Init2Winit is a gamified mobile application designed to promote college and career knowledge among adolescents. Init2Winit offers students multiple opportunities to explore college and career pathways using game tunnels; this tunnel play informs students’ understanding of how mis/aligned choices can have varying consequences for their future. Our study examines player performance in the career tunnel--where students attempt to align their educational expectations with chosen career pathways. Students earn points when their educational expectations are correctly aligned with their desired careers and expected salaries. Init2Winit was tested in Midwest urban and rural high schools using a sample of 186 high students. Results show that students who earned high alignment scores increased their college-going expectations. Subsequent game plays increased students’ alignment between college choices, career plans, and realistic salary projections.

Init2Winit是一个游戏化的移动应用程序，旨在促进青少年的大学和职业知识。Init2Winit为学生提供了使用游戏隧道探索大学和职业道路的多种机会。这种隧道游戏可以让学生了解错误/对齐的选择如何对其未来产生不同的影响。我们的研究检查了球员在职业生涯中的表现-学生试图将他们的教育期望与所选的职业道路保持一致。当他们的教育期望与他们期望的职业和期望的薪水正确匹配时，学生就可以获得积分。Init2Winit在中西部城市和农村的高中进行了测试，使用了186名高中生的样本。结果显示，获得较高结对成绩的学生提高了他们的大学期望。