The Warrior in You Game Design by Akshata Chtinis |
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| DESIGN NAME: The Warrior in You PRIMARY FUNCTION: Game Design INSPIRATION: The motivation for the game stemmed from seeing personal experiences with academic stress being amplified and reflected among the young students, leading to mental health struggles and loss of self-identity. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Key targets of the game are- Introduction and acceptance of healthy coping mechanism, Initiating conversations in households and Expressing self. The game design is primarily based on Play & Talk therapy. By playing out life experiences through the game kids learn to cope without feeling judged. It also enables immersing into warrior characters to normalise their well-being struggles and instil empathy for self and others. This unique approach to actively inculcate coping mechanisms helps one build stronger relationship with self, people and environment. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The game has simple gameplay interactions that begin with setting up the base board, palace backdrop and placing 5 island boxes on their designated spots on the board. The next step is for the player to select a warrior character, pick out their pawn, warrior board and challenge cards. They must read more about the character’s strength and weakness given on the warrior board. The players must take turns to roll the dice. The board is created like maze with the Blank steps, Power-ups to earn well-being coins or move ahead, Power-downs that make players lose coins or go back, Challenge steps to perform tasks and Islands where players must win a battle to move ahead. The win conditions are made to build anticipation through stroke of luck and healthy choices in the game. The first to reach the palace gains 5 points followed by 4, 3 and 2. These palace points need to be added with the total well-being coins collected in the game to decide the winner. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in October 2021 in Mumbai, India and completed development in April 2022. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The base board and palace backdrop are printed on sunboard of 3mm thickness for sufficient base strength to hold pawns and islands as well as for the palace to stand upright. The islands were printed on card paper for a light-weight stable box to hold cards within. The warrior boards use sunboard to place all cards, coins and elements collected by players through the game. All the graphics and characterisations for the game were first illustrated on paper and then illustrated using Adobe Illustrator to create unique designs. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: A2 size 420 x 594 mm base board and backdrop palace, 5 hexagonal island boxes 70 x 70 x 70 mm, 4 A5 148.5 x 210 mm size warrior boards, well-being coins and elements of 30 mm diameter, 4 warrior pawns of 60mm in height and 1 dice. Age Group 10+ Family game TAGS: Academic Stress, Coping Mechanisms, Game Theory, Child Psychology, Board Game, RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Students experience academic stress as a result of the interactions they have with parents, peers, teachers, as well as the environment at home, school or society at large. These stressors range from family and personal expectation, peer competition, school atmosphere to the demands by the society that affect students’ mentally, physically, emotionally and cognitively. Thus, students of the age 10-12 must be empowered with healthy coping mechanisms to overcome the distress caused by unhealthy academic competition. As the academic stressors begin to take shape into mental health problems by the age of 14, the study targets the preconditioning aspect. The game solution uses a systemic approach to game design and applications of behavioural psychology to introduce primary grade students to healthy coping means. It further provides a future pathway for expanding the intervention into other avenues such as schools and psychologists’ clinics for optimum child development. CHALLENGE: The most crucial challenge while building the game was balancing the engagement versus learning aspect- Appropriate theoretical application of psychology and coping mechanisms. Encasing these coping mechanisms within the storyline to entertain the kids and ensure effective learning ADDED DATE: 2022-04-02 12:29:26 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : IMAGE CREDITS: Akshata Chtinis, 2022. |
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NAME: Akshata Chitnis PROFILE: Akshata comes from a unique trans-disciplinary design background with deep-rooted knowledge across behavioral psychology, product design, gamification, interaction design, emerging technologies (AR & VR) and systems thinking. Her diverse background has helped her become one of the youngest Masters candidates at the prestigious Royal College of Art at the age of 21. She has an outstanding past record of excelling as a Valedictorian in her Bachelors of Design course. Her passion for user psychology has led her to publishing her critically acclaimed research paper with Springer Nature on designing sustainable well-being services in India. She has won several international awards for her college projects along with acknowledgements for participating in studies with Harvard and Maker’s Asylum UNESCO. Her work experiences have helped her further build sensitivity in the fields of Fin-tech, health and well-being, rural business and social enterprises. She hopes to work towards societal impact and development, channelized by her process of embedding within communities that allows her to design with empathy and empowerment at the forefront. |
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The Warrior in You Game Design by Akshata Chtinis is Winner in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Category, 2022 - 2023.· Read the interview with designer Akshata Chtinis for design The Warrior in You here.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Akshata Chtinis. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Akshata Chtinis. |
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