Simulator

Each scenario is one short conversation with a fictional adult. You see the scene and what she says and does, choose what to say or do, and see how she responds. Afterward a coach explains how well you read the evidence and sized your step.

How this works

Scenarios

New here? The first one listed is a good first run: it is the shortest.

Good first run

The melon display

Sunday morning at a neighborhood grocery store.

You are choosing a cantaloupe at the produce display, and the woman next to you has been tapping the same melons for a few minutes.

4 decisions · in person

Start The melon display

A third date: the river bench and the tram stop

Your third date with Elena.

A woman of twenty-nine on the third date of an evening that begins at dinner, goes on to a bench by the river and ends at the tram stop.

Up to 2 scenes, ending where the story ends · 6 decisions at most · in person

Start the series A third date: the river bench and the tram stop

Ana: from a story reply to the morning after coffee

Last Tuesday, at the climbing gym's social evening, you and Ana were on neighboring routes and talked for a few minutes between climbs.

A nurse in her early thirties who works mostly nights and climbs at the gym on Tuesday evenings.

Up to 4 scenes, ending where the story ends · 14 decisions at most · text and in person

Start the series Ana: from a story reply to the morning after coffee

Between songs

A community salsa social in a rented studio.

The beginner class rotated partners every few minutes, and you danced one song with Camila.

5 decisions · in person

Start Between songs

Coffee, then the Saturday market

A first meeting arranged by two mutual friends: coffee, then a walk through the Saturday market.

You have been with Leila for about forty minutes, and the talk has been easy.

5 decisions · in person

Start Coffee, then the Saturday market

Dinner with her friends

Four months in, you are having dinner with Priya and her two oldest friends, Kemi, 33, and Jo, 31, at a long table in a busy restaurant.

You are sitting side by side, and her hand is in yours under the table.

3 decisions · in person

Start Dinner with her friends

The community garden

Saturday work morning at the community garden.

A woman in her mid-thirties who runs the Saturday work mornings at the community garden.

2 scenes in order · 8 decisions · in person

Start the series The community garden

The crowded kitchen

Your friend Dev's housewarming, Saturday evening.

The apartment is loud and the kitchen is where everyone ends up.

5 decisions · in person

Start The crowded kitchen

The fifth teammate

Tuesday trivia night at a neighborhood café.

Your friend Marcus brought a coworker, Hana, to fill the fifth seat on your team.

5 decisions · in person

Start The fifth teammate

The shared table

Saturday afternoon in a bookshop café.

The only free seat was at a shared table, across from a woman reading a paperback.

5 decisions · in person

Start The shared table

Third Saturday at the coffee cart

Saturday morning after your neighborhood running club's loop around the park.

For the third week in a row you have ended up next to Aiko at the coffee cart, stretching and talking about the route.

5 decisions · in person

Start Third Saturday at the coffee cart