So we are going another round for brainstorming game ideas, this time we worked together on 2 ideas instead of 1 each. We all leaned to science based additions, we think it will fit the goals of our entity better than other options, so we went all in on science. We thought of two things that would work, Gravity and Light. Gravity we decided to make into a pseudo-solar system simulator and light into a laser box.
Brainstorm 1: Grains of Galaxy
- Space/God Sim, Education
- A Space scape will be projected onto the sandbox, when large piles of sand will act as gravity wells attracting mass to it, while large dips will be treated as Gravitation-repulse wells sending matter away from it. Matter will digitally be thrown from the sides of the sandbox as Asteroids and Space Dust Clouds. This matter will circle the gravity wells and combine, if enough combines Planets, Gas Giants, or new stars will be made (Depending on make-up) and new matter will circle the gravity well or the large mass, becoming moons and more. When a Gravity well is disturbed, the mass surrounding it will fling off into space or into other wells.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz8_RNj6T80
- The serious game objective is to entertain children and their parents with a semi-educational exhibit, one that children will want to go back to.
- It will be an exhibit unparalleled in visual appeal, while also being interactive enough to have people touch it in a meaningful way but exciting enough for people to just watch it run. It also provides educational insight on the formation of planetary and solar bodies.
- It would be entertaining to just watch, allowing for more people to enjoy it than could actually manipulate the sand in the box at once.
Brainstorm 2: Refraction
- Puzzle
- Four digital lasers will beam from the sides of the sandbox, and four laser end points as well. The general goal is to get the laser of the right shape/texture and color into the corresponding point. To do this, people need to manipulate the sand. Certain heights of sand will create specific digital structures, these structure act like shaped mirrors. Using the mirrors, the laser can get to its goal, when a goal is reached a new laser and end point appear in a new Type/color. the sandbox will cycle through the entire rainbow of colors and the 4 laser types. the reason for the types is colorblindness may negatively impact just differences in color.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B33b7nC_dOo
- The serious game objective is to entertain children and their parents with a semi-educational exhibit, one that children will want to go back to.
- The game will be highly interactive and tactile with the lasers behaving in real-time. While teaching children about how light reflects.
- It is very active and requires input to change the state while also having goals and no real end-point.
Team Members:
Myself,
A serious game problem 