The NeighborMood

What The NeighborMood is

The NeighborMood is an educational video game from FoolProof and DotDotFire that teaches children to question money and wellbeing decisions and consider how poor choices affect real life. Players take the role of Ali, a high school senior balancing school, work and social life while making financial choices. A tutorial introduces researching decisions, reading fine print, impulse buying, opportunity cost and evaluating job offers. Season 1 focuses on saving and financial safety, including high-fee services, payday lenders, phishing and disputing unauthorized transactions; Season 2 covers budgeting. The teaching guide lists Seasons 3 and 4 as coming soon. In-game tools include BankSafe for checking balances, transferring money and monitoring transactions, and Froggle, a search engine. Teaching materials provide lesson objectives, classroom discussion prompts, evaluation notes and activities for remote or home learning. The game includes budgeting and credit lessons, financial simulations and guided practice. It is described as free and commercial-free, with no hidden agenda, and is available on Android, iOS and the web.