
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!