Math  RaidersPeter  Dyczkowski

Educational  Value

The  educational  goal  of  this  game  is  to  teach  users  how  to  apply  basic  arithmetic  (addition,  subtraction,  multiplication,  division).

The  target  demographic  for  this  game  is  children  from  grades  1  – 6.

Game  Concept

Two  treasure  hunters,  Enzo  (main  character)  and  Block  (sidekick),  travel  the  world  in  search  of  treasure.  

One  day,  they  stumble  upon  a  map  containing  4  treasure  locations  on  it.  

Locations

§ Each  location  contains  a:

Starting  area                                                                                                                  Series  of  puzzle  rooms

Starting  Area

§ Each  location’s  starting  area  will  contain  an  NPC  that  asks  you  a  math  question  when  you  speak  to  it

§ If  I  have  time,  I’ll  finish  adding  in  a  store  feature  so  that  each  starting  area  would  also  have  its  own  store

Puzzle  Rooms

§ The  objective  of  the  puzzle  rooms  is  to  step  on  a  sequence  of  tiles  such  that  the  counter  on  the  left  equals  the  room’s  designated  number  on  the  right

Heuristic  Evaluation  Feedback

§ Level  difficulty  – every  participant  found  most  of  the  puzzles  to  be  too  difficult,  especially  the  last  few  puzzles  of  each  location.  This  was  especially  problematic  considering  the  game’s  target  audience  is  grades  1-­‐6.

Heuristic  Evaluation  Feedback

§ Graphics  – most  participants  didn’t  immediately  notice  where  the  entrance  doors  in  the  puzzle  rooms  were,  this  was  especially  apparent  in  math  rooms  where  the  colour  of  the  walls  blended  in  with  the  doors

Features

Before  Assignment  4

§ Multiple  Strategies  to  Win

§ Hints

§ Interesting  Non-­‐Player  Character  Behaviour

§ Multiple  Difficulty  Levels

After  Assignment  4

§ Background  Story

§ Tutorial

§ In-­‐Game  Store  (maybe)

§ Scoreboard  and  social  media  posting  of  the  game  score  (maybe)

Video

https://streamable.com/89ydg

Questions?