Proceed. The Game Idea The game consists of a decision-tree presentation with inter-linked slides directing the user from the problem definition through

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The Game Idea

The game consists of a decision-tree presentation with inter-linked slides directing the user from the

problem definition through various action decisions, each with a subsequent outcome, in

order to reach the best solution to the situation. There is only one correct path through the decision

tree, only one set of decisions will lead the user to the desired outcome.

The recommended player age range is from 12-16 years.

Players form teams and work together to make consensual decisions through the game.

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The Game Rules (1)

To play this game the user will follow the steps listed below:

It is recommended that players read the rules and introduction to the game,

Players are presented with choices, by selecting one of the choices they either advance to the level closer to the solution or they get an error message, and a choice to back up one level or start the game from the beginning.

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Be Bullied or Fight Hard…

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Ronald is one of the brilliant students in The international American high school.All the bullies pick on him and call him

nasty names only because they areJealous of him; he’s too posh!

In the Beginning…

One day, they Started to take

his lunch money. This kept happening every

day and Ronald couldn’t let them proceed like this

anymore, so hedecided that it

was time totake action

Enough…

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A: Get revenge

B: Confront them

C: Tell his parents about it

As usual, the bullies were doing theirdaily job, when Ronald had to make

a choice about what to do next:

Option A

Ronald decided to get revenge from the bullies after their unexplained bad behavior with him. So he

started to brainstorm some ideas:

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Option B

Ronald decided that the solution is to meet them and talk with them.

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Option CHe thinks that telling his parents may provide a final solution for him to get released from this problem.

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A: Get Revenge

A1: Fight Back

A2: Try to get money back A3: Destroy

something of the bullies to make

up for what they’ve done to

him

Option A.1Ronald meets the bullies after school and is quickly

outnumbered. To get out of the situation, he should:

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Option A.2To make up for what was stolen from him, Ronald

decides to:

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Option A.3Trying to hurt them by destroying something

referring to them and make them put the money stolen to fix it.

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A1: Fight Back

A1a: Grab a pocket knife to

scare them and to protect

himself

A1b: Call his friends for help

A1c: Run away

Option A.1.aOne of the boys accidentally gets hurt by the knife and has

to go the hospital. Ronald gets in trouble for bringing a weapon to school

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Sorry The Choice you made is WRONG!!!

With this Ronald will be in a real trouble after using a weapon in the school and he will enter a police investigation. So it is not the right

solution

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Option A.1.bHis friends join in and the fight gets out of control –

everyone gets in trouble

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The Choice you made is WRONG!!!

This enlarged battle with groups may enter Ronald’s friends in some problems and punishments if the problem gets

bigger and bigger.

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Option A.1.cThe next day, the bullies find him outside of class and

demand his money again, and threaten to beat him up if he runs away again

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The Choice you made is WRONG!!!

Because after running away, he may face the same problem daily and he will be listed as a coward between his friends by running

away.

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A2: To get money back

A2a: Get his money back directly by

taking it out of the backpack of one of

the bullies.

A2b: Take MP3 player of one of

the bullies to teach him a

lesson

A2c: Start charging his lunch

to their school account because

his money for lunch has been stolen by them.

A.2.aAlthough Ronald gets his money back, the next day the

bullies ask him for money again

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Sorry the choice you made isWRONG!!!

Because after getting the money back, the next day the bullies will ask also and then he did nothing at last.

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Option A.2.bRonald is caught by a teacher as he is stealing the player

and gets in trouble

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Sorry the choice you made isWRONG!!!

Just because someone steals from you, doesn’t mean it’s okay for you to steal

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Option A.2.cRonald eventually gets caught and is forced to pay the

bullies back from his own account

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Sorry the choice you made is WRONG!!!

Ronald was caught getting his launch on bullies’ account and he got beaten and the problem will never be solved.

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A3: Destroy something of the bullies to make up for what they’ve done to him

A3a: Break the windows on his house

A3b: Crush their

sunglasses

A3c: Try to take their exams from

the teacher’s mailbox before

they are marked.

Option A.3.a

To get revenge from the bullies actions and in order to hurt them, he broke the windows of their houses with some stones.

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Sorry, the choice you made is WRONG!!!

This is counted as rude behavior, and will not solve the problem but may enlarge it.

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Option A.3.b

Ronald decided to crush the bullies boss’s sunglasses in order to let him buy another one and teach him a lesson.

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Because destroying the property of other people will never solve the problem, but may cause additional problems.

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Option A.3.c

In order to hurt them and cause some problems for them, he decided to steal their exams from the teacher’s mailbox to give them zero on

the exam.

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Ronald is caught while taking the exams and he got zero on his exam, so he caused additional troubles for himself.

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B: Ronald decides that he must confrontthem about their actions. Therefore, he:

B1: Tries to be on theside of the bullies, so he won’t be picked on.

B2: Decides to refuseto pay next time they

ask for moneyB3: Try to make themunderstand what they

are doing is wrong

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Option B.1Ronald decides to be on the side of the bullies so he doesn’t

get picked on himself. To do that, he:

Option B.2: Ronald just can’t take it anymore, and he wants to refuse to pay the bullies. He:

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Option B.3: Ronald thinks that by trying to make friends with the bullies, he’ll be able to make them see him as a person and

they will understand what they are doing is wrong. How should he do it?

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B1: To avoid being picked on, Ronald:

B1a: Becomes abully to someone

else to gain respect by the group of

bullies

B1b: Tries to convince them to find

someone else topick on.

B1c: Form a stronggroup with friends

and try to pick on thebullies instead

B.1.a: Ronald becomes a bully to someone else to gain respect by the group of bullies so they will stop picking on him and

see that he is strong.

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Ronald is only making the problem worse by picking on others.

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B.1.b:Ronald tries to convince them to find someone else to

pick on instead of him.

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Someone else suffers and the bullying doesn’t stop.

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B.1.c:Ronald decides to form a strong group with friends

and try to pick on the bullies instead when they approach him.

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This only makes the environment at the school worse and nobody “wins”

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B2: Ronald doesn’t want to payanymore and decides to:

B2a: Threaten themwith a strong warning

B2b: Ignore futurerequests and just try

to walk away

B2c: Let all studentsknow about their

actions to try to forcethem to feel bad

and stop

B.2.a: Ronald decides to threaten them with a strong warning about

what will happen if they don’t stop

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Threats only make the bullies react more strongly towards Ronald.

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B.2.b:Ronald decides to ignore future requests and just tries

to walk away

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The bullies just find him after class instead.

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B.2.c:Ronald tells all the students

about their actions to try to forcethem to feel bad and stop

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Peer pressure may help stop the bullying, but it doesn’t change the relationship with the bullies

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B3Try to make them

understand what theyare doing is wrong

B.3.a Join same scout

group in order to work together in a social

environment

B.3.b:Decide to approachthem at the club on

a Saturday night

B.3.cEstablish a collectionfund to gather moneyfrom students so the

bullies be given money and perhaps see the

stupidity of their behavior

B.3.a:Ronald decides to join same scout

group in order to work together with the bullies in a social

environment

Check if correct

CORRECT!

This is a good first step to enabling the bullies to see Ronaldas a person, and not just a victim. This gives him more control if he confronts them about their behavior and they may be more

willing to listen.

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B.3.b:Ronald decides to approach

them at the club ona Saturday night

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When they are surrounded by their group of friends, they showoff and ignore Ronald

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B.3.c:Ronald wants to establish a collection fund to gather money

from students so the bullies be given money and perhaps see the stupidity of their

behavior

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The bullies don’t care about this, as it is not money they want, but to show they are strong and have power.

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C :He tells hisparents about

them and they suggest:

C.1: Ronald shouldcontact the director

of the school

C.2: Ronald shoulddefend himself tosolve the problem

C.3: They will get involved directly tostop the bullying

C.1: Ronald should contact the directorof the school to notify him of the problem and maybe he will

make them stop.

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C.2: Ronald should defend himself tosolve the problem because he needs to learn how to take

care of his own problems

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C.3: If Ronald’s parents get involved, maybe they will be able tostop the bullying.

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C.1: It is suggested toRonald to contact the

director of the school. He:

C.1.a: Decides notto do that for fear of getting beat up againif the bullies find out.

C.1.b: Requests for the director to

interfere

C.1.c: Sends ananonymous letter tothe Director about

the situation.

C.1.a: Decides not to contact the Director for fear of getting beat up again if the bullies find out he did that.

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No action is taken, and the problem isn’t solved.

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C.1.b: Requests for the director tointerfere with the situation directly by talking to the bullies

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Although the bullies get in trouble, they still continue to ask for Ronald’s money after stopping for a few weeks.

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C.1.c: Ronald sends an anonymous letter to the Director aboutthe situation.

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Because the letter was anonymous, the Director cannot do anythingwithout proof.

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C.2Ronald should

defend himself tosolve the problem

C.2.a: Take a baseballbat to school to

appear more dangerous to the

bullies

C.2.b: Decide to walkto school with a group of friends

C.2.c: Change route to school to

avoid meeting them

C.2.a: Take a baseballbat to school to

appear more dangerous to the

bullies

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Ronald gets in trouble with a teacher when he sees himholding a bat up at the bullies.

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C.2.b: Ronald decides to walkto school with a group of friends

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The bullies just wait until they find Ronald alone to takehis money. He can’t be with his friends all the time.

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(C.2.c) Ronald changes the route to school to

avoid meeting the bullies

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Now the bullies look for him in the middle of the day instead.

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C.3: Ronald’s parents get involved directly to

stop the bullying by:

C.3.a: Contact the bullies parents sothe bullies will get

in trouble

C.3.b: Letting Ronaldswitch schools so he won’t be bullied

anymore

C.3.c: Come with Ronald to school

every day to make thebullies leave him

alone.

C.3.a: Contact the bullies parents sothe bullies will get

in trouble

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This stops the behavior briefly, but they just start up again after their punishment is over.

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(C.3.b) Letting Ronald switch schools so he won’t be bullied

anymore

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He switches schools, but in this way he never addresses the problem

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(C.3.c)Ronald has his parents bring him to school

every day to make the bullies leave himalone.

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The bullies only continue to tease him and make fun of himfor bringing his parents to school.

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Developers RulesIn order to develop the game for use in a local community, game developers

should follow the following steps:

Develop a suitable issue from everyday life, and understand how it impacts the local community.

Introduce a story element into the situation, involving a conflict situation that needs to be solved.

Understand the various responses that the community could have to this situation, and their outcomes.

Develop a story hierarchy for the situation, based on three levels of decisions and outcomes.

Develop three decision alternatives solutions for each level will. As a result, 27 distinct decision possibilities have been developed.

The decision scenarios will be placed within a slide structure, with each slide leading to three suggested alternatives, and by clicking the user follows through the decision tree to the selected outcome, which in turn leads to three more possibilities, and so on.

If the player feels he is going in the wrong direction, a ‘back’ link allows him to backtrack by one step, and a ‘start again’ link allows him to start once again from the game opening.

Once the end is reached, the player is either congratulated on attaining the correct outcome, or his mistake is described, and the player is invited to try again. Only one of the 27 outcomes is determined as ‘correct.’

Thank you for Playing this game

This game was developed by:- Jad Mokdad, 13 years Bourj Barajneh- Bilal Rahal, 13 years Bourj Barajneh

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Proceed. The Game Idea The game consists of a decision-tree presentation with inter-linked slides directing the user from the problem definition through