Game Breakers lets young people discover tech through the lens of gaming

Spelbrekers is a video-first platform that addresses young people aged 12 to 18 in their own language. It is a long-running, content-driven campaign in which we regularly publish new videos via TikTok , Instagram , and YouTube . In these videos, influencers, such as streamer StreamwithLien , and students take viewers on an adventure at companies like VDL and NTS.

In addition, we create special explainer videos in which we explain how technology works in games. By making this translation, we lower the barrier and show that the technology they enjoy forms the basis for the future.

The platform leverages a crucial insight: young people who play games are constantly engaged in challenge-based learning. Solving complex problems, experimenting with new strategies, and further developing skills: precisely the core competencies that are also central to technical professions. Spelbrekers focuses on authentic stories from real people in the tech industry, with a conscious focus on diversity. This creates a new way to introduce young people to technology: by tapping into their passion for gaming and connecting it with the endless possibilities of the tech world. The platform is creating a new generation that sees tech as a world of adventure, challenge, and creativity.

This initiative is a collaboration between Summa, Brainport Development , Fontys , Ter AA , TU/e, and the business community. Together, we are strengthening the region and training the new generation for the tech industry as part of the Talent voor Semicon project. Spelbrekers was developed to contribute to the objectives of training and developing sufficient talent for the Dutch semiconductor industry.

Important links

• Website: realspelbrekers.nl
• Youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/@echtespelbrekers
• Instagram Game Breakers: https://www.instagram.com/echtespelbrekers/
• TikTok Game Breakers: https://www.tiktok.com/@echtespelbrekers