Global Snakes and Alternative Ladders

UPDATE

So after alot of thinking we  have decided to skim it down to 25 squares and put facts about global warming in each of the squares. We decided to skim it down because we are going to put facts in each box about global warming. Having 50 facts is going to make the game very big and it will get boring. So we are going to have 25 boxes each one of them is going to have an interesting fact about Global Warming. We had think alot to get to this design. At first we thought of putting batteries which would symbolize the alternative source of energy but then it would not look good as a ladder since it would not stretch out. So we have to think about something else. However the idea of putting facts is going to make the game very interesting. So we are done with the concept of the game and now we are going to work on the elements of the game and what kind of characters are players going to be. 

UPDATE

So we have thought of making the game with 50 boxes because having 100 boxes is going to be very big. Since this is going to be a game about Global Warming we need to include more things about the topic and how we could make people aware about the topic because having plan snakes and ladders just changing the snakes and ladders would not make it of any use to spread knowledge. So in my group we are now thinking of making it more interesting. 

UPDATE

So after a lot of brain storming we have decided on our final product which we believe would be entertaining and informative both at the same time. 

This is our final game:

1.Components: Cars(pawns), Fuel Pumps(Snakes), Shortcuts(Ladders), Different Facts about Global Warming(On each          square). 

2.Game Space: A basic Snakes and Ladders board modified into a road trip sort of game board where there will be gas stations, shortcuts and many other interesting facts on the the way. The Cars(pawns) will move forward on the road.

3.Rules: Each player starts from Home(square zero) and then all the players role the dice whoever gets the highest number goes first and then players go in descending order as per the number they get on their first role. Then the players role the dice again and move as many steps as the number on the dice and this goes on until only one player is left on  the board. When moving on the board if a player lands on a Gas Station( which would have a bad fact about Global Warming) he or she has to go back down to the box it says on the gas station and if the player lands on a shortcut(a way to stop Global Warming)he or she would skip multiple number or steps and directly to the next destination.

4.Goal: Well this is not an everyday Snakes and Ladders and so the goal is not going be only to go through the whole board and reach the last box before anyone else. The goal is in fact going to be to achieve a good knowledge of Global Warming by the end of the game and the person who does that will be obviously the first person the reach the last box since he or she will be the first to go through all the boxes and achieve all the knowledge in the game

The Sub Goals: To avoid all the gas stations which are bad for the environment and also bad for you as player since they throw you couple of steps behind. The player should also try and go to the shortcuts which would have ways to solve Global Warming and this would also be good for the player since he or she will leap forward a couple of steps.

5.Core Mechanics : The only core mechanics of this game are the dice which a player has to role to start the game and then move forward. The player roles the dice and then moves ahead equivalent number of box to the number on the dice.

6.Choice : The only the choice the player gets to make is to choice what colour of car he or she wants. 

So this our final plan for the game we have designed it using the concept of Snakes and Ladders and disguised  with the social problem of Global Warming. 

The whole game is complete so now I would like to give a final over view of the game. Now Snakes and Ladders is a very simple game and is not very complicated like the monoploly or any other game that goes on for a long time and that is what I love about the game. You do not have to commit hours into it but still can have fun playing it.This game is transformed into a serious issue and so we needed the game to be light and fun so that people actually pay attention to the message and knowledge that we are trying to put through and the game only. After wondering for a while we decided on the issue of Global Warming. This issue is a very well known issue but people still have many sterotypes and lack of knowledge about Global Warmng and so we decided to make the game around this issue. However how could we not make the game boring but still spread awareness about this issue. So my we came with this really good idea about having facts about Global Warming on each of the squares. The way to stop Global Warming would be on boxes with shortcuts and the facts that show what leads to increase in Global Warming will be on boxes with Gas Sations. This is going to be a very good game and you might have already read about the specs of the game in the previouse post.

We are done with designing the game and the game looks very good. The whole game looks like a road map which has things written on them. We started playing with a couple of people. Since the game is just like Snakes and Ladders we did not need to explain to people how to play the game and just started it. As we were playing the game everyone was reading the fact on the particular box that they landed but no one read the same fact twice. We were having so much fun and learning at the same time. The game turned out to be much better then I imagined it to be. We have achived perfection in spreading knowledge about Global Warming and people did not get bored with it. This was possible according to me because of the the conept we chose and made it simple and fun. I hope you like our game :)