This serious game has been designed and developed to help children with cognitive disabilities, aged 4 to 14, improve their visual perception and hand-eye coordination skills. Players achieve this by organizing different patterns across multiple levels.
The game was developed using Unity and C# and includes the following features:
- Three levels, each with specific patterns to arrange.
- Time limit to view a pattern before it disappears, requiring players to recall and organize it.
- Audio feedback indicating whether a response is correct or incorrect.
- Orchestral music that enhances the atmosphere of each level.
- A distractor character that introduces an additional challenge for the player.
- Scoreboard to track progress.
- Reward system with stars based on performance.
- Scoring based on precision and attention when solving patterns.
- Avatar selection, allowing players to choose a character to represent them.
Screenshots showcase the different levels, featuring various character-based, shape-based, and color-based patterns.
One level includes an additional character designed to distract the player.
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Installation:
Ensure you have Unity Editor 2022.3.2.f1 and Visual Studio Community 2022 installed on your machine.
Setup:
Add the repository to Unity and run the game.
The design and development of this game were primarily aimed at helping children with cognitive disabilities enhance their visual perception and hand-eye coordination by organizing patterns at different levels.
For its design, the iPlus methodology was applied, following its phases: user identification, pedagogical objectives definition, Ludic Game Script creation, gameplay design, and refinement phase. As a result, a document was created detailing user profiles, storytelling, game mechanics, and gamification elements. These mechanics were later transformed into epics and developed using the Scrum methodology, with C# and Unity.
The game development posed several challenges, such as selecting the right mechanics to translate real-world activities into a digital experience. The drag-and-drop mechanic was chosen, allowing children to recognize cards through basic shapes, characters, and colors. Additionally, a music and reward system was implemented to maintain player engagement, along with distractor characters that enriched the experience while keeping the project's educational goals intact.
Since the game is 2D and primarily relies on drag-and-drop mechanics, Unity was chosen as the game engine. Unity provides a wide variety of assets, tutorials, and a strong community, which helped resolve technical challenges during development.