Lesson
Game Design Part 1: Foundation
Strawbees Team
What are the elements of a good game? Is it fun? Challenging? Creative? In this lesson, you will learn the key elements of game design as you build, play, and test “Sky Bridge Escape”.
Algorithms
Data Collection
Debugging
Game Design
Playtesting
10-12
55:00
Roles Cards
Rules: Sky Bridge Escape
Overview and Objectives
Let’s build, test and improve a board game called Sky Bridge Escape!
In this lesson, students will:
- Identify the key elements of game design.
- Describe the similarities between an “algorithm” and a set of rules for a game.
- Build a board game called Sky Bridge Escape.
- Play, debug, and improve the rules of Sky Bridge Escape based on data and observations.
Sky Bridge Escape overview
In this foundation lesson, you will build and play a board game called Sky Bridge Escape. Then, you will test and improve the game based on data you collect!