1. Planetarium Celebration in the Dome and Lobby -
Play games with Waverly HS April 28 9am-12pm
2. Final Exam: share your presentation in person or with a video.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Communication Arts Bldg 154
Prepare your final files for the planetarium showcase April 28
Back everything up with Bonner's Google drive
Ensure you have tested your game at the Planetarium before the final presentation
To include all technical goals of the project, how to access, save and share files, how to consider these constraints and opportunities. How to test your files for success.
Introduce the game: Elevator Pitch (30 second verbal pitch)
Go over the rules
Play the game - or show game play
Debrief with User Testing / Play testing questions - show some in the slides
Photographs, Video and Written Documentation
Get Photo of the Waverly students in front of the Globe
Your presentation in the Planetarium is different than the Final Exam which is a documentation. The Presentation should focus on the game play and document the day.
or
a 15-20 minute video discussing your Serious Game, Who is it for? What is the logline, What are the educational outcomes? What is the assessment?
Final Exam: RO listed this as Monday, April 28, 2025, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Communication Arts Bldg 246: do not follow this!!!! go to the planetarium during this time!!!!!!
Due after the Final Presentation
Logo
1 Paragraph of your efforts on the team for each collaborator
Updated Slides
Optional Website with link - (required for Feathered Peril)
You may join in person during the time slot that we will share with the Grad Serious Game Students Final Exam: Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Communication Arts Bldg 154
or
you may prepare asynchronous video pitches as a team, each team member must present a section. these are due by April 29 7:30pm.
Duplicate the slideshow (keeping the old)
Make the new slide show much shorter and ready for a presentation of 15 to 20 minute in person or video
Share the new slides with Susan on D2L
Clearly title slideshow file name with the name of your project: Something like Serious Game Your Title
Add your logo, name(s), and an image to the first slide
One Sheet should be 2nd slide
30 second video reel (share with anyone with the link even outside of MSU to share with Waverly and other organizations such as conferences)
User Testing Data Analysis and Photos/Videos
Assessment of Serious Game Criteria
Get a quote from the HS faculty
Go over all of the content in summary
Optional Website with link - (required for Feathered Peril)
Optional Itch link
Optional Figma Prototype Link
Credits listed for all collaborators - typically at the end. Consider using CRediT Methods for research.
1 Paragraph of your efforts on the team for each collaborator under photos is typical
This should include the full list of Waverly HS students and faculty, Planetarium Staff and Professors Cote and Bonner
Special Thanks to any organizations or others using logos
Citations of Serious Content such as Bird Migration Data, Coding Language, NASA, or any other source that you have data from
If you are submitting for the Serious Game Conference, HCII or other conference, add your submission materials such as your bio sketches, abstracts and your proposals to the presentation.
