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Autotelic = Greek meaning self + goal (Wikipedia), “in the flow”

Razor: Engaging the At-Risk Learner

MacGyver-type anti-hero (you)Wounded buddy

Rescue Game

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Features• Razor: Get at-risk learners engaged in the flow,

help create new game content.

• Slogan: “It’s your time to rescue someone.”

• Tablet or phone touchscreen app

• Single-player, 1st Person, 3-D, 5 Eco-systems, Problem-Based Adventure/Strategy Rescue Game

• Trigger Emotions for Reflective Thinking• Practice Life Decisions

• Build Intrinsic Motivation

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Basic Design Map


Learner Objectives After a week of evaluative play:

The learner will be able to list 4 ways his personal motivation has changed, either solo or among his peers, and to verbally discuss whether that motivation is internal (intrinsic) or external.

The learner will also be able to verbally discuss skills and tactics of informal leadership working towards common goals. How does that look and feel in their (probably chaotic) personal lives?

The learner will be able to verbally evaluate and reflect on unexpected and difficult situations, knowing there are ways to find solutions that are creative and practical. Live is messy. We have to deal with it.



The Long Story

The Short Story: X


The Short Story: X


The Player Gets To Help Create


And since the game will be written in Scratch, you get to help craft the game

TensionMotivationPuzzles

AnswersVariation

Flow

Play to Practice Life Choices

The catastrophe (storm, explosion, bomb)

Alternate universe (is it parallel or not?)

Gravity fluctuates. Science is out of whack. You

can’t get traction. You constantly lose your

balance.

You find a wounded friend.

You become the hero. What does a hero do?

Good decisions earn points to buy back Forces.


PsychologyI have survivedMe and only me

I wish I could have a do-overThe earth is all buggered up. Now just

layers floating in the clouds. It used to be spherical, now it is all rectangles.

And, yeah, I regret some of my decisions. Can I try again?


Trying to Engage At-Risk Learners

Practice decision making Experience consequences

Without penaltyTest a new strategy after reflecting thinking


Enough Theory !

Unexpectedly, the terrain suddenly changes color, and undulates with trampoline physics. How do you move forward, keep your balance and keep your buddy safe?

Who said I had a buddy?


Levels & Eco-Systems

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Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Whoa!! You find a treasure in the dirt

“First Principles of Physics”, published in 1932

It’s your grandfather’s

You put it in your pocket


MacGyver Practical Science, 1932

GravitySound WavesLightSpeedTimeHeat PulleysEven rubbing 2

sticks together to create electricity


He was an expert at simple quick solutions to danger

Wilson, or any other name“uuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh . . . “

Somebody else isn’t dead yet.


Photo from 123rf.com

(and what is with that

tattoo?)

E. Todd’s 4 Areas *

1. Game Mechanics

2. Aestethics (look, sound)

3. Kinesthetics (feel)

4. Technology Fullerton (2006)


Game Mechanics

Number Dice = How you move ahead

Action Dice = What you do there

Then play out the action within the 3-D eco-system of your level of play


Game board scrolls off the screen to simulate tension of life’s unknowns

5 4 3 2 1


Push 2 simultaneously Or other

combos

Levels of Challenge

Viewpoints: Isometric, 1st person

by tilting the touchscreen

+X

+Y

-Y

-X

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Aesthetics - Desert

LooksWasteland

Devastated

SoundsFlutesWind

Aesthetics - Jungle


Looks ImpressionisticWetShadowyHungry

SoundsPrimitive

Aesthetics - Dungeon


Looks GothConfusingChillingTerrorizing

SoundsCreepyLike Halloween


Aesthetics – Garden

Looks Peaceful

SoundsDangerous


Aesthetics – ForestLooks FreshRenewedDomineeri

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SoundsCheerfulPowerful

Kinesthetics


Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

The FeelUnexpectedly :SpongyShakyUnstableBouncyElectrical PulsesErraticResponsiveWobblySpatial

Tablet tilts between 1st

person and Isometric

Technology

5 4 3 2 1


Push 2 simultaneously Or other

combos

Levels of Challenge

Viewpoints: Isometric, 1st person

Tablet Touch Screen

+X

+Y

-Y

-X

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Problem-Based Game Play

For each game play, several answers would work, but best choices earn more points.

Trade points for Forces. (So, earn gravity, dude!)

Tension comes from the decision process.


Earn & Collect Forces


Sound

Time

Speed

Gravity

Light

Wind

Electricity

Pulleys

Wheels

Facts

Sample Desert Problem


You need to get that pile of rocks off your buddy. Which power-up would be the smartest to use?

1. Wind2. Speed3. Gravity4. Pulleys

(Context clue: There is a rope lying there and branched trees standing nearby)

Congratulations

Pulleys earns you 2 points of Forces. Use the rope and branches.

Click here for a diagram of what it looks like.

Gravity earns you 1 point, but it is really anti-gravity that you need.

Back to the gameboard to roll again


Gravity

Pulleys

Redeeming Forces

After 1 or 2 good answers, you could buy a Force to solve a problem or to put in your pocket.

Click on the bottom icon you want to buy.


Your Helpers


Pedagogical Agent Rex

Reflection

Everybody needs a weapon, right?

Eat / Drink

BalanceWisdom

Practice Decisions

Evil taunts you at unexpected turns. Resist your temper.

“Declare victory and depart the field”

Save your Forces in a safe place. Your pockets?


Want Changes!


Written in Scratch, so players can improve the game.

Thanks for your 5 minutes.

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