Eleven small games. Zero grades.

The shared rules

• Practice first. Every game opens with an untimed practice round, then a countdown into the scored run. You can pause or exit at any time.
• Keyboard play. Every control is a native keyboard-focusable button or option: Tab to move, Enter or Space to choose. File Sort additionally supports arrow keys plus Enter. Results are announced through a live region for screen readers, and reduced-motion preferences are respected.
• Retry policy. You can retry any game any time, and retries always count the same — a later run never penalizes an earlier one. Barrier Run invites replays to try other story paths.
• Strengths-first scoring. Summaries use plain bands (steady, strong, developing) and supports, never IQ-like numbers or percentiles. Signing in saves runs to your profile; guests can play everything.

Play them at the practice arcade.

The five core games

The original set: short, timed-or-untimed rehearsals of office and scheduling skills.

• File Sort

  Observes: sorting accuracy and steadiness — 12 files into 3 folders (Invoices, Schedules, Client Notes), timed at 3 minutes.

  Keyboard: click, tap, or arrow keys plus Enter.

  Retry: anytime; one practice round first.

• Inbox Sprint

  Observes: prioritization and caution — triage 8 mock messages (reply now, schedule, file, or flag), write one short reply from a sentence starter, and flag anything that looks like phishing. Flagging is always safe. Timed at 3 minutes.

  Keyboard: Tab through messages, Enter to choose an action.

  Retry: anytime; see also the phishing drill below.

• Focus Shift

  Observes: refocusing, not speed — match 10 symbol pairs while a scripted interruption appears partway through. What matters is what helps you refocus. Timed at 4 minutes.

  Keyboard: Tab to pairs, Enter to flip.

  Retry: anytime.

• Barrier Run

  Observes: situation navigation — a branching workday story (commute, shift swap, disclosure moment, tool failure). Every choice is valid. Untimed.

  Keyboard: Tab to choices, Enter to take a path.

  Retry: replay freely to try other paths.

• Schedule Juggle

  Observes: constraint planning — place 3 shifts and 1 training block on a 7-day grid around transport, medication, childcare, rest, and class constraints. Conflicts highlight with plain-language fixes, never red errors. Untimed.

  Keyboard: Tab across the grid, Enter to place or move a block.

  Retry: rearrange freely until the week fits.

Pack-2: front-desk and shift games

Three newer games about courtesy, punctuality, and tool safety.

• Front-Desk Hello

  Observes: phone courtesy plus listening and recall — greet 6 callers warmly and remember one detail from each call. Untimed.

  Keyboard: Tab to greeting options, Enter to answer.

  Retry: anytime; tip: answer with your name and workplace first.

• Shift Punch

  Observes: punctuality, time management, and recovery — punch 6 shift tasks inside their time windows, including one late-bus surprise with a grace window. Timed at 3 minutes.

  Keyboard: Tab to the punch button, Enter to punch.

  Retry: anytime; using the grace window well is itself the skill.

• Tool Crib

  Observes: task knowledge and safety awareness — match 8 jobs to the right tool and flag when safety gear is needed. When in doubt, flagging gear is always forgiven. Untimed.

  Keyboard: Tab to tools and gear flags, Enter to pick.

  Retry: anytime.

New from our crew

Two additions built alongside this guide. Anything marked pending-merge is described here so you know what is coming, and will link to its play page once it lands.

• Energy Budget

  Observes: pacing and recovery planning — fit a Mon–Fri week inside 12 energy tokens with work shifts, appointments, and protected rest. Over-budget days get kind plain-language notes, never red errors. Untimed.

  Keyboard: Tab across the week grid, Enter to place or remove a block.

  Retry: anytime; practice round first, scored run after.

• Resume Rescue pending-merge: play route

  Observes: attention to detail plus written communication — proofread 10 resume lines, spot the error on each (typo, vague verb, or missing number), then pick the professional rewrite from 3 options. The game component is landed with the same intro, practice, countdown, run, and results phases as its siblings; its play route is still merging.

  Keyboard: Tab to spot options and rewrites, Enter to choose; reduced-motion respected, results announced live.

  Retry: anytime once the route lands, same as every game.

• Inbox Drill pending-merge

  Observes: phishing judgment — a 12-scenario drill expanding Inbox Sprint, purely additive: the drill lives on its own page and never changes the original game. Its data lib and drill page are still merging.

  Keyboard: same Tab plus Enter pattern as Inbox Sprint.

  Retry: anytime once landed; flagging is always safe.