A Proposal to Develop a Game for Children as a Final Project
Charottama Oshmar
24 November 2017
Introduction
In today’s era of technology, multimedia has become an inseparable element within a computer system. This is due to the rapidly-growing use of technology among people, from commoners to high enterprises and government agencies. Therefore, multimedia acts as the bridge between the power of technology and the people of all classes and backgrounds. Multimedia and the human-computer interaction are the basis of one of the subjects taught at Bina Nusantara Computer Science major, aimed for students in the third semester. This document proposes the creation of a game for children around the age of 5-7 years old. The proposed game, in addition to harnessing our skills in designing and developing a game, will also assist the children in basic mathematical skills. This proposal details our distribution of work and some important dates.
Objectives
With this document, we propose to develop a game aimed for children. In addition, we will also achieve the following goals:
- Practice our skills in utilizing Construct 2 to create a software
- Help youngsters learn basic addition and subtraction skills
- Expressing and implementing our creativity into the game by going beyond what had been taught in class
- Attain our final project mark, which contributes to 40% of the final mark of this particular subject
Plan of Action
The distribution of work between me and my partner, Adrian, in the simplest terms are as follows: I will provide approximately 80% of the entire pictures that are needed for the game and Adrian will work on the game on the Construct 2 software.
The reason behind this distribution is because I am using MacOS, which Construct 2 is incompatible with. Therefore, I will supply Adrian with most of the pictures he needs along the way.
Construct 2 itself is software to make many sorts of applications, not limited to just games. We will be using the 2.44 version, since the most recent version is still in beta. Our proposed math game will roughly look like the following: a random question will appear in the middle of the screen. Some numbers will then be spawned, and the user has to choose which number correctly corresponds to the question.
Dates to Remember
The final project, along with the report, is to be submitted on the 28th of November 2017, compressed to zip format and sent via email to Mr. Raymond Bahana, our lecturer for this subject. But before that, we are scheduled for an appointment with Mr. Bahana on 6th November 2017, to discuss the progress of game development up to that point.
Conclusion
Children of the generation Z will undeniably grow up alongside technology, whether their parents intended so or not. Therefore, educational technology has a lot of potential for the future, as today’s children are already drawn to technology, so it is for the best interest to use that potential in a positive way, which one of them is to teach math. This document proposes the development of such a game to achieve the following objectives: Practicing our Construct 2 skills, helping children learn math, implementing our creativity, and attain our final project mark. The game and the report will be ready by 28th November 2017.