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Notes from the virtual Lion City.

Stories and lessons from five years of building virtual worlds for Singapore — launched August 2026 as a retrospective archive of our projects since 2021.

The Presence Gap: Why Institutions Struggle to Reach Young People

Singapore has near-universal internet access, yet public institutions still struggle to reach the young. The divide isn't access — it's presence.

Five Design Principles for Educational Games That Don't Feel Educational

After five years and millions of plays across government projects, here's what we've learned about making learning games people actually play.

The Virtual CMPB: Walk Into NS Before You Walk Into NS

As the new Central Manpower Base officially opened in October 2025, its virtual twin landed in TD@Singverse — a one-stop hub for pre-enlistees to explore their NS journey.

ScamWISE Squad: Anti-Scam Education People Choose to Play

Supported by Google.org's US$2M SG ScamWISE grant with Bamboo Builders, ScamWISE Squad turns scam prevention into an interactive story.

ACMverse: Bringing a Museum into the Metaverse

For the Asian Civilisations Museum's Let's Play! exhibition, we built one of the region's first virtual museums — where playing onsite unlocks rewards.

Why Real Brands Are Driving Into Singverse

From Malaysian coachbuilder Gemilang to private operator A&S Transit, real transport brands are recreating their fleets in Singapore's virtual world.

TD@Singverse: Gamifying All Six Pillars of Total Defence

Built with MINDEF for Total Defence 40, TD@Singverse turned national resilience education into mini-games — and earned a mention in Parliament.

Gamified CPR-AED: Teaching Lifesaving Inside a Game

In Singverse, any player can respond when a casualty collapses — guided step-by-step from checking for danger to following the AED.

Mata-verse: What 4 Million Players in One Year Taught Us

The Singapore Police Force's first venture into the metaverse drew 4.4 million players in twelve months. Here's why it worked.

Building Singverse: A 1:1 Digital Twin of Singapore on Roblox

Expressways with real exit signs, Lau Pa Sat, Changi Airport, and jobs from bus captain to police officer — how we recreated Singapore as a playable world.

Career Simulation for the Digital and Intelligence Service

How do you show trainees what a cyber defence career feels like? For the SAF's fourth service, we built a role simulation they could play.

The UBS Digital Office: Corporate Workplaces in Virtual Worlds

For the UBS Tech Summit 2022, Finute recreated the bank's Singapore office as a virtual workplace — an early experiment in the corporate metaverse.

Three Years as the Official Virtual World of the National Day Parade

From 2022 to 2024, Finute built the official NDP virtual experiences with MINDEF — flying F-16s, Red Lions jumps and over 200,000 participants.

Vanda Bay: How a Cancelled Parade Became Singapore's First Virtual NDP

When COVID-19 postponed the 2021 National Day Parade, a five-person student team built a virtual one — and reached #1 on the App Store.

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