Jenny's Journeys facts for kids

Jenny's Journeys is a first-person, single-player, educational video game created in 1984 by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC). It was released for the computer Apple II. In the game, players utilize a compass and a map to navigate a car containing the protagonist, Jenny, through a pixelated town. The player, acting as Jenny, provides directions at each intersection while the car's owner, 'Aunt Jenny', rides along. The objective of the game is to successfully travel from point to point while utilizing the map. There are three levels of difficulty.

Plot

Jenny's Journeys takes place in the fictional town of Lake City. Players control Jenny, the protagonist of the game, while being accompanied by 'Aunt Jenny'. Players can access Aunt Jenny's car to drive around Lake City, transport non-player characters (NPCs), and input street intersections to receive directions while referencing the map. Players are challenged to identify their location on a map based on their surroundings, identify a destination from an address, and plot a route across town while managing their gas. On the hardest difficulty, there are multiple stops and occasional detours.