Gaffe Game

Ballarat Social Innovators 2025

March 2025

By Macral, Sully, Oscar, Matthew

Balancing work and life can be challenging, but what if you could turn it into a game? Gaffe Game is an engaging way to develop responsibility and time management skills.

The game challenges players to complete various work-based and life-based tasks. Each completed task earns a token, which is placed in a container. At the end of the week, if the player successfully balances their containers, they receive a reward—such as a well-earned day off.

To trial this idea, the team will implement a reward-based system for Year 9 students, where they earn marbles for positive actions. These marbles are placed into the Gaffe Game machine, giving students the opportunity to unlock exciting incentives.

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