A.

ResearchandAnalysis(Part1)

INSTRUCTIONS:
1.Openhttp://scratch.mit.eduandsignupusingyourGmailaccount.
2.Openandplayany3gamesyoucanfindinthislist:http://goo.gl/jtkgst
Choose1welldone,1average,and1poorlydone.
3.Whendonechoosingandplayingthegames,completethefollowingtablebelow.

1.SampleScratchgames:
Game1:Welldone Game2:Average Game3:PoorlyDone
a.Link/URLforthe
game
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1535122/ http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1321/ http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1796240
/

b.Brieflydescribethe
game
(min.80words)

You have to hit a ball with a stick which moves

left and right and collect all boxes in the air each
time the ball comes back on the stick you do a
mathsproblemtogetitbackintheair.
There are 12 cards and you have to
turn 2 cards at a time if the 2 cards
match they both disappear if they do
not match they go back to their
original position (to match they have
togo1a1btobematched)
When all the cards disappear it is
finished.
2 ninjas fight each time there is a
maths problem you need to answer it if
it is wrong the other ninja atacks you if
itisrightyouattacktheotherninjayou
c.Possibletarget
audienceforthe
game

lowerschool lowerschool upperschool

d.Schoolsubjector
topicusedinthe
game

Maths matchinggame Maths

e.3Strongpointsof
thegame
(min.100words)

Fun.
Kindofaddicting.
Accurate.
easy
notimelimit
colour
madedrawingshimself
hard
notimelimit
f.3Weakpointsofthe
game
(min.100words)

Notenoughcolour.
Samethingallthetime.
Themathsproblemisalwaysamultiplication
easy
notenoughcards
nochallenge
unclearpictures
tohardforsmallerkids
nosound
g.3Suggestionsfor
improvement
(min.100words)

Colourinboxes.
Putbonuses.
Changeofthemathproblem.
differentlevelsofdifficulty
morecards
timelimit
backgroundmusic
putsoundeffectswhenaninjagetshit
differentlevels

2.In1paragraph,discussallyouranswerstothefollowingquestions:
Whatschooltopicorsubjectdoyouwanttouseforyourowngameproject?
Whatkindofgameareyougoingtodesignforyourproject?
Whydoyouthinkthereisaneedtocreateagametolearnyourchosentopicbetter?
Towhattypeofaudiencewillyourgamebemostusefulto?

Iamgoingtodesignaplatformgamewhereyouhavetogetfromonepointtotheotheranditwouldbehelpinginmaths,Ithinkthat
thereisaneedtocreateagameusingmathssostudentswillenjoylearningmaths.Thisgamewouldbeformiddleschoolchildren.
3.Interview1ofyourclassmates(7
th
Gradestudent),andaskthefollowingquestions:
Inyourclassmatesopinion,willcreatingagamebehelpfultolearnyourchosentopicbetter?
Whatcharacteristicsofthegamedoesyourtargetaudiencewouldliketosee?

B.Research
Completethetablebelow:
Checkhereforanexample:http://goo.gl/CAvQfa

GuideQuestions
forResearch
Rankthe
Importance
oftheQuestions:
#1Mostimportant
#5Leastimportant

PrimarySource
(MLAformat)

SecondarySource
(MLAformat)
Whatimportantinformation
didyougetfromthis
source?
(Brieflydiscussthemain
points)
Howwillyouapply
thisinformationto
yourgameproject?
a.Arethereothergames
likemineonscratch?

4 Colkadome."Scratch
PortalV4.0."
PortalV4.0on
Scratch.Scratch,14
Aug.2009.Web.05
Sept.2014.
<http://scratch.mit.ed
u/projects/647875/>.
Thatmygameideawas
madeintoagame
beforeandthegame
alsohasplentydifferent
easylevelsbutminewill
onlyhaveonehardone.
Bymakingminealotdifferent
byaddingalotmorecolour
andmakingiteducational.
b.Willchildrenfrommiddle
schoolstilllikeitevenifitis
educational?

3 Machel,Samora.
"ScratchInterview
1."Personal
interview.5Sept.
2014.
yesbecauseyoucould
makeitreallyenjoyable
andatthesametime
asksomequestionthat
theyneedtoanswerto
continuethegame.
Byaskingsomequestions
whentheywanttojumpor
crossaportal.
c.Areportalsagoodthing
formygametobe
prefered?

2 Chidumo,Emerson.
"ScratchInterview
2."Personal
interview.5Sept.
2014.
yesbecausetheyll
makethegamemore
interestingandadd
suspensetoit.
Byputtingsomeportalsinthe
game.
d.WoulditbebetterifIdrew
myowncharacterformy
game?

1 Adatia,Sarah.
"ScratchInterview
nobecauseitcouldbe
reallyhardtodrawand
BysearchingfortheimageI
want

3."Personal
interview.5Sept.
2014.
evenifitwasaneasy
drawingicouldeditit
e.HowdoIaddbackground
musictomygame.

5 ScratchTutorial:
HowtoMake
ThemeMusicfor
YourGame.
YouTube.YouTube,
27Oct.2012.Web.
05Sept.2014.
<https://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=bjQ
7s9DUTis>.
Howtoaddtheme
musicformygame
byaddingthememusic

C.DesignBrief
In1paragraph,writeadesignbriefthatincludesthefollowing:
summaryofyouranalysisofyourresearch
whatyouaremakingforyourproject(briefdescriptionoftheproduct)
whowillbenefitfromyourproduct(targetaudienceorusers)
howwilltheybenefitfromyourproduct(purposeoftheproduct)

Readanexampleofadesignbriefhere:http://goo.gl/k8XaMj

InmyresearchIfoundoutthatsomepeoplethoughtthatitwouldbestillfunhavingan
educationalgamebecauseyoucouldlearnstillenjoyingthegame.Itwouldbebetterin
otherpeoplesopinioniftherewouldbeportalsandifItookthepicturesfrominternet.
OnscratchthereareothergameslikeIwantminetobe.Mygamewillhavebackground
musicanditwillbeaplatformgametogetfromonepointtotheotherbyjumpingover
obstaclesandgoinginportalstogototheendoftheplatform.Mygamewillbeformidle
schoolstudentsanditwillhelpthemlearnmathsinafunnerway.

D.Bibliography:
Listthesourcesthatyouusedforyourresearch.

WorksCited
Adatia,Sarah."ScratchInterview3."Personalinterview.5Sept.2014.
Chidumo,Emerson."ScratchInterview2."Personalinterview.5Sept.2014.
Colkadome."ScratchPortalV4.0."PortalV4.0onScratch.Scratch,14Aug.2009.Web.05Sept.2014.<http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/647875/>.
Machel,Samora."ScratchInterview1."Personalinterview.5Sept.2014.
ScratchTutorial:HowtoMakeThemeMusicforYourGame.YouTube.YouTube,27Oct.2012.Web.05Sept.2014.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjQ7s9DUTis>.