Chuchu Qi a.k.a. Chuchu
selected works [product]
OHHO Game
Game Design for Kids
Critic: Bruce Lindsey
Fall 2020 | Core Studio, Half-semester Project
St. Louis, MO
This project is called OHHO, a game designed for
kindergarten kids, focusing on motivating both kids’ conscious playing and
unconscious playing and help develop their creativity during the playtime.
The design started with the exploration of the cardboard’s materiality and the transformative characteristic which then embedded in the game to. Unlike the traditional roller, OHHO invites kids to be more bodily engaged with the roller by putting their fingers into the rings to manipulate the roller. The structure is therefore transformative, creating a roller that can roll in 1 wheel, 2 wheels, or 3 wheels together.
Moreover, the cardboard made dice are designed with three numbers with a repeat on every two sides. The first number the player got is the number of the roller wheel that the player can use, and the second is the unit number the roller can roll on the paper. When the players roll the ink perpendicularly, the one who intersects the other is the winner and should shout out “OHHO”, claiming the winner of the game.
The name OHHO mimics the circle and plan view of the roller. The Axisymmetric and Centrosymmetric characteristics make it shown the same both the right way and reversed, matching the language that of the game both visually and when performing.
The design started with the exploration of the cardboard’s materiality and the transformative characteristic which then embedded in the game to. Unlike the traditional roller, OHHO invites kids to be more bodily engaged with the roller by putting their fingers into the rings to manipulate the roller. The structure is therefore transformative, creating a roller that can roll in 1 wheel, 2 wheels, or 3 wheels together.
Moreover, the cardboard made dice are designed with three numbers with a repeat on every two sides. The first number the player got is the number of the roller wheel that the player can use, and the second is the unit number the roller can roll on the paper. When the players roll the ink perpendicularly, the one who intersects the other is the winner and should shout out “OHHO”, claiming the winner of the game.
The name OHHO mimics the circle and plan view of the roller. The Axisymmetric and Centrosymmetric characteristics make it shown the same both the right way and reversed, matching the language that of the game both visually and when performing.
