollars in prizes and scholarship money so sign up now! https://www.nasef.org/venture-valley

Venture Valley Game, in collaboration with the Network of Academic and Scholastic Esports Federations (NASEF), today announced the upcoming Entrepreneurship Beyond the Game™ (BTG) Challenge, commencing in the Fall of 2023 for North American high school students. This innovative challenge harnesses NASEF's proficiency in scholastic esports and student competitions and combines it with the Venture Valley game, a fast-paced strategic business simulation available on mobile (iOS and Android) and PC (via Steam). Venture Valley is a visionary project of the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship, a nonprofit public benefit corporation.

The Venture Valley game is a fast-paced strategic business simulation available for FREE download on mobile (iOS and Android) and PC (via Steam).

Budding entrepreneurs start small in Venture Valley, with businesses like dog walking and, through expansion and investment, progress to own mini-golf courses, pizza parlors, hovercraft ride-sharing services, and more. Players learn practical financial and business concepts and terms, as well as the challenges of entrepreneurship. Strategy plays a vital role, as players can create a personalized deck of boost and adversity cards to enhance their enterprises or hinder competitors during gameplay.
Budding entrepreneurs start small in Venture Valley, with businesses like dog walking and, through expansion and investment, progress to own mini-golf courses, pizza parlors, hovercraft ride-sharing services, and more. Players learn practical financial and business concepts and terms, as well as the challenges of entrepreneurship. Strategy plays a vital role, as players can create a personalized deck of boost and adversity cards to enhance their enterprises or hinder competitors during gameplay.
It's free to join this Entrepreneurship challenge, where participants play the Venture Valley game and strive to create the most profitable companies and overcome business hurdles, with the aim of securing the top scores in Valuation, Revenue, and/or Sales. Upon achieving their objectives, participants will need to create a video showcasing their in-game learning experiences. Entries will be evaluated by NASEF based on a combination of players' scores and submitted videos. Winners will be eligible for valuable prizes including a grant to the submitting school/organization and an Amazon card as a scholarship to fund school supplies and school-related costs for the winning team/entrant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGp82ts1MzcVenture Valley is a multiplayer business-building game where you pit your business strategy against competitors. Build your businesses from scratch, and turn up the heat with a card playing system that lets you slam down Adversity or use Boost cards! Earn money and reinvest in your hustle by upgrading your HQ and show everyone who really runs the Valley.