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The NomNom GameKit Project
Better Nutrition GamesFood
www.gamesforhealth.org
@bensawyer
Nutrition Games• Name the best nutrition game you played last
year?
• Most apps focus on diets, eating plans, counting calories, not systemic behavior change
• Gamut of opportunities wider than eat-this not-that
• Catch the fruit should not be a genre
Nutrition???
“I don’t think about nutrition, I think about food.
Make stuff about food.”
- Early brainstorming participant
Food!
Cooking
Portions
Nutrition
MyPlate
Grocery Shopping
Dining Out
Food Marketing
Gardening
Snacking
Food Ethics
Food Security
Food Deserts
Food SafetySchool LunchesCalorie Counting
Meal PlanningDieting
Emotional Eating
Empty Calories
Games about Food…
Games with Food!
Minecraft
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
Catch the FruitWe’re not kidding!
This is not a meaningful choice
vs.
or an interesting one…
Food vs. Exercise• We equate exercise as the answer for poor food habits!
• Exercise has benefits beyond weight & waist line
• Nutrition has benefits beyond weight & waist line
• On average exercise can help people lose 10 pounds
• Nutrition and eating habits are bigger issue
• We over emphasize exercise as the antecedent of poor food habits
Starting points?
• FDA database wasn’t as useful for making games
• Broad free/open food database for apps is lacking
• Subject matter expertise online is muddled
• There are few tools, if any for food projects
Summary…
• Many options for food and games exist
• Few are meaningful or interesting!
• The relationship between food and exercise is over-emphasized — need deeper experiences
• The starting points are not great
What to do?
Meet & Think…• Convened nutritionists for input
• Examined nutrition textbooks for curriculum
• Looked at food games, apps, sites!
• Discussed databases, and nutrition information
• How can reduce risk & effort of “1st playable”?
How?• The diversity of topics is strength but what’s the
common denominator?
• Get people purposely exploring beyond calories and binary choices (i.e. fruit vs. pizza)
• How to simplify yet broaden!
• How to engage developers and non-developers?
Outcome Goals• Reset from nutrition to food
• Identify plethora of issues around food that improves health & health outcomes!
• Enable one effort that addresses all of them
• Identify areas where games could offer deeper food content and help designers there too
• How to improve number of games about food worked on to some playable level
Idea: Prototyping Kit!“Prototype more, suck less”
- Greg Costikyan
Prototyping kit• Cards & Board Game : enables ability to cheaply
prototype both for offline & online systems
• Helps everyone: app, gamification, and game developers
• Works for non-technical: no programming needed (at least for initial work)
• Focuses on values, and systems: less ability to focus and get fixated on media effects
Project NomNom• We will never design the perfect food/nutrition game
• Enabling hundreds of developers, students, health professionals might result in some real stars
• Designer integrates various food data we curate
• Working paper prototypes can be converted to digital or polished board game form
• Design system for “cross orientation”(i.e. help developers understand food, and nutrition/food experts understand games)
Kit 1.0• Food Cards : Blank cards, with color codes, spots for customized data
• Action Cards : Blank cards, with color codes, etc. + stickers for customization
• Custom Dice : Printed sticker sheets for customization
• 4 Game Boards : Meal Planner, Kitchen, Grids, Body
• MyPlates : 4-8 paper MyPlates for creating games using MyPlate approach
• Meeples : Wooden figures, to represent family units, people in your games
• Money : Play money to make play purchases
• Tokens : Small cardboard chits with different elements on them
• Stickers : Our data (e.g. “allergy alert!”) is in sticker form that you apply to cards
• Printouts : Additional printouts for things like menus, recipes, etc.
Meeples
Tokens
Food Cards
FRUIT
Alerts
Namespace $
Three Data Boxes
Background color
matches MyPlate
Circle spot ideal for picture
of item
e.g. Common Serving Size, Calories, Fats
1. Allergy 2. Empty Calories 3. Processed 4. Sodium Alert !are 4 possible alerts binary labels to place here
possible contextual
modifier (e.g. whole grain for
grains)
MyPlate Colors & Beyond
Vegetable!! ! ! ! Green!Fruit Red Protein Purple Grains Orange!Oils Yellow!Dairy! Blue!Beverage Cyan!Condiment/Seasoning Black!Prepared/Packaged Dark Brown
FRUIT
Orange $1
1 Each 65 Calories .2g
FRUIT
Verb Sticker/Writing Area
iIMAGE!AREA
Icons, Instructions, etc.
Color Code!Modifier Area
Action Code Area 32 AB
Hunger Cue
+1
Roll to see if you snack between meals
Verb Sheets
Cooking Eating
Shopping Gardening
Dining Nutrition Game Blank
Eat more Eat less
Snack attack Craving
Give Take Trade 1-4 Turn
Reverse Wild Card New Rules Eliminate Everyone
Shuffle + - x ?
Verb Sheets
Cooking Eating
Shopping Gardening
Dining Nutrition Game Blank
Blend Boil
Bone Braise Broil
Brush Caramelize
Chop Dice Drain
Julienne Grind Grill
Grate Fry
Marinate Mash Mince Puree
Tenderize Reduce
Roast Scald Saute Sear
Season Sift
Skim Simmer Skewer Smoke Steam Whip Zest Stock Au Jus Gravy Parfait Sauce Bread Tartar Sushi Baste Cream Saute
Body Concept
Grid Board
Meal Planning Board
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Burner 2Burner1
Burner 3 Burner 4
Cutting Board 1
ToasterOven Microwave
Oven
Cutting Board 2
Cutting Board 3
Sink
Refrigerator
Freezer
Stovetop
Outdoor Gas Grill
Specialized Appliances Kitchen Board Concept
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Kits• 100+ kits will be ready fall ’14
• Individuals & Organizations apply to receive a kit!
• Kit awardees must produce 1 prototype and post ingredients plus rules
• Sponsored jams, contests to incentivize developers
• Make your own kit files available for download
Next Steps• Build updated prototype materials
• Final dataset for cards & sticker sheets
• Contract all manufacturing!
• Assemble kits
• Debut web site