Simulation
Two simulation games: business operations and everyday tasks (case analysis, investigation, reporting), and an event operations simulation with time-limited budget planning.
- Integrity
- Prioritization
- Accuracy under pressure
Game-Based Assessment
An assessment that feels like play, studied like a measurement instrument.
Next Chapter combines simulation, personality, and cognition in a single play experience. Developed by Level Up powered by Agate together with Anvesana Research Institute.
Why assess through games?
When organizations need to assess talent, readiness, or competence more objectively and at scale, games make it possible to assess through behavior, not only through self-report or static tests.
About the developer
Level Up powered by Agate
Level Up is the gamification arm of Agate, an Indonesian game studio headquartered in Bandung. Level Up designs games and platforms for organizational needs, from learning to assessment.
In Next Chapter, Level Up builds the games, the story world, and the enterprise CMS. Anvesana looks after the measurement side.
Visit agatelevelup.com/game-based-assessment (new tab)Product information, demos, and organizational use are handled directly by Level Up.Three assessment categories
Personality
Based on the Big Five model. Forced choices embedded in an RPG-style storyline: 32 contextual items, about 18–20 minutes.
- Openness
- Conscientiousness
- Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Neuroticism
Cognitive & Neuro
Seven cognitive mini games (10–30 minutes) plus neuroscience-based mini games such as Balloon, Tower, Keypress, Cards, and Faces.
- Working memory
- Inhibitory control
- Cognitive flexibility
- Planning
- Problem solving
From real life to career decisions
Every scenario is designed from situations candidates actually face. Participants engage more naturally when they recognize the context.
- Indonesian settings: campus, the Bundaran HI roundabout, a minimarket, office dynamics
- Global themes: Ancient Greece, mythology, cross-cultural workplaces
An athlete who has to change careers
Reveals: Resilience · Discipline · Long-term commitment
A student in the wrong major
Reveals: Adaptability · Career decision patterns
A mental health journey
Reveals: Handling pressure · Emotion regulation
A first career milestone
Reveals: Long-term ambition · Leadership potential
How the assessment is built
- Phase 1
Theory
Setting the test's purpose and scope, reviewing the latest research, and formulating a coherent concept and framework.
- Phase 2
Items
Writing the tasks and questions, scoring procedures, and feedback mechanisms.
- Phase 3
Validation
Evaluating the test's quality and usefulness; making sure the results are reliable, consistent, and fit for purpose.
- Phase 4
Norming
Setting standards and reference points; analyzing score distributions and comparisons.
Every phase is guided by measurement experts.
Anvesana's role: looking after the measurement side
- Defining the constructs and the assessment blueprint together with the game design team.
- Preparing comparison instruments for cognition, personality, and interests.
- Running the multitrait-multimethod validation study; its cognitive part was presented at ICoP 2026, the full manuscript is being prepared for a journal, and several follow-up studies are under way.
- Building norms and the technical manual as evidence accumulates.
The evidence for Next Chapter's validity is still being built. The early findings come from a small sample and have not been peer reviewed, so the results are read as a starting point, not a final conclusion.