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Program 02 · Educational games

Agro Defender

Educational tower defense that puts the player in charge of a Paraná farm, balancing production, profit, and environmental impact across waves of challenges.

Agenda 2030

Alignment with the 2030 Agenda

The game articulates two UN Sustainable Development Goals with grounding tied directly to what the student experiences match after match. Colors and titles follow the official UN palette. Keep this in sync with the pedagogical manifest in the agro-defender repository (src/config/pedagogy.ts).

ODS 12

Consumo e Produção Responsáveis

Assegurar padrões de produção e de consumo sustentáveis

The core of the gameplay is the tradeoff between basic towers (cheaper, degrade the environment) and sustainable ones (more expensive, preserve) — every match the player makes responsible-production choices in practice. The final seal weighs production × environmental impact.

Evidências no jogo

  • Seal mechanic (Green Gold, Silver, Bronze, or No Seal) rewards the balance between production and environment.
  • Wave 2 fact: "No-till planting reduces soil erosion by up to 90% compared to conventional planting" (IAPAR).
  • QuizScene questions about basic versus sustainable defense choices.

ODS 13

Ação contra a Mudança Global do Clima

Tomar medidas urgentes para combater a mudança climática e seus impactos

Enemies represent climatic and biological pressures (drought, flood, pests); sustainable defenses increase the farm's resilience. Pedagogical facts dispersed across waves cover climate change with official sources.

Evidências no jogo

  • Climate facts shown between waves (sources: SEEG, EMBRAPA, IDR-PR).
  • Enemies as a representation of climate impacts on Paraná agribusiness.
  • Quiz questions about the water cycle and food chain.

Open resource

A game to talk about sustainable agriculture

Agro Defender is free, requires no sign-up, and collects no personal data. It runs in any modern browser (desktop or mobile) and can be installed as an app. A match lasts between ten and twenty-five minutes.

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On mobile, we recommend adding to the home screen for the best experience.

BNCC

Audience and BNCC

The game's content is calibrated to the strands of the Brazilian National Common Curricular Base (BNCC) for Science and Geography in middle school.

Stage
Middle school (Ensino Fundamental II)
Curricular components
Science · Geography

Thematic strands covered

  • Water cycle
  • Biomes
  • Food chain
  • Family farming
  • Health and pesticides
  • Climate change
  • Native pollinators
  • Bioeconomy
  • Cooperativism
  • Consumption behavior

Programa

How to use it in class

  1. 01

    Introduce the scenario

    Before the match, open a conversation about agriculture in Paraná, monocultures, and biodiversity. Define what the group means by 'sustainable production'.

  2. 02

    Play in pairs

    Each pair plays a full match. Encourage discussion during gameplay: which towers to use? when to accept loss of production in exchange for lower impact?

  3. 03

    Share the final seal

    At the end, the game awards a seal (Green Gold, Silver, Bronze, No Seal) based on the balance between production and environment. Compare results and debate strategies.

Recurso

Quick facts

Platform
Modern browser (PWA, fullscreen on mobile)
Age range
Grades 6–9 (ages 11–14)
Duration
10 to 25 minutes per match
Identification
Anonymous — initials and school year
Ownership
CS Hub · use licensed to NCS (free for schools)

Curadoria

Pedagogical sources

Facts shown by the Agronomist between waves are curated from official Brazilian and international institutions.

  • CONAB
  • EMBRAPA
  • IDR-PR
  • IAPAR
  • ANA
  • ANVISA
  • MapBiomas
  • SEEG
  • IBGE
  • OCEPAR
  • FAO
  • INCRA

Realização

Credits

Concept, design, and technical direction by Prof. Guilherme Fonseca. Made available by NCS as educational material, under the ownership of CS Hub Tecnologia de Validação Ltda. For suggestions on classroom use or school partnerships, contact the team through the website's contact form.

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Direitos

Ownership and rights

The educational games are owned by CS Hub Tecnologia de Validação Ltda (CNPJ 64.407.447/0001-62, Londrina/PR), which grants NCS a license for institutional, educational, and training use. Use by schools and educators is free of charge. Authorship and technical direction: Prof. Guilherme Fonseca.