Sim Sweatshop is a factory worker simulation game
You are invited to enter the world of the sweatshop and become a factory worker. Do you accept the challenge? Can you tirelessly make sports shoes for less than a dollar an hour as you struggle to support your family?
The game was originally made many years ago using the discontinued flash plugin.
For alternatives see the details below.
Factory Shift!
A Sim Sweatshop adaption for modern browsers
Factory Shift is an independently designed educational activity inspired by the classroom impact of Sim Sweatshop. Factory Shift is a factory worker simulation game adaption made for educators teaching geography, global politics and related subjects. This new adaption works on modern web browsers.
Other variations of the game were commissioned - as listed below. These were also using the discontinued flash plugin by the original designer and developer
'Follow The Things' have curated a comprehensive collection of references and responses to the game. The 'Discussion / Responses' is particularly enlightening — revealing the interest and provocation this game created.
The SIMSWEATSHOP project was commissioned by NOW, Nottingham in 2006. It was created by Jonny Norridge as a piece of interactive artwork. For more work by the artist visit newpollution design lab.
Disclaimer: any similarity between products on this site and actual product designs is incidental, and does not imply that a particular product is necessarily made in sweatshops or for an unfair wage.