Board game intro

Design & make………

a travel game suitable for ages 8-15.

It should include its own storage and be made using plastics and wood only. Illustrated

instructions showing how to play must also be included.

Design Folio - Content

• Research – Existing Products• Exploring Materials• Specification• Ideas• Spec Checklist• Developing Ideas• Solution• Working Drawing• Sequence Of Operations• Evaluation

Research – Existing Products

Homework Task 1

Create a page titled “Existing Products”

Research board/travel games on the internet

Sketch or copy/paste a page of suitable games for this project.

Homework Task 1

Create a page titled “Existing Products”

Research board/travel games on the internet

Sketch or copy/paste a page of suitable games for this project.

Research – Exploring Materials

Design Folio Task 1

Create a page titled “Exploring Materials”

Research the following;

Wood - Softwoods and Hardwoods.

- Wood joints for box construction;

Lap Joint,

Comb joint,

Dovetail

Cross halving

Dowel joint

Plastics -‘Thermoplastic’ and ‘Thermosetting Plastic’

- Vacuum Forming

- Laser cutting and engraving

SpecificationA Specification for a project provides a list of

‘Specific Design Targets’ that are used to measure how successful a design has been. This

is done during its ‘Evaluation’.

Each specification sentence should start “The Design must . . .”

Design Folio Task 2

Create a page titled “Specification”

A Specification should be use the 6 design factors as sub-headings;

Manufacture, Aesthetics, Ergonomics, Function, Cost/Target Market and Safety

Ideas ? ? ? ???

“Good ideas are common – what's uncommon are people who'll work hard

enough to bring them about”

“Adults are always asking little kids what th

ey want to be when th

ey

grow up because they're

looking fo

r ideas”

“Often the difference between a successful person and a

failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the

courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a

calculated risk - and to act.”

“The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the

bad ones away”

“New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!”

• Considered Page layout• 2D and 3D drawing• Notes• Identifying small details

– Construction– Patterns

• Colour, backgrounds and shadows

Successful Ideas

Aha ! …….IdeasDesign Folio Task 3

Create a page titled “Ideas”

• Create a minimum of 5 ideas for a board game

• Use 2D and 3D sketches• Use colour to show important parts of the designs• Add notes on; Ergonomic Factors,

Aesthetic qualities ANDManufacturing needs,

Ideas should be based on relevant experiences, research and imagination

Spec Checklist

A ‘Spec Checklist’ is a very easy way of measuring the success of your ideas

using your specification targets.

Design Folio Task 4

Create a page titled “Spec Checklist”

Produce a table which will show you have ‘measured’ your ideas againstyour Specification targets.

ALSO: Provide your reasons for choosing the idea using the 6 design factors

Spec Checklist

Developing Idea

Develop your chosen idea to improve its aesthetics, safety and construction.

Identify the construction methods that will be used – make sure you

investigate as many ways as possible for it to be made.

Improve the safety of the productDevelop the appearance of the product by ‘adding to’ or ‘subtracting from’ the design

Developing Idea (cont)

Design Folio Task 5

Create a page titled “Developing Ideas”

Start by developing the shape and safety aspects of the original idea

eg

Developing Idea (cont)

Next look at all the construction Possibilities.

Solution

The solution shows the final design.

Design Folio Task 6

Produce a pictorial presentation sheet showing your final design looking from different viewpoints

Working Drawing