Maker Faire Showvcase

                                                         Maker Faire Showcase Concept

My showcase design is, to quote Apple's VP of Design Jony Ive, "Unapologetically simple." This is basically Apple's design policy: simplicity and elegance while also being functional. Though Apple sacrifices functionality for design, as they did with the new Macbook with only one port, my design is the best of both worlds. 

At the back is our tri-fold, which will be decorated and clearly introduce our game and all its features, and have extra information about it. People can read about our game on the side. I would also include brochures (left) about our game to pass out around Maker Faire so our area would not be crowded with both readers and players. 

In the center is our masterpiece itself, on computers. As Paras Kumar described, "Having two computers will allow more people to play on our computers and not congest the area. Also, having two or more computers will allow us to showcase our game even if one computer stops working." I agree with Paras, and combined with the brochures means for a utilitarian presentation, showcasing as much of our game as we can to the maximum amount of people at Maker Faire. The front-facing speakers are optional, but will help showcase our OST more clearly. 

The size of this would be around the size of two of our classroom tables, creating one "group" in our class. One table would be used for the tri-fold, and the other table for the gameplay. Color should be focused on the tri-fold, as that is what initially capture the attention of our audience. 

My role in the Game Design Team was to create the narrative for the game, so that we would have a basis upon which we would build the game. I was also tasked with documenting our game. This I did with Ganesh, with our Google Doc. Then Amijot and I took it to Blogger, and completely redesigned our game Blogger to make it presentable should we tell people about it. At the beginning I was supposed to build the base, then I was to keep it going through pictures. As a team, we have been meeting our goals on a satisfactory scale, keeping in mind that we are not a multi-million dollar corporation with a lot of funding. I wish we had started this earlier. My greatest achievement was creating our new Blogger and making the narrative historically accurate.