Training Programme

Training Programme is a set of 2D educational mini-games. These games aim to teach athletes from Special Olympics Ireland about the benefits and importance of a healthy lifestyle. Each game tackles a topic relating to the Healthy Athletes Programme promoted on the Special Olympics website.

Team Size: 7
My Roles:  Project Co-ordinator, Gameplay Designer, Gameplay & UX Programmer
Tools Used: Unity, GitHub, Trello, Google Docs

Brief:
To create a set of mini-games for Special Olympics Ireland to help teach their athletes about the benefits of healthy eating and mindfulness.

Responsibilities Included:

• Co-ordinated communication between team and partner (Special Olympics Ireland).

• Organised project tools - Unity, GitHub, Trello, Documents and team Discord.

• Scheduled team meetings and distributed weekly tasks.

• Filled in weekly Project Status Reports.

• Organised team documents and presentations.

• Programmed and created the Food Pyramid mini-game.

• Programmed and implemented the loading screens with random facts between mini-games.

• Created and implemented the Main Menu layout as well as functionality, ensuring each button worked as intended.

• Created and uploaded the game WebGL to itch.io.