Story-driven
Messages, notifications, and tasks unfold in a recognizable desktop world.
A playful operating system for media literacy.
Learners aged 10–14 live through a school week as a digital citizen — chatting, browsing, making mistakes, and learning from the consequences.
Fake news
Phishing
AI
Cyberbullying
Passwords
Digital footprint
Playable on PCs and tablets 10" and larger.
MediaOS Desktop
What is MediaOS?
An interactive desktop simulation for education, with short episodes about misinformation, bullying, AI, and privacy.
Choice and consequence
Choices reveal outcomes and short insights, with Slim as a guide.
Safe practice
Everything runs in the browser. No accounts, no servers, no data — just play.
Who is it for?
MediaOS is designed for learners aged 10–14, in class or at home. It also works for parents and facilitators who want to explore online choices together.
Students
Learn to think critically and act safely online in a playful way.
Teachers
Ideal as a lesson starter or a deeper media literacy activity.
Parents
Opens conversation at home about online behavior and choices.
Teaching materials
The game is based on real media literacy lessons taught in primary school. The accompanying slides are freely available — useful as preparation or as a follow-up after playing.
Mediawijsheid — lesson slides
Topics: fake news, phishing, AI, cyberbullying, passwords, the cloud, and more.
No data. No account. Just play.
MediaOS runs entirely in the browser. No data is stored anywhere — not locally, not on a server. Perfect for classroom use without GDPR concerns.
No account needed
Play without signing up or providing an email address. Just open the link and go.
Nothing stored
No cookies, no tracking, no data on a server. What happens in the browser stays in the browser.
Open source & free
The source code is on GitLab. No licence, no subscription, no hidden costs.