Educational Game

I have loaded up the High Rollas' new educational game Localicious from Youtube. I think it's kind of fun seeing the prototype of our game on youtube for others to view. We still have to fill out our game pitch in the wiki and are waiting for Sean so we can discuss what we will do with him. I have some suggestions that I think would be good for the game pitch. For Learning Topic I think it should obviously be nutrition. For Audience I think this game should be directed towards people of all ages but appeal mostly towards children to teach them at a young age the importance of eating right. For the Fun Factor, I think the style of our game makes it fun. What I mean by this is it is fairly simple and educational, plus it is very colorful and children love colors. The Smart Factor is that this game obviously teaches you about proper nutrition along with the importance of the conservation of resources. The Originality Factor is about the uniqueness of our game. What makes this game unique is the content of nutrition education and environmental awareness. "Going Green" is a big campaign all over the country right now which I think is a reason why this game will sell. We will wait for Sean to come next class so we can discuss the roles of each team member.

Paper Prototype

Today in class, our group succesfully video taped our paper prototype for our game. We used 3 pieces of paper one for our title screen, one for our loading screen and one for our main game screen. We used two sets of foods which were used for the 2 sample weeks we set for our prototype. The game consists of 52 weeks that you have to live through by using only locally produced food or food that is grown by the game player. Every time a local food is bought, your petroleum level goes down and cannot be replenished because of the fact that it is a non-renewable resource. The object is to live through the 52 weeks without running out of oil or money. I think our game is a game that closely resembles the book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and can also be used as a good awareness tool for the world to see how we need to conserve our natural resources as well as eating healthy to live a long and healthy life.

In class game

We are now developing our group game in class. My group has decided that we will be making a game that centers around the importance of nutrition based on the book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Our game will have a character, particularly a farmer who lives on a farm and will have the choice of living off of the food he grows himself and/or the food that is available at the grocery store. The catch is he will have to make money from the food he grows in order to have money to spend at the grocery store. He will have a food pyramid with progress bar that will monitor how well his health is. He will also have a limited supply of oil that will decrease from every transaction of food that is made which symbolizes the non-renewable resources that you use from the mass transportation among other things that help run this country. He will have to do this for 1 year just as the Kingsolver family does in the book. We are still working with the game and have some details that we will work out but that is the gist of our game. I'm looking forward to creating this game with my group, I think it will be a lot of fun.