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DIY Games for Sustainable Aquaculture
Background: DIY board & card games designed for communities in Assam & Orissa. Games intended for behaviour change and long-term impact. Game mechanics are designed with consideration for farmers' literacy levels and cultural contexts. All games are designed as ‘print and play’ for accessibility and scalability in remote regions. Complex, technical knowledge broken down for easy understanding and repeatability.
Team: Crossed Design, Prerona Mazumder, Kalpesh Bhavsar
Field: Game Design, behaviour change, print & play, identity, strategy, communication design
Game 1: Sustainable Fish Ludo
Fish farming communities learn to make aquaculture profitable by keeping fish well-fed and healthy, a sustainable aquaculture practice. Understanding how to sell all your fish in the market and earn maximum profit. Learn how sustainable aquaculture is more beneficial than unsustainable aquaculture.
The board game is accompanied by player fish pegs (red, green, yellow and blue) and a die that needs to be constructed & folded, along with currency.
Understanding how the game pegs & dice diy construction
Game design iterations
Game 2: Pond Construction Board Game
Fish farmers understand the requirements for building an aquaculture pond in this simple board game. Players move to compete to build finished ponds and win the game. Farmers strategize moves to acquire land and build infrastructure to build ponds. Along with building roads, waterlines, and ponds to harvest fish. Understanding the ideal location for pond construction, like road accessibility, water source, proximity to home, land, and the role of FPO in providing financial/technical assistance. In turn, learning to adapt with social sustainability, resource sharing & conflict resolution.
Game design process
Final game board
Game 3: Feed the Fish
Fish farmers learn about the feeding zones & feeding habits of fish species and their fish stocking composition in this easy-to-play board game. The players strategise moves to feed the fish, making sure the hungry fish get their food in this fast-paced board game. There are 4 fish of different species. Each has a specific feeding zone with its feed in the pond. The aim is to make each fish reach its feeding zone.
Game design iterations
Fish species, feed and zones
Game 4. Hatchery Card Game
Fish farmers learn about the entire fish hatchery system through the clever use of fun game cards. The cards teach how fish are hatched for sustainable aquaculture. Players need to match the cards to build a hatchery system. The first player to use all their cards wins. In turn, farmers understand the process & stages of a hatchery unit in a simple way.
Hatchery unit
Sourcing and raising broodstock card suite
Multiple game-playing sessions informed the game architecture & the visual design simultaneously
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