Better Together

The game

Two kids have the house to themselves for one weekend. Your parents are gone until Sunday, and they expect a completed list when they're back. Shared with a screen and 2D; a level is two days and two nights. The whole list goes up on the fridge at the start of the weekend, cooking, dishes, vacuuming, laundry, the plants, the dog, and the two of you decide how to split it across the two days. Certain chores need two people. Every action burns energy, and eating, resting and going outside are the only ways to get it back. Night falls whether you're done or not. If one player fails, you both fail.

The two skills it teaches

Time management. The list is a vehicle to mastering it in a fun way. You can see all of it from the start, so planning is the game: what gets done today, what waits until tomorrow, and who takes what. Nothing costs you points,it costs you hours, and how many you get is decided by how you spent the last ones.

Caregiving. You see your partner's meters as well as your own, and one of you can cook while the other works. Noticing someone else running down and spending your own hours on them is the second skill.

Controls

Player 1: Press Spacebar to join; use WASD for movement and E to interact with objects in the scene.

Player 2: Press Right Shift to join; use the arrow keys for movement and Right Shift to interact with objects in the scene.