Reef
Reef - A Game About Coral
How Might We
Challenge users to engage in play while learning about the devastating impact climate change has had on the coral reefs.
Description
A final project for a Games Design course during my MFA in Design for Social Innovation. The goal was to create a game that would also serve as n educational tool.
Role
Game Design, Playtester, Design Research
This game is about saving coral
As a stakeholder working on the preservation of coral reefs, you must acquire the resources you need to meet industry-specific goals while also saving coral globally. This is a game of both strategy and chance – but if you play your cards right, both you and coral can win!
Reef - A Game About Coral involves three different sets of cards, each one of different significance to move the game along.
The “coral” in the game are represented by these pieces that can grow on each other, which speaks to the point of the game of saving and growing coral.
This game, Reef - A Game About Coral was created as a part of a team of 5 of us. The project was focused around creating a game that had a deeper significance and would create an opportunity for learning through play. We spent about six weeks developing, testing, iterating on, and play testing some more different elements of the game.
If you are interested in play-testing Reef - A Game About Coral, please reach out to me personally.