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1. What is the purpose of a design brief?

2. When designing a game, what roles for each team member should there be?

Use the engineering design process to create a game that will be enjoyed by attendees at your community’s annual carnival. The carnival planning committee is anxiously awaiting your game proposal, so you will need to efficiently plan your time. Your proposal should include a model of the launch device, a model of the target game board, and booth setup documentation. You should also provide instructions on how to play the game and clearly identify how players win a grand prize.

• • (Individual) At least two initial concept sketches

  • (Individual) Justification for selected design

  • Justification for selected team design

•  Develop Solution

• • Physical prototype

  • Test data and analysis

Define The Problem

To find a solution, you must have a complete understanding of the problem. Engineers and designers often write a design brief to identify the details related to a problem and a successful solution. A design brief will help you focus on the purpose of your work.

2. • Review the listed criteria and constraints that define the requirements and limitations of your game design. 

   • Describe (under the associated criteria on the design brief) how each criterion will be measured.

1. Individually, generate 2 simple concept sketches in your engineering notebook to document your thinking as you work through this step of the design process.

1. Use a decision matrix to select one of your team’s designs, a modification of a design, or a combination of designs to prototype and test.

   • Review the steps for creating and using a decision matrix found in the Decision Matrix resource. Open Project 1.1.5 Decision Matrix and determine the best design by filling out the matrix. Using the example below, insert your decision matrix below once you have completed it.

Develop Solution

• booth dimensions

• location and size of the launcher

1. Check (peer review) the hole size and location calculations for the selected design. Provide feedback to address any errors or address any design changes. The originator (the person who originally performed the work) should revise the calculations, as necessary.

1. Plan how you will test your game design using your team’s beanbag launch device and target game board prototype.

1. Represent test data graphically, think of your earlier activities. Include the terms “precision/precise” and “accuracy/accurate” in your analysis annotations. Was your device more or less precise than displayed in Activity 1.1.4? Was your device more or less accurate?  Why do you think that is?

1. • Did your game function as designed? In other words, did at least 3 percent but less than 5 percent of your beanbag launches land in the appropriate location on your target game board?

Present Solution

1. Finalize your documentation for this project. Prepare a one-paragraph proposal for the carnival planning committee. Consider what information this audience would be most interested in learning about your design.

Project Reflection

1. How did previous work of iterating your launch device impact your design decisions?