> In this session, we'll look at a current Digital History project, [*Lives in Transit*](https://livesintransit.org), and the underlying digital infrastructure that makes the project possible. We'll play the game, and share our experience as players. The fun really begins, however, when we undertake a critical reflection on *gamification* as a nascent means of research, pedagogy and knowledge dissemination in the context of digital history.
## *Lives in Transit*
*Lives in Transit* is a modern, browser-based interpretation of text-adventure gaming. The game engine, its website, and each game's content are all kept under version control using various Git repositories. Martin—erm, Prof. Dusinberre—will introduce the *Lives in Transit* project, as well as *Plantation Lives*, a game built using the system, in which the player takes on the identity of a graduate history student, who is attempting to write a dissertation on Colonial Hawaiian history while navigating the perils of academic life.
