Path Guard

About

Path Guard is an educational, visual novel-based interactive experience built to help players practice calm, deliberate decision-making during active shooter scenarios. The game emphasizes preparedness, making safe choices, and conducting after-action reflections rather than relying on shock or sensationalism. It’s ideal for children and teen audiences (7+), and was created with libraries and educators in mind.

**For the best experience, please use google chrome.

Key Features

• Choice-driven scenarios — multiple branching paths with realistic consequences (implied outcomes rather than graphic depiction).

• Debrief & learning moments — after key scenes you’ll get short, practical explanations of safer actions and why they matter.

• Accessible UI options — adjustable text size, high-contrast mode, and optional audio cues/subtitles.

• In-browser play — HTML5 build hosted on itch.io (no install required) so library PCs and tablets can run it easily.

• Save & replay — quick saves at checkpoints so players can try different strategies and learn from outcomes.

• Active Recall — Interactive quiz at the end designed to query a user's knowledge of active threat preparedness.