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Game design activity

Posted on: 27/03/2025

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🎯 Your Mission

Create a fun game (online or physical) that helps people learn or practise computer literacy skills. Make it exciting, make it clever, and most importantly—make it teach something!

🧠 What to Think About When Designing Your Game

🎯 Who is your game for?
  • Is your game for Grade 7s? Your classmates? Younger students?
  • What do you want them to learn or practise? (e.g. Email rules, parts of a computer, how to use MS Teams)
🎲 What type of game will you make?
  • Will it be a board game or a digital game?
  • Can you play it alone or with others?
  • Will players compete or work together?
🧩 What style will your game be?

Here are some fun ideas:

  • Board game with cards and challenges.
  • Quiz game with points.
  • Escape room game where players solve puzzles.
  • Matching game like matching devices to their jobs.
  • Story game where players take on roles or characters.
📖 What’s your game’s story or theme?

A good story makes your game more exciting!

  • Example: “You’re trapped in a computer lab! Solve puzzles to escape!”
  • Or: “Protect the digital world from hackers!”

It can be short and sweet – just something fun that links everything together.

📜 How do you play? (Rules & instructions)
  • Write down the steps clearly.
  • How does someone win?
  • What happens if they get an answer wrong?
🧃 What do you need for your game? (Materials)
  • For physical games: Cards, dice, board, tokens, etc.
  • For digital games: Slides, clickable buttons, images, links.
💻 What will your game teach?

Pick 2–3 computer topics like:

  • What is a computer (Input → Process → Output).
  • Input and output devices.
  • Saving and organising files.
  • How to use MS Teams.
  • Netiquette and staying safe online.
  • Using email properly.
🧠 How will your game teach or test these topics?
  • Use question cards, mini challenges, or puzzles.
  • When players get something right, they can move ahead, earn points, or unlock clues!
  • You can also explain answers to help them learn.
🎨 How will it look?
  • Choose fun colours, neat writing, and readable fonts.
  • Keep it clean and clear.
  • Make it visually appealing!
⬇️ Download the Game Planner Template (MS Word Format)