Playtown!: Creativity through Exploration
Student: Unknown user
Description:
“Playtown!” is a web game for kids to discover and personalize their own world. Users start by customizing their own character, choosing from different hairstyles, skin colors, and clothing items. The character can then explore the town map, which has three locations: a transportation workshop, an arcade, and an ice cream shop.
Players will be able to:
- design a vehicle of choice at the transportation workshop (including sailboats or rocket ships!)
- play simple games at the arcade
- build their dream sundae at the ice cream shop
on the town map, and by choosing different locations, they can:
- build a robot,
- customize an avatar,
- build an ice cream sundae, and
- design a house!
All controls will be fully switch-enabled, and there is potential to implement customizable contrast, with users also able to adjust text size , and difficulty options. At this stage, specifics are flexible and can be modified according to gauged interest—the ice cream shop could be a pizza shop, for example. Ultimately, the goal is a game that allows children to explore their creativity through a virtual worldand scroll speed.
On the technical side, the game will be built with:
- HTML, JavaScript, & CSS (Using the Phaser game engine)
- PiskelAssembly, AssemblyInkScape, & TexturePacker (Sprite creation)
Check out current progress here!
Partners + Mentors
Partners: Beit Issie Shapiro; Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Mentors: Jess Mitchell, Alan Harnum, Dana Ayotte, Gregor Moss
Working Documents
- Timeline + checklist spreadsheet
- Project blog (updated on Saturdays)
- GitHub repository
- Link to prototype (periodic updates w/ progress)
Project Resources
Developer tips:
- Inclusive design guide
- Design tips for one switch games
- General design tips
- Single switch examples + tips
- Game accessibility guidelines
Games for inspiration:
Other Relevant Links
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