Board Game Pecha Kucha:

Blokus 3D + Bendominoes Jr.

Yan-Ling ChenAndrew HarborDustin Harris

Chih-Pin HsiaoNathan Weitzner

Blokus 3D Game Dynamics

● Turn-based strategy game

● Players lay blocks to match patterns

● Game ends when all blocks are placed

● Score based on top-down view

Blokus 3D SWOT Analysis

Strengths:● Opportunity for improving strategy over time● Many different outcomes possibleWeaknesses:● Instructions are somewhat ambiguous● Slow pace means players may lose interestOpportunities:● Design more patterns – each pattern makes players

develop new strategies

Bendominoes Jr. Game Dynamics

● Turn-based strategy game

● Players match their tiles to tiles on the board

● The first person to run out of tiles wins

● Reliant on luck rather than strategy

Bendominoes Jr. SWOT Analysis

Strengths:● Simple instructions allow players of all ages to

participate● Ambiguity in instructions can teach kids creative

problem solvingWeaknesses:● Does not allow for sophisticated strategies for advanced

playersOpportunities:● Should be more complicated if you want to appeal to

older players

Blokus -> Musical Applications

Colors: GenresShapes: Songs in the genre

Play like a CDremix the music

Bendomino -> Musical Applications

Shapes: different pieces of

melody/ beats

Compose!

Gobblet -> Musical Applications

Tempo- fast / slow

Volume- loud / soft

Reverb- with / without

Pitch shift- high / lowLayers of

Effects!

Musical Applications Advantage

● Play game with cool music

● Compose in an easy way

● Experiment with all effects

● Discover new aspect of music

Healthcare Related Applications

Target Groups: Older AdultsKids with developing problemsPeople with Physical Disabilities

Enhancing Users':Visual PerceptionSpatial CognitionShort term/Long term MemoryMotor ProcessingArm, hands, and fingers movement

Bendomino for Healthcare

Group: Older Adults with Dementia

Enhancing: Short term and long term memory

Form: Tangible User InterfacesLED displays on each tileSensors to detect the neighbor bendominos(including NFC, accelerometer, and touch sensor on the display)

Bendomino for Healthcare

How: 1. Embedded displays on bendominos2. Displaying different patterns or images 3. Disappearing or Showing partial images/patterns4. Display the images/video of their family members on the bendominos on the desktop, but names or relationships on the bendominos they are currently holding.

Blokus 3D for Healthcare

Group: Older adults with Dementia, Strokes

Enhancing: Spatial Cognition, Visual Perception, Motor Processing

Forms:1. Video Games

Training the ability for converting 2D images to 3DEnhancing Spatial Cognition

2. Lego like construction kits (Tangible User Interfaces)minor stroke rehabEnhancing Spatial Cognition for minor Alzheimer

Blokus 3D for HealthcareHow:

Legal Like Construction Kits1. Construction Kits with sensing nodes will know which blocks connect to itself.2. Embedded LED lights can give the hints to the users:Including which place is available, or the wrong placement

On Screen Applications1. Convert the game to interactive 3D Video games on (multi-touch) displays2. Drag and Drop, Rotate the blocks by using touch gestures

Education Related Applications

Target Groups: Young ChildrenIndividuals with Developmental DisordersSecond Language Learners

Enhancing Users':Visual PerceptionSpatial CognitionShort term/Long term MemoryMotor ProcessingArm, hands, and fingers movement

Bendomino for Education

Group: Second Language Learners

Enhancing: Vocabulary Size and Recall Speed

Form: LED displays on each bendominoSensors to detect the neighbor bendominosPreset and Customizable Word Sets

Bendomino for Education

How: LED display on tiles as in healthcare applicationDisplay shows images and words - different matching modesUse preset vocabulary/images or upload your own

Where to from here?

1. Extension

2. Abstraction

3. Application

1. Extension - Blokus 2D, Blokus 3D...

Blokus 4D!

Abstraction

Gobblet - Nesting objects...

Animal Human Student GT Student

Application- Categorization / Organization - Distributed thinking / computing

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