Candy Land \u2013 Make it deep, strategic and adult oriented.<\/b><\/p>\n
Anna Henson, Adam Thompson, Nitesh Sridhar, Andrew Chang, Caroline Hermans<\/em><\/p>\n What are Candy Land’s\u00a0core mechanics?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What makes it distinctive?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What are its best and worst aspects?<\/strong><\/p>\n Best Aspects: <\/b>Candy Land requires no reading and the most basic of counting skills, making it accessible to the majority of people, and especially to young children; the game is a simple introduction to following rules, and as such is a good primer for more developed game play later in life; the game is quick to set up and quick to play, making it ideal for families, especially those with small children<\/span><\/p>\n Worst Aspects:<\/b> Candyland requires no skill and its outcome is entirely a result of chance; the game eliminates all personal agency; the game glamorizes unhealthy dietary choices to children; pre-2002 versions of Candy Land featured no diversity in character depiction; the game imposes no real consequences for straying from the path (early versions of the game were aimed entirely at \u201cfinding the way home\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What made it successful?<\/strong><\/p>\n Candyland was invented during the outbreak of Polio in the US in the late 40\u2019s \/ early 50\u2019s. Candyland first came out in 1948, and was invented by <\/span>Eleanor Abbott, a victim of the disease who was a former teacher. In the Polio ward, she noticed that children were alone often – their parents were not there and they needed something to entertain them. The game could be played easily; it had a low barrier to entry as it did not need reading, just recognition of colors. The game was also designed as a loop – it did not need to end, so the children could play for hours without having to declare a clear winner. The designs of colorful candy worlds would entice and enchant the children whose lives were often constrained to hospitals or homes. The original game board also featured a little boy character who wore a leg brace – to identify with many of the kids who had to wear leg braces as a result of Polio. The game was bought by Milton Bradley in 1949. In 2005 the game was inducted into the National Game Hall of Fame. The game has been successful in iterations as other characters were licensed to theme the game, such as Winnie the Pooh, Dora the Explorer, etc. Candy Land builds skills in socialization by playing together, patience in taking turns, color recognition practice, learning and following rules and directions.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What was its evolution?<\/strong><\/p>\n Early iterations only had fictional locations that you passed by. The narrative was also just about children finding their way back home, but getting distracted along the way. Later, the setting moved to a fantasy candy world and characters were created, which appealed to children. They removed Plumpy from the game. <\/span><\/p>\n Fixed the last square by making it rainbow instead of purple (god bless).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What are some similar games?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Develop the prompt<\/b><\/p>\n Deep: <\/b>More than just about candy. (Polio?) Games with high depth are strategically interesting and underlying options help create a system that can be played through multiple times without boring audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n Strategic: <\/b>\u201cStrategy\u201d has been defined as \u201cthe art of planning and directing\u201d and so our research might focus on how decision-making, deal-making, and deal-breaking might alter the dynamics, depth, and length of game play.<\/span><\/p>\n Adult-Oriented:<\/b> As Candy Land is designed as a game that is both educational and entertaining to children, our research into an adult-oriented version will also focus on how the game can be entertaining and educational for adults. We might begin with the question: what is a valuable basic life skill that all adults need in order to build other skills and function within any society?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prototyping<\/b><\/p>\n We see our prompt as two parts: a new theme, and a strategic game design. We did some initial prototyping of injecting strategic gameplay into Candy Land. Some of our various experiments were, in no particular order:<\/span><\/p>\n Some of these were fun and some weren\u2019t, we\u2019re still looking into more possible dimensions to add to the game, and we plan on testing new mechanics one by one.<\/span><\/p>\n Next to explore: what if it was a resource management game, and you could trade with other players to get better cards?<\/p>\n Some possible themes – requires more brainstorming<\/p>\n Minimal version of the game<\/b><\/p>\n There are a deck of cards with numbers on them. You draw a card with a number on it. You move forward that many spaces. Whoever reaches the end first wins.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Candy Land \u2013 Make it deep, strategic and adult oriented. Anna Henson, Adam Thompson, Nitesh Sridhar, Andrew Chang, Caroline Hermans What are Candy Land’s\u00a0core mechanics? 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