Make an updated Candyland to test your newly acquired game design powers. This mini-jam will serve as a repo and link of all the games made during this development cycle, and learn about the process for online game-jam participation. Description below pulled from the assignment page.

First: Recreate Candyland from memory using paper craft. Second: update the game with a single new mechanic. Engage in gameplay testing with partners. Create a final version with a printed board, laser cut token(s), and 3d printed part(s). Submit a print-n-play version to your itch.io profile. Designers will use this project as an entrypoint in key vocabulary and technical skills necessary for all remaining projects.

Students will begin by creating a playable, non-researched version of the contemporary board game “Candyland” from paper and craft materials available in the studio space. This paper mockup will be used as a discussion focus for basic game vocabulary items of “player”, “goal”, “obstacle”, “mechanic”, and “component”. This mockup will be compared to the published versions of Candyland. With this basic understanding, students will incorporate a single new mechanic into their papercraft game while retaining all original mechanics of Candyland. Students will learn the basics of playtesting and feedback by playing these new versions of their game in small groups using pre-formatted playtest documents.

Based on this playtesting and feedback, students will digitize their new game rules using Google Docs. Students will recreate their paper mockup parts digitally using a combination of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. 3D models of tokens for the game will be made using Tinkercad or acquired from Thingiverse. These rules, parts, and tokens will be compiled into a digitally accessible print-and-play game made available through itch.io as a .zip archive. All components of this print-and-play game will be submitted to the Creative Production Lab for physical creation via inkjet printed media, laser cutting, and 3D printing services.