With a grant from the Knight Foundation, a new video game out of Drexel University’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio (ESG) will help players better understand urban planning in Philadelphia.

Simulated Interactive Management of the City of Philadelphia (SIM-PHL) was one of seven projects selected among thousands of applications for funding from the Knight’s open data initiative.

With development led by educator and game designer Frank Lee and supported by Gossamer Games, a local game dev studio that got its start with Drexel’s game design lab, SIM-PHL is one of three Philadelphia projects to receive funding from this Knight funding. The others are Neighborhood-Led Permitting, a project to let residents know about construction in their neighborhoods, and Edit the City!, a South Street Headhouse District project allowing residents to help conceptualize what the area will look after COVID-19.

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