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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
Ideation on Figma
Game 1. Fish Ludo
What is the secret to making profitable aquaculture? Keep your fish well-fed and healthy with sustainable aquaculture. Sell all your fish in the market and earn maximum profit. Learn how Sustainable aquaculture is more beneficial than unsustainable aquaculture.
The Game is accompanied by player fish pegs (red, green, yellow, & blue) and dice, which need to be constructed & folded, along with currency.
Understanding how the game pegs & dices would be printed, cut and constructed.
Game 2. Pond Construction Site Game
Ever wonder what the requirements are for building an aquaculture pond? Make your moves and compete with your friends to build ponds and win the game!
Strategise your moves to acquire land and build infrastructure so you can build ponds. Build 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. Social sustainability, resource sharing & conflict resolution.
Game Design Construction Process
Final Game Board for Pond Construction
Game 3. Feed the Fish
The fish are hungry and need to get to their feeding zone. Strategise moves and make 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.
Understand the feeding zones & feeding habits of four fish species, and their fish stocking composition.
Initial Game Development
Game 4. Hatchery Card Game
Use fun game cards cleverly to learn about the entire fish hatchery system. Understand how fish are hatched for sustainable aquaculture. Match the cards to build a hatchery system. The first player to use all their cards wins. Understand the process & stages of a hatchery unit.
Hatchery Unit
Multiple game-playing sessions informed the game architecture & the visual design simultaneously
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