Timeline
Timeline
2021.10 - 2021.11 (4 weeks)
Embedded Files
My role
My role
Current flow and interface analysis, comparison analysis
Overall structure & flow redesign, new features (multi-level minigames, wardrobe and reward)
Background and layout design
Type
Type
Mobile game design
UI/UX design
Course group project (4 students)
What is AlphaBeatCancer?
What is AlphaBeatCancer?
AlphaBeatCancer is a mobile game belongs to Beaba (bay-ah-bah), an institute that provides clear, objective and optimistic information about diseases and treatments.
It’s a quick guide with everything you need to know about cancer, for little patients and their companions. There are more than 160 terms of the oncological environment, illustrated and explained, in a clear, objective and optimistic way.
This game app includes 20 mini games related with the terms that will bring entertainment and information about cancer and its treatment.
User flow analysis for the existing game.
Their problems
Their problems
Multiple minigames with same difficulty and lack of variation.
Little patients get bored after play it once or twice.
No reward structures, no incentives.
Our solutions
Our solutions
How might we design a more challenging game and a more attractive rewarding system?
Main principals
Main principals
Increasing the engagement for little players.
Conveying the positive and objective information about diseases and treatment.
Educating them to take care of themselves in daily life and during therapies.
Our scope and constraints
Our scope and constraints
Target user: 6-8 years old little patients who have been diagnosed with cancer.
Design scope: Redesign the overall structure of the game, instead of individual mini games.
Constraints: Avoiding portraying cancer like a battle with losers.
Multi-levels of minigames
Multi-levels of minigames
We created a multi-level minigame system to increase the difficulty of minigames, and try to include more terms from the Beaba book to the game play. The increasing difficulty will be more challenging and more attractive for kids. Players can unlock a reward after completing all levels within one term.
Sketches of the flow for the new minigame systems.
Different backgrounds help little patients get familiar with all kinds of environments, such as hospitals, forests, playgrounds. Guiding cursors at the beginning of each minigame teach kids who cannot read how to play the game. More gestures and skills will be learned in different levels.
Reward System
Reward System
After completing all levels of minigame within one terms, player will unclock a reward. It could be a tool, a hat or a pair of boots. Tools can provide various abilities for players to be prepared for the final immune challenge. They can change their outfit in the wardrobe and see all the collections.
We tried to avoid words like war, battle, weapon, winner or loser. Life is not a battle, we should live a happy and quality life.
Immune challenge with the 'Cancer Boss'
Immune challenge with the 'Cancer Boss'
We added a Cancer Boss for player to take on a Immune Challenge. The boss will show up from time to time to encourage players to complete more levels and challenge him. The first challenge starts after the player's strength bar reaches to 10 units, at this time, the players haven't finished all the minigames. So , they will lose this time. After several challenges, players will complete all the minigames and gain all the rewards, then they can beat the Cancer Boss.
It's okay to feel blue. You don't need to be a frighter and winner all the time. Just try again!
It's okay to feel blue. You don't need to be a frighter and winner all the time. Just try again!
Overview of the New Game System
Overview of the New Game System
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