Precedents

Relationship:

High School Journey

Game:

Snakes and ladders

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Project Statement

Journey is inspired from the infamous children's game Snakes and Ladders. This newly developed version of the game looks at this game through the lens of a traditional high school journey experience by acknowledging its the ups and downs.

Design Research Survey Results

Highlights

• Career/University goals; An overwhelming majority of people were focused on the future rather than enjoying the present

• A lot of people mentioned that a lot of the decisions they took in high school were largely influenced by peer pressure

Sketches

2D Abstractions

Isolation

Friendship

Exploration

Frustration

Prototypes

Part 1: Grade 9+10

Overview (Part 1 + Part 2 (11,12))

Prototypes

Different Game cards

Basic Game Pieces (Yet to be developed)

Game Testing

1) It became difficult to keep track of the good and bad cards after some time in part 2

2) We had less cards at hand and, hence they kept repeating themselves so having more cards could probably make the game more interesting

3) The game prompted fun and interesting conversations among players as intended

4) I played the game virtually with some friends. Hence, at times it was hard for them to understand everything that was going on but they still had fun and found the game intriguing they said.

Observations

1) Make more paths (outside the current music and medicine paths)

2) While making the final cards (increase the quantity since they might become repetitive (also go with the current theme of making them funny to spark conversations among players))

3) Make Final Rhino Model (Laser cutting will not be possible but learning the model part is the most important), the final cards, and game characters

Next Steps