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Cringe Quest
Cringe Quest
Developed by Interrelate in partnership with Activate Studios and supported by the Modibodi GameChanger Grant, Cringe Quest reimagines how menstruation education can be delivered. Cringe Quest tackles the embarrassment and misinformation that often surround periods. Instead of awkward conversations or one-off lessons, students embark on a quest to navigate everyday challenges, make decisions, and build understanding along the way. Cringe Quest is designed to complement existing puberty education while fostering empathy, inclusion and confidence for all students.
Benefits
Cringe Quest offers:
- Free, easy-to-access period education resources for kids aged 8 to 12
- A fun period education video game using interactive play
- Storytelling that reduces stigma and normalises period conversations
- Inclusive period education for girls, boys and everyone in between
- Content informed by experienced relationship and sexuality educators
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this period education project, students will be able to:
- Recognise common physical and emotional changes throughout the menstrual cycle
- Identify a range of period products and understand how to use them
- Use respectful, period-positive’ language when talking about menstruation
- Engage with menstruation education with confidence rather than embarrassment
- Apply practical strategies for managing periods at school, at home and in public
- Support friends through their period and see why education about menstruation matters for everyone, not just girls
What people are saying about Cringe Quest
Commonly Asked Questions
Cringe Quest is age-appropriate menstruation education for kids aged 8 to 12. It introduces periods in a way that’s accurate, accessible and genuinely engaging. Kids can play at home with a parent, at school with a teacher or independently.
Yes. Educating boys about periods is one of the most useful ways to reduce stigma and build empathy. Boys play through the same storyline, learn the same facts and finish with the same confidence to talk about menstruation respectfully.
Around 10 minutes. About as long as one school break, which makes it easy to fit into a busy day at home or one lesson at school.
Cringe Quest complements the period education in schools that students already receive. It covers the same core topics. The menstrual cycle, period products and managing periods at school. But it uses storytelling and gameplay to make the information stick. Many schools use it to support in-person lessons.
Absolutely. Cringe Quest works well as a shared experience. Sitting with your child while they play creates natural moments for questions, jokes and the kind of honest conversations that build long-term comfort with the topic.
Cringe Quest aligns with the Australian Curriculum's Health and Physical Education learning area, particularly around puberty, personal identity and respectful relationships. It works as a standalone period education project or as a supplement to existing menstruation education in schools.
Years 3 to 6, with most schools running it in Years 5 and 6. The content is designed for kids aged 8 to 12, and the gameplay holds attention across that age range.
Plenty. Interrelate provides period education resources for teachers including an educational video about menstruation, a discussion guide, suggested questions and links to the Managing Menstruation in-person program for schools that want a fully-facilitated session. Get in touch for the full teacher pack.
Yes. The teacher's guide walks through the storyline, the key learning outcomes for each scene and prompts for the discussion that follows. It's free to download.
Visit our Managing Menstruation program page or contact our schools team directly through the Interrelate website. We'll match you with a facilitator in your area.
Cringe Quest is a free online game about periods. (It's also some genuinely useful education about menstruation, but we won't tell anyone if you don't.) You play a character about to face every awkward, confusing, cringe moment that comes with periods, and you figure out what to do. Think of it as a survival guide, but more fun.
Nope. Periods affect everyone. Friends, family, classmates. Knowing how periods work means you can be a better mate when someone you know is dealing with one. Boys, girls or anyone in between, this game is for you.
Because periods can feel cringe. Especially when no one's explained them properly. The whole point of the game is to take the cringe out of it.
Not at all. The game explains everything as you go. If you've never heard the word ‘period’ before, that's fine. If you've heard a bunch of weird stuff from friends, that's also fine. By the end, you'll have the actual facts.
About 10 minutes. Roughly one school recess.
Yes. You can play alone, with a parent, with a friend or with a teacher. Whatever feels most comfortable.
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