Safety Heroes

Design Pillars

Artefact #1 Personas

According to the brief, our targeted audiences are younger children at primary school grade 1-6. This means that our game cannot be at a complex level and that the puzzle design should cater towards their learning styles. Our chosen personas will be at the older spectrum, around age 12 which is at grade 6. Children at this age typically find reading/research boring and unmotivating, which is an important personality to consider. Our response is to create an interactive game that possesses both the fun aspect and educational value. 

Artefact #2 Gameplay Loop

The core gameplay loop showcases the important sections of the game throughout its play through. The intended PX goal is to make the player feel vigilant and enthusiastic. By introducing an infinite scaling mini-game, the player is to quickly scout the rooms of a household and locate potential dangerous hazards before the game is over. The idea is to induce small amounts of stress to keep them engaged all through the game. This will adhere to our PX goal by keeping them vigilant and enthusiastic.

Artefact #3 Level Design

There are no innate levels within our game, but there are several rooms that the player will have to constantly be aware of. Our main challenge will be scaling the difficulty of our puzzles instead. As the player reaches time milestones, the game will become faster and challenges will increase in difficulty until the player can no longer keep up. High scores will be used for replay ability. 

Artefact #4 User Interface

The quality of our User interface should be fairly simple, with cartoon graphics suitable for young children. We do not want to overload the screen with many functions as that may reduce the level of engagement and that our players will struggle to remember every element.