Checkride: Turning Study Material into Playable Decision Training

The goal with Checkride is simple: make aviation decision-making more interactive, memorable, and repeatable than a document ever could. ## The Design Shift Instead of presenting study content as a list of facts, Checkride frames it as a sequence of scenarios. Each scene is built around a judgment call, a procedural choice, or an ADM problem where the player has to think through consequences instead of just recalling information. ## Why It Works as a Game Games are good at presenting context, pressure, and outcomes. That makes them a natural fit for training. In Checkride, the useful part isn't just whether the player gets the answer right — it's how the structure encourages reflection, review, and repeated exposure to the right kind of thinking. ## Current Focus The current work is on branching scene structure, debrief flow, and progression. The prototype needs to make each scenario feel meaningful while still being lightweight enough to iterate quickly. ## Looking Ahead As the foundation gets stronger, the prototype can expand into more oral-style scenarios, more in-flight judgment moments, and better scoring feedback that mirrors the kind of debrief players actually need.