Unit2.

GameDesign
CriterionA.Inquiring&Analysing

I.ProblemorNeed
Game Design- The Need & The Problem:
By: Fabiana Gaspar
Interviewed person: Hanan Kamati
1. Who is the client? Give a brief personal background:
My client is hanan. She is 12 and her first language is portuguese and which makes
language (french) a bit hard for her. Hanan is from Mozambique and has 3 brothers
and 1 sister currently in the same school as her. She is in grade 7 and her favorite
classes are: humanities, english, art and drama and she enjoys the art of designing,
drawing and reading. In french Hanan has trouble in pronouncing and defining parts of
speech such as verbs, adverbs and more.
2. Describe the situation in detail:
As mentioned before Hanan has difficulties in french, she mainly has issues with the
parts of speech in french pronouncing and defining parts of speech such as verbs,
adverbs and more. Hanan gets average grades but intends to improve those skills by
the end of the year and I chose to make a game to helps her. This game will be fun
and educational based to her needs.
3. Explain why there is a need to address this situation:
I chose to help this client because I care for her and I know how hard she works to get
a good grade so I intend to make a game to improve her skills in french. Along this
game making process I will also learn a few words in french and increase my language
skills.
4. Discuss how to address this problem:
I plan to create a game based on an english app my brother used to play. I will create
clouds, these clouds will contain words that form a sentence if put in the correct
place. You need to click on the clouds in order and hear the sentence repeat itself to
you in order to learn to pronounce the words correctly. The words will be vocab she
already knows and a few challenging ones. The aim of this game is to learn how to use
words in a proper sentence (grammar booster) This will all come down to better
grades hopefully.

5. Things I need to remember when making my game:

Hanan enjoys adventure and fun games which she also mentioned help her as a
learner since she is a kinetic learner too.

II.Research

Followanexamplehere:
http://goo.gl/NG60tx

Research
Guiding
Questions
(inorderof
importance)

1. Whatare
the
important
thingsto
considerwhen
designinga
game?
2. Whatareas
offrenchdo
mostpeople
struggle
with?

SourcesinMLA
format
Forcitations,use
http://www.easybi
b.com/
Makesureyou
haveavarietyof
sources.

Typeof
Briefsummaryof
source:
researchinformation
Primaryor gathered,andhowitwill
Secondary
helpincreatingthe
project

"5BasicElements Secondary:
ofGameDesign."5 Website
BasicElementsof
GameDesign.
MakeSchool.Web.
5Dec.2014.

Themostimportant
elementstoagameare
space,components,
mechanics,goaland
rules.Theseareafewof
theelementsIneedto
considerinthemakingof
mygame.

Hannan,Lunaand Primary:
Arlene
interview

"French
Difficulties."
Personalinterview
HannanKamati.12
2014.

"French
Difficulties."
Personalinterview

hannan:Verbs,spelling

arlene:pronunciation,
sentencestructure

una:spelling,partsof
speech

thosewereafewthingsto
considerwhenmakingmy
game.

LunaCordoso.12
2014.

"French
Difficulties."
Personalinterview
ArlenePhackema.
122014.,

3. Whatarea
fewfrench
wordsIneed
toaddinmy
game?

"BeginningFrench secondary
Vocabulary
Dictionary
EssentialFrench
Vocabularyfor
Beginners."
About
.
N.p.,n.d.Web.05
Dec.2014.

Inthiswebsitethereare
somephrases,wordsand
conjunctionssuchasthe,
at,you,herandother
commonwordsfor
beginnerfrenchlearners.

4. Whatmakes "5BasicElements Secondary:

agame
ofGameDesign."5 website
educational? BasicElementsof
GameDesign.
MakeSchool.Web.
5Dec.2014..

Aeducationalgame
includesandensuresthat
youthink,focusanduse
techniquesorstrategies.
Anexampleofagame
thatusesstrategiesis
chess,whichinturn
makesyouthink.

5. HowdoI
createa
scratch
gamescript?

https://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=4C
qfogYyhaw

"ScratchTutorial
HowtoMakea
Game."
YouTube
.
YouTube,n.d.
Web.08Dec.
2014.

primary:
Tutorial

duringthisvideo.thetutor
basicallyshowedthe
basicstocreatingagame
suchasaddingmusic,
sharing,saving,adding
avatarsandmakingthe
gamework.Imightneed
tocomebacktothisvideo
oftenbutIgotthebasics
covered

6. Whatarea
fewofthe
examplesof
language

http://gamestolearn
english.com/falling
clouds/

Secondary:
Games

Onthiswebsitewerequite
afewexampleson
languagegameswhich
werequitegoodideas,

games?

"FallingClouds
LearnEnglish."
LearnEnglish
.N.p.,
n.d.Web.08Dec.
2014.

7. Whatgames "TypeOfGames. Primary:

tochildren
Difficulties."
Interview
enjoy?
Personalinterview
HannanKamati.12
2014.

suchasthefallingclouds
whichweremainlytohelp
identifypartsofspeech
andtohelpyourgrammar
skillsimprove
challenging,actionandfun
hastobeinterestingand
haveatimelimit,makes
youspeedupeitherthan
draggingon.

III.AnalysisofExistingProducts
Game 1: Well done

a.
Link/UR
L for
the
game

b.
Briefly
describ
e the
game

Game 2: Average

Game 3: Poorly Done

http://scratch.mit.edu/ http://scratch.mit.
projects/27500324/#pla edu/projects/28746
yer
116/

http://scratch.mit.edu/
projects/26621012/#pla
yer

This game went like

this.
The
wizards
palace is right ahead
and you and you have to
get there, in order to
get there you would
have to answer math
questions such as 11+13
and 6+4 but there was a
twist to it. You would
have to get there
before a witch right
beside you got to the
hat next to the side of

Basically the aim of the

game was to get out the
cave. You would do this
by collecting coins when
you got the coins a
math question would
pop such as 6x7 or
maybe 5x4 this would
then lead you to a
portal which would then
lead you to another
portal with coins (math
questions) you would
complete the question

The game was based

on a kids memory
game but she had
changed it to be a
periodic
table
match game. Thus
meaning
there
would be a set of
cards ones would be
the symbols to the
other cards which
were the actual
name of the gasses
and
matter

the screen. All this, and

a set time limit of 60
seconds. When you get
a question right it
increases
points
meaning the steps you
took.

basically. There was

also a test tube
making cute science
joke as you went
along which was
perfectly
drawn.
You would have to
do all the matches
within the set time
limit of 1 minute.

by doing math questions

as quick as possible.,
before time runs out, if
it does, you lose the
game and the character
will then die

c.
Possible
target
audienc
e for
the
game

This game is for grades

3-5

This game would be

from grades 6-7

This game would be

from grades 4-6

d.
School
subject
or
topic
used in
the
game

The topic of the game

was math

The
topic
science

The topic was maths

e. 3
Strong
points
of
the
game

was

t
his game was
really fun since it
encouraged you
to move faster
than the witch

it included a

time limit

The game

was
really
well thought
of and fun
with jokes in
it too to have
a
laugh
either than

he game had
T
a very clear point
and
was
somewhat fun

The game

included us to do
a lot of math

f. 3
Weak
points
of the
game

i
f you got
something wrong
it would not pass
that
certain
question

it can be for

all small ages and

few
higher
classes

being
all
educational.

It was

educational,
it told you
when
you
were wrong
so
those
choices
would
no
longer be an
option

The

character
was
really
well thought
of,
drawn
and had a
time
limit
which
was
really cool

questions
and
was educational
in that aspect

The character

and setting was

clearly
drawn
and the coins
too

his game had

T
no instructions in
the beginning

Had no credits

even though I
have seen this
sort of a game
before

This game had

no
verity
in
questions
meaning it was
all plus.

he game
T
was good but
the
time
would

This game

had
no
instructions
in
the
beginning
meaning you
need
guess
how
the
game went

The game

had a time
limit that was

The game

showed
a
question but if I
had gotten that
one
question
wrong it would
not
tell
the
answer, the aim
is
to
teach
something and I
couldnt learn.

The aim was

quite
poorly
thought of and
the game was not
too fun

too long for

something so
easy

g. 3
Suggesti
ons for
improve
ment

I think this game was

perfect except for the
fact that it had no
instructions. Either than
that the game was
really cool.

I think this game

was also perfect
except for the fact
that it had no
instructions at the
start of the game. I
would also suggest
fixing
the time
limit. From the
minute you start t
starts too, not while
youre busy going
pass the title.

he questions
T
were quite easy
but for lower
grades it would
be something too
easy as well

I think he/ she should

have put a verity of
questions
perhaps
levelled or a mix of
easy
and
harder
questions for all ages to
play.
Along with the above
once there is a question
mention the answer if
not correct.

I
V.DesignBrief
(Checkoutthisexample:
http://goo.gl/caAkmI
)
Inaparagraph,answerthefollowing:
a.Summaryofyouranalysisofyourresearch
b.Briefdescriptionofyourproject:Whattypeofgameareyoudesigningand
creating?
(Checkoutsomeexampleshere:
http://goo.gl/InRLoj
)
c.Targetclientoraudienceorintendedusers:Whowilluseyourproject?(Be
specific)
d.Purposeofyourproject:Howwillyourtargetclientoraudiencebenefitfromyour
project?
BasedonmyresearchIcanconcludethatmanychildrendonotenjoyeducational
gamesassuchandhavenotexploredmanyothergames,butIhavetakenalookat
thenoneducationalgamesandtheircharacteristics.Characteristicssuchas
adventureandfungamesandotherssuchaschallenginggames.Inordertomake
mygameeducationalialsotookalookatawebsitewhichstatedtheimportantpoints
toinclude.Ilearnedthataeducationalgameincludesandensuresthatyouthink,
focusandusetechniquesorstrategies.Anexampleofagamethatusesstrategiesis
chess,whichinturnmakesyouthink.Ialsoaddressedafewquestionssuchashow

tousescratchtocreatemyowngameonscratchinordertocreatemyown.Inorder
toaccomplishthisineedtomakethequestions1levelabovetheirown,thusmaking
ithardertoguesstheanswerandteachingthemsomethingintheprocess.Ialso
searchedforgamesthatmayhelpchildrenlearnanewlanguagesoiwillbetaking
onlyafewideasfromthereandtherestwillbematchedtomyclientsneedsand
difficulties.takingalltheaboveintoaccountIplantomakeagamethataddresses
thefollowingproblems,grammar,spellingandhopefullyicanfindawaytoinclude
pronunciation.Thisgamewillbeintendedforany7thgradestudentwhois
particularlyabeginnerinthefrenchlanguageandneedshelpwiththeproblems
mentionedabove.Ifimanagetomakethisgameaccordingtoplannedmyclient
shouldhaveadevelopedknowledgeinwhatisyettocomeinthefrenchlanguage
andaclarificationonwhatmyclients(s)havealreadylearnedinlanguageclass
(french)