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
-Captcha, Foldit