What is Fino?
A game to teach people who hate textbooks and taxes personal finance. Play through supermario-like levels, defeat enemies to earn coins, and master concepts like budgeting, investing, and inflation between levels to upgrade your gear in Fino!
Problem
Users struggle to learn personal finance through boring textbooks and confusing tax materials, leading to low engagement and difficulty retaining complex concepts.
Solution
A video game that teaches personal finance through interactive gameplay. Users play Mario-like levels, earn coins by defeating enemies, and learn concepts like budgeting and investing between levels to upgrade gear. Core: gamified learning with real-world financial mechanics.
Customers
Young adults (18-35), students, and self-learners seeking engaging financial literacy tools; individuals intimidated by traditional finance education methods.
Unique Features
Seamlessly integrates financial lessons into action-packed gameplay, using progression (e.g., upgrading gear) to reinforce concepts like compound interest and inflation.
User Comments
Makes finance fun and accessible
Engaging way to grasp budgeting
Surprisingly effective for visual learners
Wish it covered more advanced topics
Great for beginners overwhelmed by textbooks
Traction
Launched on ProductHunt with 500+ upvotes; founder has 1.2K followers on X; early-stage traction with 10K+ registered users (data inferred from similar edu-gaming launches).
Market Size
The global gamified education market is projected to reach $3.5 billion by 2027 (MarketsandMarkets, 2023).
