Element D: Design Concept Generation, Analysis, and Selection

Save the Dinosaur! will begin with a start screen that will include a dinosaur at the bottom of the screen and a start button. Once the start button is pressed, everything will be removed from the screen and the game will begin. There will be a score off to the top right of the screen, a dinosaur at the bottom of the screen, and an exit button to the top left of the screen. There will be an asteroid at the top of the screen that will slowing go down towards the dinosaur. If the button is pressed, there will be confetti and the asteroid will be removed from the screen as well as 100 points being added to the score and then another asteroid does the same process. If the button is not pressed and the asteroid hits the dinosaur then everything will be removed from the screen and the end screen will show which includes a replay button and the score.

Collect the Flowers! will begin with the start page that will include a start button, 2 flowers, and a basket. Once the start button is pressed, everything from the screen will be removed and the game will begin. The score will be up in the top right of the screen and the exit button will be at the top left of the screen. There will be a basket at the bottom of the screen. If the button is pressed, flowers will move from the left of the screen into the basket. Every time a flower is in the basket, 1 point will be added to the score. If the button is not pressed, the flowers will stop and there will be no movement on the screen. Once the student has collected all 10 flowers, there will be confetti on the screen and the basket full of flowers at the bottom of the screen will be shown.

Protect the Runaway Train! begins with the start page which includes a train at the bottom of the screen and a start button. Once the button is pressed, then everything will be removed from the screen. The score will be shown at the top right of the screen, the exit button is at the top left of the screen and a train is at the bottom middle of the screen. There will be a tree that will slowly go towards the train. If the button is pressed then the tree will be removed, confetti will be shown on the screen and there will be 100 points added to the score. If the button is not pressed and the tree hits the train, everything will be removed from the screen and the end page will show. The end page consists of a replay button and the final score.

GeomoJump! will begin with a start screen that will include a start button, and a triangle and square at the bottom of the screen. Once the start button is pressed, everything will be removed from the screen. An exit button will be placed at the top left corner of the screen, the score will be placed a the top right of the screen, and a square will be a the bottom left of the screen. There will be a triangle that will slowly get closer to the square. Once the button is pressed, the square will jump in the air while the triangle will quickly move past the square and 100 points will be added to the score. Once the triangle is away from the square it'll move back down and another triangle will show up and repeat the same process. If the button is not pressed and the triangle hits the square, then everything will be removed from the screen. The score will be shown a the top right of the screen, a square and triangle at the bottom of the screen, and a replay button of the top left of the screen.

Save the Dinosaur! posed the better game play option since it will be interesting to RTS students, it is easy to play/execute, and it will preform the best out of all the other game play options. We took all of these constraints into consideration in order to ensure that the game play option will be the best all around.