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Healthy food alternatives, as well as the impact of food items on the environment, are often overlooked when grocery shopping. The lack of education and missing early contact with these topics in childhood are major contributing factors. We want to take a closer look at a balanced diet and the environmental impact of food production based on the literature and an interview conducted with a representative of German farmers. This will lay the foundation for a Serious Game targeting children between 9 and 12 years old. As teaching content, the Nutri-Score and healthy recipes combined with topics such as regionality, seasonality as well as water and CO2-eq. Footprint will be included in a child-friendly representation in the form of a farming simulation called ‘Tommi’. Game mechanics include scanning real food items via barcodes and physical game cards describing recipes, which are presented as traditional trading …