Zone Challenge

Lealana LoiodiceMus. & Tech.Final Project

Zone Challenge Using a mobile applications compatible

for all operating systems this game hopes to do the following:

Engage the user in a fun activity that educates through game play. Using multi media technology we hope to encourage outdoor exploration and tactile experiences to make learning a true sensory experience.

Zone challenge Characters are Harry the Horseshoe Crab Sally the Showy Sea Star Claude “The Muscle” Hard Shell Clam

All our characters live in both the submerged zone and inter tidal zone of the beach ecosystem . They survive utilizing their different adaptations.

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Zone Challenge Goal: Introduce players to characters (animals that live in this ecosystem) Educate about characters environment

and physical adaptations Help complete tasks to save a friend (reward) Game challenge is to do this against the clock of the tide ( timed based on the actual speed of

tide coming in/out)

Harry the Horseshoe CrabIntro: I am a living fossil that spends most of

my time underwater I am the great cousin of both dinosaurs

and spiders. You can tell because I have more then eight legs

Harry the Horseshoe Crab 1) Just like when you get bigger and need

new close I do too. Some animals call this shedding I call this molting. See if you can find my old shell along the beach. If you do count my legs. How many of them do I have?

Harry the Horseshoe 2) My tail is also special. I use it to help

me move through the water like a rudder on a boat. It also helps me if I get flipped over. Move my tail back and forth to help me move through the water.

Harry the Horseshoe 3)If you see me alive handle me with

care. If you find my shell look for my 2 compound eyes. I don’t see like you do. I see shadows, light and dark spots, that tell me where things are.

Harry the Horseshoe crab If you are kind to me I will be kind to

you. I also help doctors by letting them use my blue copper based blood for medicine tests.

Harry the Horseshoe Crab You have successfully completed all your

tasks Now my friend Gus the Gull can fly free. Thank you for being a friend and helping

me. You have been very kind and respectful.

Zone Challenge Original thoughts were to use QR codes

to develop the game Using an App allows for more options

and creates a more layered and multi linear game

A good game should allow for the player to be challenged by options and activities

The reward or prize should be developed in the format of goal achievement. In our case this is helping the gull to be set free

Zone Challenge Participant experience Using smart phone technology the

player must enter the museum building to download app

- staff will be trained on use/application/ and other operational details

Zone Challenge Participant Experience continued….. They can also be given a laminated

sheet to help find objects noted in the story line. ( Changing tides brings different things)

Registering in the building will also help to monitor the user. The museum staff be alerted upon completion of task.

Zone Challenge The player is also encouraged to take

picture as part of the experience. They can then share these photos with the museum website. (helping with PR and proof of completion)

The computer registration allows for the museum staff to print out a certificate of completion for the player( child/ Family/ ect.)

Zone Challenge Staff Training: 1) Make staff aware of project and explain

the idea, purpose and functions of the activity

2) Walk them through the process (start to finish) of how to play the game. Just as if they were a visitor.

3) Have discussion of experience, problems, questions and concerns

4) Reinforce the goal, objective and their important role in making it a success.

Zone Challenge Works Cited

Arvidsson, Adam, and Kjetil Sandvik. "Gameplay as Design:use of Computer Players' Immaterial Labour." Digital Aesthetics and Communication 5 (2007): 89-104. Web.

Denis, Guillaume, and Pierre Jouvelot. "Motivation-Driven Educational Game Design: Applying Best Practices to Music Education." (2005). Web.

Gee, James P. Game-Like Learning: An Example of Situated Learning and Implications for Opportunity to Learn. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Web.

Sandvik, Kjetil. "Evaluation of Quality in Computer Games." Nordicom Review (2006). Web.