Wash it. Spray it. Bust it!

A free browser game where children aged 5 to 9 learn to stop Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. Team up with Joe and Mina across four missions around the neighbourhood.

Play on a computerGerm Busters is made for laptops and desktops. Open this page on a computer to start playing.

See the missions

Plays in any desktop browser
Four missions

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Hands Feet Mouth

The Mission

Tiny germs. Big trouble. Easy habits.

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease spreads quickly between young children through touch, coughs and shared toys. Germ Busters turns the habits that stop it into play, so kids practise them until they stick.

Wash hands properlySoap, 20 seconds, every step.
Clean shared surfacesToys, tables and door handles.
Stay home when sickAnd keep sick friends safe too.

Four missions

Every level is a new habit.

Kids explore their neighbourhood in first person, and a short quiz after the missions shows what they have learned.

Level 1

Clean Hands Quest

Find the four broken handwashing stations, fix them and learn each step of washing properly, while dodging slimy germs.

Level 2

Bubble Blaster

Blast germs off the streets, clean what sick neighbours touched, and wash your hands to refill your soap.

The germ lens revealing germs on a plate and cup

Level 3

Germ Detective

A friend is sick. Search their house with the germ lens, spray what you find and crack the case on the detective board.

A wave of germs coming down the street past a school bus

Level 4

Community Defence

Stop three waves of germs before they reach the houses, then read your Germbuster Report.

Meet the crew

Pick your Germ Buster.

Every session starts with a choice. Play as Joe or Mina, with Mr Devan showing you the way around the neighbourhood.

Quick on his feet and never without his bubble blaster.

Sharp-eyed and curious. No germ hides from her for long.

Your guide

Mr Devan

Knows every street and every germ trick.

For teachers · How it teaches

Built on how children really learn.

Every mission follows a proven learning cycle, and five learning theories shape what children see, hear and do.

Experiential learning cycleKolb, 1984

1Experience

Explore the streets and meet the germs.

2Reflect

Instant feedback, videos and clue reveals.

3Understand

Form the rule: wet, soap, scrub, rinse.

4Apply

Use it under pressure to protect the town.

Learning in a familiar placeSituated cognition · Lave & Wenger, 1991
A Malaysian township with real Jalan BU3 street signs and homes kids recognise.
Heard and seen togetherDual coding · Paivio, 1986; Sweller, 1988
Voiced character lines with matching subtitles, and colour-coded feedback.
Assessment without the test anxietyStealth assessment · Shute, 2011
Step order, mis-taps and decoy choices are logged during play, alongside short quizzes.
Heroes kids can see themselves inSocial cognitive theory · Bandura, 1986
Play as Joe or Mina, and help unwell neighbours rather than avoid them.

Nothing to installRuns in any desktop web browser.
Quizzes before and afterSee what each child learned.
Germbuster ReportA summary at the end of play.

The germs are waiting.

Free to play, right now, in your browser.

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