Game DesignWe selected the board game Chutes & Ladders by Hasbro to modify as the basis of our educational game. The original game shows children doing ordinary things like pulling someone's hair and they go back spaces or working in the garden moves you up spaces. The first person to the end wins.
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Game PremiseThe premise of our game is the exciting senior year of high school with its ups and downs including making plans for college and enjoying the last year of high school. Seniors in high school are at a unique place in life - they are about the age of 18 which is the legal age to vote, to be on a jury and to sign legal documents and they are also completing a milestone in life graduating high school..
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DownfallsThe Chutes (downfalls) reflect some of the bad things that can happen in high school - getting caught cheating on test, staying out too late, not studying for exams and our big slide is going to a party getting drunk, getting arrested, losing scholarship, losing license and dealing with a criminal record. The point is now as you are considered an adult there are many choices you make that affect your life and future..
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