Fresh, reusable water is a limited
resource and the demand for it continues to grow. Many people are not aware of
the water footprint that they create throughout everyday activity. If they are
not informed, the freshwater will slip through our attention and become waste
water. Our group has decided to create a fun and interactive board game that
will inform and remind the players about water footprint around everyday
life.
The name Drip
Slip represents the core
concept and notion of the board game. It also represents the slipping of
freshwater that we cannot get back as they drip behind out consciousness.
The reason why our group chose board game
as a method of teaching water conservation was because we wanted our target
audience to be young children. Educating them and informing them from young age
will have greater impact to their consciousness and awareness. Combined with
young curiously, this will get the children to recognize the good and bad
things that can happen in their own home. It is an educational program
disguised as a fun game, in order to maximize the educational effect.
The board game's early development concept
comes from a popular board game called Snakes
and Ladders.
The entire board will be laid out with
water pipes that twist and turn. They vary in color to represent different
platforms that will hold the player's representative characters as they move up
and down throughout the game.
The Snakes are replaced with graphic
representation of water blast that comes from the pipe crack.
The concept of Ladders is replaced with occasional Splash Cards that will grant the players a
chance to either move up or down the platform depending on the context.
A competitive element was added to the
game as the idea of water beads is introduced. Some of the Splash Cards will tell the player to take water
beads, which will have its own significance at the end of the game.
Development work:
Making of the 3D Component:
At this stage, all the graphic elements were established and organized for the group to work it with the 3D component simultaneously.
Finished Product:
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| Game Packaging, Water beads, Board, Dice, and Manual. |
Poster:
Player Characters and water beads:
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