RePlay: Finding Zoe Free Online Video Game
RePlay Screenshots
RePlay Resources for Youth, Educators, and Parents
About the RePlay Project
Partnering Projects to Promote Healthy, Equal Relationships

RePlay: WINNER of Adobe-TechSoup "Show Your Impact" Design Contest, "Other" category, one of nearly 400 entries

TechSoup "Show Your Impact" Press Release, July 2008 (PDF, 27.8 KB)

RePlay: WINNER of global Changemakers contest, "Why Games Matter: A Prescription for Improving Health and Health Care", out of 74 entries from 13 countries

RePlay: one of 15 finalists of global Changemakers contest, "No Private Matter! Ending Abuse in Intimate & Family Relations", out of 243 entries from 46 countries

RePlay tells the story of two friends searching for their good friend Zoe. They have just heard sexist, stereotyping rumors about Zoe that lead them to conclude that she is caught up in an abusive relationship. On their search, the friends navigate through their neighborhood and are challenged with mini-games that encourage them to work together and be respectful, confident communicators. Success in these mini-games helps strengthen the two characters’ resiliency and better equip them to support Zoe once they find her. RePlay was developed in partnership between the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC) and Take Action Games. Take Action Games is a game developer well known for creating the popular online game, Darfur is Dying.

Printable RePlay posters (534 KB, JPG) in English and French

RePlay Resources for Youth, Educators, and Parents

NOTE: to order copies of these materials, go to the Publications Page.

RePlay Positive Video Game: Youth Stuff Zine

RePlay Tip Cards on Building Healthy, Equal Relationships for Girls and Boys

RePlay Positive Video Game Project: Handbooks for Parents and Educators

About the RePlay Project

The RePlay Positive Video Game Project is an initiative of METRAC, launched in September 2005. Its goal is to promote healthy, equal relationships amongst youth aged 8 to 14 through a casual online video game that challenges gender-based violence. Accessible written resources for educators, parents, and youth have been created as tools to accompany the videogame.

A literature review of best practices for video game design was completed and multiple focus groups were held with over 250 diverse youth aged 8 to 14 throughout the Province of Ontario. Youth communicated their game playing behaviours, ideas, and preferences, and this information was used to develop the game’s design. An Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee of diverse stakeholders, including educators and school board members, experts in technology and communications, community organizations, and child and youth workers, provided feedback and guidance for all stages of the project.

The RePlay Project was funded by the Ontario Women’s Directorate (Government of Ontario) and is one of many products designed as an integrated package of resources for the education and youth sectors through a partnership with METRAC, White Ribbon Campaign, Springtide Resources, and the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children.

For more info, contact METRAC's Outreach Manager at outreach@metrac.org or 416-392-4760.

RePlay Project Press Release September 2005 (PDF, 13.8 KB)
Creating a Violence Prevention Video Game: Literature Review and Research Summary for METRAC's RePlay Project (PDF, 203 KB)

White Ribbon Campaign in a Box Resource Kit (White Ribbon Campaign): this is a set of fully interactive exercises designed to help teach and promote healthy, equal relationships among boys and girls. It meets Ontario curriculum expectations and is specifically formulated for use in with kids from grades 5-8.

Tools for Change Website (Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children): this website is a comprehensive listing of resources that promote healthy, equal relationships, reviewed and critiqued using a strengths-based model. Each resource is matched to grade levels (3 -9) and the Ontario curriculum.

Roots of Equality Project (Springtide Resources): this is a partnership between Springtide Resources and The Elementary Teacher's Federation of Ontario to prevent violence against women and girls. It will reach all 65,000 elementary teachers in Ontario and thousands of parents and children.

Summary of Promoting Healthy, Equal Relationships Projects for Children and Youth, funded by the Government of Ontario (PDF, 496 KB)