SMAQQ isn’t just another academic app. Studying earns the resources — real curriculum questions, real subjects, real difficulty. But what a student does with those resources is where the city stops being a reward and starts teaching everything a syllabus alone may not.
The city runs on a needs-and-events system, not just an empty grid to decorate. Citizens generate needs, some urgent and short-term, some structural and long-term, and a student has to choose how to respond: build the right thing, spend collected resources, or use a special asset. Ignore a need too long and it can expire with a dent on score. Unplanned events — economic, social, seasonal — happen randomly and can force a change of plan. Every decision is logged in the city’s Chronicle, so a student can look back at exactly what they chose, and when.
SMAQQ is not NEP-certified or government-endorsed. What follows is an honest description of where our approach reflects NEP 2020’s stated directions, for you to judge for yourself.
NEP 2020 pushes for conceptual understanding and application over memorization. Resources are earned by answering real curriculum questions — but spending them is a judgment call, not a recall exercise.
NEP calls for life skills woven into the learning experience itself, not taught as a separate subject. The city doesn’t pause academics to teach planning — the two happen in the same loop.
Success in SMAQQ isn’t one score. City score, resolved needs, completed events and collectibles all count — academic performance is one input among several, not the only outcome.
NEP explicitly encourages play-based, experiential and gamified learning approaches as legitimate pedagogy, not a distraction from "real" studying.
The game runs by answering real curriculum questions, graded by thinking skill, not just topic. Questions are tagged against Bloom’s Taxonomy, from low-order-thinking skills (LOTS) that build the foundation, to higher-order-thinking skills (HOTS) that mirror what actually matters.
Recall a fact, term, or definition
“What is the SI unit of force?”
Explain an idea in your own words
“Why do metals conduct electricity?”
Use a concept in a new, concrete situation
“Calculate the force needed to move a 20kg crate across a rough floor.”
Break an idea down and find the pattern or relationship
“Compare photosynthesis and respiration — where do they overlap?”
Judge, justify, or defend a position
“Which irrigation method suits a drought-prone region best, and why?”
Design or propose something new from the concept
“Design an experiment to test which material insulates heat best.”
An illustrative slice for CBSE Grade 8 chapters. The full list is available on the app.
Every session mixes all three, weighted toward a student’s weakest concepts — never all-easy busywork, never all-hard frustration.