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Neighborhood Good
2023 / Game Designer and Project Lead
Client
iCivics
Overview
Learn about how to make a change in your community by investigating the issue and learning who and how people are effected. Choose the highest impact details to make in your plan of action.
Learning Experience Goals
- walk the player through a framework for identifying an issue in their community and how to address it
- breakdown the process of civic engagement
- utilize live polling data to encourage social play
Process
Discovery Phase
Worked with client to identify their core learning objectives which in this case was breaking through decision paralysis in the face of making small or big change.
My design focused on systematizing the core game loop of an issue and addressing it to allow the client full flexibility and agency with creating effective content that best suited their learning goals
Beta Testing
In early interviews with kids we found some issues resonated more than others. For the targeted age group it was important to balance issues that would feel impactful but not be too abstract to understand.
Codesigning with our kid testers helped us really hone in on details in the course of action that made sense for a kid imagining themselves in this situation. We went through many iterations of content to really nail a kid's feeling that the game was realistic and they could take these lessons into their real life too.
Release
Designed features around real-time polling data, UI Accessibility Plugin (UAP) to enable screen reading features and dynamic color settings.
Shipped for web browser, mobile, and tablet.