The Prevention Arcade

Prevention
they'll
actually play.

Vive18 Arcade is a suite of skill-based games where the lesson is the gameplay. Each game carries a theme — everyday substances, opioids and brain science, protective factors and wellness — so whatever you're funded to teach, there's a level for it. Students just think they're playing.

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★ The Arcade ★

Four games.
Four ways to teach.

Each game is a vehicle for a different prevention need — so it maps to the grants and programs you already run. Unlock Shortcuts VS Skillsets free with one quick form, then see how the rest fit your students.

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★ Game 01 · Endless Runner · Jump / Duck
Shortcuts VS Skillsets
The easy way out isn't

An endless runner about making smart choices. One button to jump, one to duck — everything else is automatic. Speed keeps climbing, hazards keep coming, and the only way forward is through. No shortcuts to the finish.

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Skill Up School Pass
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★ Game 02 · Reflex Challenge
Skill Up
Build it. Don't fake it.

Sharpen your reflexes and level up in the next arcade challenge. Quick rounds, rising difficulty, and the same Vive18 truth underneath: real skill takes reps, not shortcuts.

Full Arcade
The Vive School Pass
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★ Game 03 · Wave Collector
The Vive
Catch it. Keep it. Pass it on.

A fresh arcade experience from Vive18. Protective factors rain down, hazards follow close behind. Catch what builds you, dodge what drains you, and see how long you can keep the vibe alive.

Full Arcade
Vive18 Squad School Pass · Beta
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★ Game 04 · Co-op Experience
Vive18 Squad
Better together

A co-op arcade experience from Vive18. Team up, make choices together, and build the kind of connection that protects. Currently in beta and rolling out to school-pass partners first.

Beta · Full Arcade
★ Built for Your Funding ★

One arcade.
Every prevention topic.

Got a grant for opioid education? Mental health and resilience? General substance prevention? Each game is themed to map to the funding you already hold — and we build new levels for whatever your community needs to cover.

Game
What it teaches
Built for
Shortcuts VS Skillsets
Everyday substances + refusal skills
General substance-prevention programs
Skill Up
Brain science + opioids & fentanyl
Opioid-settlement & opioid-grant initiatives; athletics & wellness
The Vive
Protective factors + mental wellness
SEL, mental-health & resilience funding
Vive18 Squad
Connection + peer support
Connectedness, peer leadership & school-climate programs

Don't see your topic? We build it.

Vaping, fentanyl, alcohol, social media, gambling — whatever your community is funded to address, we customize levels to fit. The game stays the same; the lesson inside it becomes yours.

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★ Why the Arcade ★

They don't notice
they're learning.

Students tune out the lecture and remember the game. So we hide the lesson inside the play. The arcade isn't a worksheet with a score — it's how we reinforce what students hear in a live Vive18 experience and keep that message alive long after the assembly ends.

Live Experience
01

It starts on stage.

A Vive18 speaking experience sparks the moment — a live, human story that gets students to feel something real and decide it matters.

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The Arcade
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Play keeps it alive.

The arcade reinforces that message between events. Students play because it's fun — and the lesson is built into the gameplay, so it lands without ever feeling like school.

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Content Platform
03

Learning that continues.

Every game plugs into the Vive18 Content Platform — a growing library of continuous learning, so the message compounds over a year instead of fading by Friday.

Why games make it stick

①

Play, not pressure

Attention is earned by fun, not demanded by a slide. Students lean in on their own — and you reach the ones a lecture never could.

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Repetition they enjoy

Games get replayed. Each session drives the same truth home a different way — and repetition is how memory forms, made painless by play.

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Consequences they feel

In a game you live the outcome instead of hearing about it. Felt beats told, every time — and it's what changes a choice in the real world.

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An identity they earn

Scores, badges, progress. Students build a self-image around smart choices, and that sticks far harder than anything on a handout.

And not every game is a runner. A reflex platformer trains focus and brain science; a choice-based game builds refusal skills; a co-op game teaches connection. The genre changes to fit the lesson — but the hidden learning is always the point.

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See it work.
Then bring it to your students.

Tell us a little about your program and we'll unlock Shortcuts VS Skillsets free — play the full game yourself, then we'll show you how the rest of the suite maps to your funding. Takes 20 seconds. No spam, ever.

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