No turn-based battles
If you loved boss battles for the strategy, group missions aren’t a copy of them. It’s on the roadmap, with no announced date.
MIGRATIONFor teachers left without Classcraft
Still looking for a real role-playing game for your class
Since Classcraft shut down, people keep pointing you to ClassDojo, Kahoot or Quizizz. None of them has an avatar, levels or team battles. Wiszy does.
What happened
May 2023 — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt acquires Classcraft.
Early 2024 — new sign-ups are closed. A petition gathers thousands of teachers.
June 30, 2024 — Classcraft shuts down. July 1, 2024 — the data is deleted.
The product that replaced it dropped the game mechanics to refocus on K-8 curriculum.
Mechanic by mechanic
What you get back, and what you don’t
You’ve already lost a tool you cared about. So let’s be precise, even when the answer is no.
| In Classcraft | In Wiszy | What changes |
|---|---|---|
| Customizable avatar | Gear-up character | Three classes — wizard, archer, warrior. Hat, armor, shield and skills are unlocked through work, never through a purchase. |
| Experience points and levels | XP, levels, stars, potions | Same loop: XP lands at the end of the exercise, not on the report card. The level shows on the character. |
| Team boss battles | Group missions | A mission opened to a work group, with shared progress. The format is different: it’s a level map, not a turn-based battle. |
| Quests and paths | Mission map | You open and close missions whenever you want. Nothing unlocks on its own behind the class’s back. |
| Graded quizzes and exercises | Quizzes, true/false, fill-in-the-blank | Your questions, your pacing. Wrong answers send students back to the question instead of penalizing them. |
| Class tracking | Dashboard by skill | Individual progress and success rate by skill. CSV export for report cards. |
| Behavior points | No equivalent | Wiszy rewards work done, not classroom behavior. That’s a choice, not an oversight: we don’t want a tool that grades a student’s behavior. |
| Penalties and powers between students | No equivalent | No student can affect another’s score, and there’s no public leaderboard. Each student compares themselves to their own previous week. |
Green — direct equivalentOrange — no equivalent, and why
Let’s say it up front
Two things Wiszy doesn’t do yet
No import of your old content
Classcraft data was deleted on July 1, 2024: there is technically nothing to recover. Your quizzes have to be rebuilt — figure about five minutes per quiz.
I was using boss battles in another tool but they shut it down this year, I was gutted. I’m signing up right away, it looks great.
Pick up where you left off
One class period to get your class going again
Rebuild the class
Paste your student list or import the CSV from your school’s digital platform. Accounts are created by the school, with anonymous logins.
Let them choose
Each student picks a character again. Figure two minutes: students who knew Classcraft have nothing new to learn.
Send a first mission
A ten-question quiz is enough to restart the loop. The rest builds up over the weeks.
What if it happened again?
Your content belongs to you, and you can export it
It’s the first question you have every right to ask, and we’d rather answer it before you do.
- Your quizzes and library can be exported at any time, without having to ask.
- Student accounts are created and deleted by the school, which stays in control of access.
- Two months’ notice before any change to the terms, including at the end of the beta.
- No student personal data collected: anonymous logins, no reselling, no ads.
Open beta
Bring a class back and see if you miss it a little less
Free for pilot schools until the end of the school year. One class is enough to make up your mind.
