2. ANALYSIS – MIND MAPPING
Date:
PROJECT OUTLINE
SITUATION
You have been approached by a well known toy retailer who wants to launch a new range of board games. They are looking for games that are original and fun to play whilst being suitable for the intended market.
BRIEF
As a designer, it is your task to design and manufacture a new board game and it’s packaging. The game must be aimed at a specific age and must be able to be played by multiple players. The game must be unique and fun to play.
The product must emulate the appearance and quality of a genuine existing product of the same nature.
What makes a good board game?
What are the needs of the user?

3. Department of Technology
Product Analysis – Part 1
In order to gain a greater understanding of board games and the needs of the user, complete a product analysis on an existing product.
Date:
Product Analysis
Department of Technology
Lord Grey School
Constituent Parts
Part No.
Description of part
Material
Manufacturing Process/Method of Construction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Manufactured Product
Name of Product:
Function/Application:
Intended market:

4. Product Analysis – Part 2
The design is successful/unsuccessful:
The quality of the manufacturing process is of a high/medium/low standard:
Student response:
Level Effort
Level: Effort: Date:
Ease of use:
Date:
Materials used / Environmental issues:
Moral issues:

5. Possible Target Markets
IDEAS – MIND MAPPING
Complete the following mind-maps to show what needs to be considered before you start to design a new board game.
Date:
Possible Target Markets
Accessories
Appearance/Style
Themes within games

6. SPECIFICATION
Date:
A specification gives us guidance as to what we are expecting when the item will be finished. It is normally based on our research and general knowledge. It is a list that once produced, we must stick to. We will return it at the end of our project. 1 2 3 4
Date: Level:

7. BOARD GAME IDEAS
In the boxes below, sketch out four different ideas for new board games.
Date:
IDEA 1
IDEA 2
IDEA 3
IDEA 4

8. EVALUATION OF DESIGNS Date: Intended Target Market: Game intentions:
Colour and Style:
Name of the game:
Suggested improvements:
IDEA 1
Student response:
Level Effort
IDEA 2
Date:
IDEA 3
IDEA 4
Evaluation:

9. LOGO DESIGN IDEAS Date: Date: Peer assessment:
In the boxes below, sketch out four different logo designs for your chosen board game.
Date:
IDEA 1
IDEA 2
Peer assessment:
Evaluation:
Date:
IDEA 3
IDEA 4

10. LOGO FINAL DESIGN Date: Date: Final Design:
In the boxes below draw your final logo design and then stick in your computer generated logo.
Evaluate your designs: Do they differ? Do they represent the theme of your board game clearly? Is it simple, yet unique?
Final Design:
Computer Generated Final Idea:
Evaluation:
Student response:
Level Effort
Date:
Date:

11. DESIGN IDEAS FOR CHOSEN BOARD GAME-LAYOUT AND TEXT
In the spaces provided create two different designs for possible layouts of your board game. Remember to consider the style and layout of any text.
Date:
IDEA 1:
IDEA 2:

12. CHOSEN BOARD GAME RULES - PLAN
Date:
Name of the game:
Number of players:
Accessories/ equipment needed:
Game intentions:
How the game ends/ who is the winner:
Peer assessment of design ideas and rules:
Student response:
Date:

13. FINAL DESIGN
Date:
Evaluation of final design against the specification:
Suggested improvements:
Student response:
Level Effort
Date:

14. INTERIM SELF ASSESSMET/PROGRESS SHEET
Booklet Presentation/Written Work
Tick the statement that you feel you have achieved
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
Very poor
Booklet Presentation/Graphic Skills
In the space below write a short statement explaining what you think you need to do to improve your presentation:
Practical Outcome
Tick the statement that you feel you have achieved
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
Very poor
In the space below write a short statement explaining what you think you need to do to improve this aspect of your project:

15. COMPUTER DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF CHOSEN BOARD GAME
Date:
Suggested improvements:
Peer assessment:
Student response:
Date:

16. FINAL PRODUCT – COMPUTER GENERATED BOARD GAME
Date:
Student response:
Level Effort
Date:

17. EVALUATION – FINAL BOARD GAME
Answer the following questions to complete your final evaluation. Answer all questions using full sentences.
How did you test your product? What did you find out?
What are you particularly pleased with in the manufacture of your product?
What did you find most difficult in the manufacture of your product?

18. EVALUATION – Continued
How do you think your final product compares to existing products already on the market?
Student response:
Level Effort
How could you improve your product further?

19. ANALYSIS OF PACKAGING – Board Games TESTING – Net Designs
Date:
Date:
What is the function of the packaging?
What information needs to be on packaging?
Possible materials for packaging?
Evaluation:

20. DESIGN IDEA FOR PACKAGING FINAL PRODUCT – COMPUTER GENERATED PACKAGING
Date:
Date:
DESIGN IDEA FOR PACKAGING
FINAL PRODUCT –
COMPUTER GENERATED PACKAGING

21. FINAL PRODUCT – PACKAGING FOR THE BOARD GAME
Date:
Student response:
Level Effort
Date:

22. HOMEWORK 1- CLASSROOM RULES
Date:

23. FILL THIS SPACE WITH IMAGES THAT RELATE TO THE TARGET GROUP.
HOMEWORK 2: MOODBOARD FOR YOUR TARGET GROUP
Date:
FILL THIS SPACE WITH IMAGES THAT RELATE TO THE TARGET GROUP.
HOW DOES THIS HELP YOU WITH YOUR PROJECT?

24. HOMEWORK 3: RULES/INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHOSEN GAME
Date:

25. HOMEWORK 4- Production plan
Date:
START
FINISH

26. HOMEWORK 5 – Keywords to look for
Date:
Keyword
Meaning

27. Date:
HOMEWORK 6 – Promotion

29. Student Assessment/Target Record
Class Work
Behaviour
Homework
End Level
Justification
Teacher Assessment/Target Record
Subject
Graphics RM Food
End Level
Teacher
Class Work
Behaviour
Homework
Peer Assessment/Target Record
Class Work
Behaviour

30. Creative Technologies
Lord Grey School
Creative Technologies
YEAR 7 WORK BOOKLET
PRODUCT DESIGN (B)
BOARD GAME PROJECT
Name:
Tutor Group: Technology Class:
Working at Grade:
(This is your grade at the start of the term)
Target Grade:
(This is your end of course MTG)