Ricardo's+Game+design


 * IDEAS FOR SERIOUS GAMES**toc

Middle school students enjoy games but teachers don't appreciate that. Teachers feel that students should read and write to gain greater understanding about world issues. The problem to be solved is to make a serious game that is about a world issue.

**Requirements:**

 * 1) Game must be accessible to the intended players
 * 2) Game must be well-paced to be enjoyable
 * 3) Game must be challenging to the intended players.
 * 4) Game must have a clear goal
 * 5) Game must be winable.

** Constraints: **

 * 1) It must be possible to create this game with the tools available to middle school students (computers, wikis, blogs, cardboard, poster board, glue, colored pencils, markers, scissors, rulers, paper cutter, exacto knives, glue guns, found objects, dice, spinners, and other common items found in the home and school)

//1. A Serious Game Using Gamestar Mechanic that follows the design brief.//

For my topic a fast defenseless sprite could run down a hill chased by occasionally shooting enemies along the way. In the game you could take a risky chance and go for the unlimited blasters while facing the risk of getting caught.

//2. A Serious Game Mod for an Exisiting Boardgame that follows the design brief.//

I could take the game of monopoly and modify it to fit my topic for example. I could create 4 characters who are living in poverty and must survive until they are 18 starting at 16 yrs old. The characters would face many obstacles like shortage of money and homelessness. The characters would also have to make choices like deciding wether to traffic illegal drugs r not and risk ending your life for good. Each character would also have a different reason for turning 18.

//3. A Serious Game -- Free Choice that follows the design brief.//

I guess i could make this a video game in which all these things could happen and other choices could be made like stealing from people, scamming people, and finding places to stay. you would also have the choice of joining a gang for protection.