Table 2 Game design rubric
From: “I Broke Your Game!”: critique among middle schoolers designing computer games about climate change
Building systems rubric for game designers | |||
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Names of game designers: | |||
Game title: | |||
Category | Not-so-great game | So-so game | Awesome game |
Play (game play on screen) | __Unclear how to play game __Contains little/no aesthetic additions/art/narrative ___Game is not engaging | ___Clear how to play game ___Contains aesthetic choices/artwork ___Project is engaging, want to play to end | ___Clear how to play game and has clear end goal for player ___Project artwork/graphics creatively support the game play ___Project is engaging, want to play more than once |
Play (programming with code) | ___Project uses different looks and motion blocks ___Bugs prevent game from running as intended | ___Project uses simple if/thens, forever or repeat loops, uses broadcast, and uses sensing blocks ___A few bugs but game runs mostly as intended | ___Project uses combination of loops, complex conditionals, operators, and variables ___Debugged; game runs completely as intended |
Meaning (audience) | ___Does not consider peer audience in regard to complexity of language, game play, and climate systems content | ___Mostly appropriate for peer audience in regard to complexity of language, game play, and climate systems content | ___Totally appropriate for peer audience in regard to complexity of language, game play, and climate systems content |
Reality (climate change systems) | ___Contains 2 interactions within climate change systems/subsystems (e.g., inputs, outputs, feedbacks) ___Player action does not affect climate system in a game ___Includes no connections between human actions and climate change | ____Contains 3–4 interactions within climate change systems/subsystems ___Player action affects 1 part of climate system in a game ___Includes at least one connection between human actions and climate change | ___Contains more than 4 interactions within climate change systems ___Player action affects multiple parts of climate system in a game ___Includes more than one connection between human actions and climate change |