A-B Notes from 8/22/06...straight from the Ramen Shop Thinktank

Additional Ideas:
-Targetable Geography for specific learning, ie only Europe, US, etc.

6 Basic Actions based on a random D6 (Six sided Die) seed:
1.$100 USD
2$150 USD
3.$200 USD
4.$250 USD
5.$300 USD
6. Special Action, if 6, then -> Special Action D6 seed:
1. Switch Destinations (Rotate Destinations one slot right/left)
2. Free Tickets (ie free turn, good for long flights, etc.)
3. Block one form of transportation (car, plane, train, etc.)
4. Warp (Random D4 seed in the four cardinal directions). You
are able to choose a player (including yourself) before the
random direction is chosen. Player is shifted X miles/km in that direction depending on the time of game.
5. ? TBD
6. ? TBD

So here, sans pictures (curse you, Picasa!) is what we talked about for this game:

A--->B
Where the world is your game board.

Google Earth-like game based on finding a route from one point to another.

-Several distance modes: all the way around the world, 90 degrees, shorter
-Several time modes: real-time, half-time, shorter
-Die roll determines amount of money available
-Money is spent to acquire train/plane tickets, car rental, gas, etc.
-Prices/times determined by realtime interfaces with Travel.com, Weather.com, Travelocity, etc.
-Users can play in single or multi player modes--in multiplayer, the "winner" is the one who reaches their destination first; strategies are built around stretching dollars into miles more quickly
-For an educational aspect, locations may trip a Wikipedia article, providing background on the user's current location, mode of travel, etc. (an article on Mumbai, India, or the history of the Boeing 747)
-Users can put obstacles in each others' paths...still need to establish a means for doing so, since the real environment can't be manipulated...perhaps trigger car trouble, hack bank accounts, etc?

Paper prototype for next class:
-Map of US with specific locations/paths between locations available
-For each city, a set of data is pre-prepared with gas prices, airline prices, weather conditions, etc.

Pictures to follow once we re-take them tomorrow morning.