Complete all of the prompts in the Game and Project Design Template.

To  Acquire the Template:

1. Login to your Google account from your web browser. You will need to create an account if you don't already have one. Google accounts are free.

2. Use this link to the  Game and Project Design Template to access the Template.

3. Once the Google Slides template is open  in your browser

   1. Choose File > Download Microsoft Powerpoint.

   2. Upload the Powerpoint file to your's or your team's Google Drive. It will transform back into a Google Slides file.

Note: If you are a team: It is best to collaborate on the slides, instead of working on the downloaded file

Consider that your project may need additional slides or defining elements and see these examples.

Review examples of Animated Game Apps

Review examples of Tabletop Games

Review a completed Project Definition for a Game after the questions have been answered

1. Study this Competitive Analysis Reference Guide before making your own (this guide is part of the MSU 'Understanding Users' course).

2. Create Two Reports: Quantitative and Qualitative.

3. View a completed Competitive Analysis: Gravity Lab

4. Review Benchmarks for Fans Up Game

5. Review the Parkour Simulator Competitive Analysis

6. Like in the Parkour Simulator, include what you will do that is similar and what you won't do in the benchmarks so that you can be clear about your goals and how you will be different from your competition.

1. Study this Slide set about a Hand washing Project and its accompanying influencer matrix

   • The link will take you to a slide within the Design Analysis Overview Slideshow (from Understanding Users course). Click through the slides reviewing the handwashing project and the influencer matrix example that was made.

2. Create an influencer Matrix for your design challenge. Consider these elements:

   • Personal (motivation + ability)

   • Structural (motivation + ability)

   • Social (motivation + ability)

   • This is the example influencer matrix (XR)

   • Review the Parkour Simulator Influencer Matrix (Video Game)

   • Review these slides about the Influencer Matrix

Note: students participating in observational research are required to be IRB certified

1. Study the Ethnographic Observational Research Guide

2. Perform observational research

3. Analyze the data and create a report

(Note that you are going to a different course site and the grading scheme is different for this course)

Review a Game Ethnographic Observation : Fans Up

1. Study the Understanding DEI Tools Guide. (this guide is part of the MSU 'Understanding Users' course)

2. Identify or develop your own tool for measuring inclusion during the development of your game.

3. View the Fans Up DEI Report

• Study the Character Development Guide

• Create written outline, similar to the guide, for your main character(s) that include their archetype, convention, and persona as well as a list of character traits.

• Benchmark similar characters in existing media and include them in your outline.

• Add these to your presentation.

• Spreadsheet for planning example- Road Crew

• Spreadsheet for planning - Kaiju Beat

• Create a list of animation assets you would need:

  • Anticipation, Action, Settle

  • Run

  • Jump

  • Types of Attacks, Range Attack, Long Attack, Big Boss Attack

• Optional: Create sketches.

1. Write a Gameplay Synopsis

Include:

• • Protagonists & Antagonists.

  • Gameplay Core loop: Examples: Game Core Loop Examples.

  • Controls.

  • Mechanics.

  • Levels.

  • Include this in your presentation.

1. Create a full charting of the gameplay utilizing a detailed flow chart

• See Examples of Gameplay Flow Charts.

• Include the Game Flow Chart in your presentation

1. Study this Game Wireframe/Storyboard guide

2. Utilize the I-See-U Storyboard template to create your Refined wireframe/storyboards

• Include sound foley, environment and audio description notes as needed to ensure accessibility.

• Include integrated or added captioning notes to ensure accessibility.

• Create Refined Wireframe/Storyboards for each major screen and/or level type.

Consider doing a Sprint to move forward with your game at this stage

• Review this Sprint Planning example from the Stake team

1. User Test your fully Interactive Wireframe Prototype

• Review this Usability Testing Guide (this guide is part of the MSU 'Understanding Users' course)

• Perform user testing

• Write a user test report

• Make revisions to your Wireframe Prototype

• Re-test and re-report

• Include these in your presentation