Games

Steady the Scale

Tilt your phone to hold it steady — then pick who can really fix it.

Skill this builds: Choose which part of government can stop a specific unfair action, and predict who has to act to fix it.
About: About 6 minutes · Standards: C3, NCSS · Plays offline

One group starts pulling the scale their way. Tilt your phone the other direction to hold it — but tilting only buys you time. Pick the right helper and the problem goes away for good.

Playing as

Your Beacon

Change

Motion control

No tilt? The ← and → buttons and the arrow keys do exactly the same thing. Nothing is locked.

No motion sensor here

Tilt is used right on your device to move the picture. It is never saved, never sent anywhere, and never connected to you.

Event 1 of 6

Executive branch is pulling

Holding.

The President wants to spend money that Congress never agreed to spend.

Which check actually answers this?

The point

Holding the scale by tilting was tiring, right? That's on purpose. Complaining takes a lot of energy and doesn't fix much. Knowing exactly who can fix it takes one move.