Mama's Way

Abstract

A game for educating women who are to become a mother or planning to become one.This game will take them in a journey of knowledge which are essential for every mother before, during and after pregnancy. A journey which will strengthen the bond between family, father and mother.

In real world learning can be hard and harsh, this game will help women to gain confidence to do and learn things about herself and her baby.The aim of the game is to level the confidence and knowledge by stepwise increment in difficulty and competitiveness. With a motivation of participation of family to share their time and love.

Gameplay

The game has two versions one is based for Urban setting where the new mother learns about the traditional verified knowledge about pregnancy and new born child. Where as the second version is based for Rural setting where the new mother learns about Urban medicines and practices which are verified by the experts.

The elements necessary for playing the games are information cards, question cards of three levels and additional accessory defined as below:

Question Cards

These cards are used by the moderator of the game.

They mention the tier of the question and the answer to it

Information Card

These cards given out to the mother after completing or reaching a checkpoint

Task Cards

These cards are used by the moderator of the game.

They mention the task to be done and some directions

The three styles/ modes which allows different play styles are explained below:

Mother & Father

Vs

Nanny (NPC)

There are two players in the game, mother and father. They are competing with the ultimate enemy Nanny.

Nanny is always moving without caring much about others than the baby
Father is a continuous Question bank who only know what’s best for the baby
Mother who is the real struggler and she must answer all the question to prove she is the best.

Rules

Two participants mother and father (moderator)
Nanny is the competitor who is on the move all time
Question cards are thrown by father to be answered by mother
Tiers of the question card decides the units mother can move
Certain marked checkpoints provides info cards to mother for assistance
Goal is to reach the destination before nanny.

There are multiple players in the game, mother, father and family. They are all in for the baby’s well being trying to take away the baby.

Mother is trying to answer questions being thrown at her by everyone else
Grandmother trying to raise the difficulty so that the baby comes to her side
Aunt is all in mood for weird question to play with the baby
Father is moderating and asking question such that they can take care of baby all together.

Rules

At most four participants mother and family
Mother has to answer the question thrown at her by others
Question cards are distributed to members with equal points
There are four pieces at the center which represent the baby
Objective of mother is to make the baby reach her
But the mother in law thinks she is a better mother, and aunt just wants to play

Mother

and

Family

There are four couples in the game. They are all competing with each other to learn new things and gain that confidence that every couple face the same problems

There is a moderator who is handling the point system in board and passing out the given tasks and questions
Couples need to perform the task and answer questions
Moderator also rewards the couple performing good with information card
The couple who did not win need to buy baby gifts to the winning couple.

Couples

Vs

Couples

Rules

Four couples play this game
Both father and mother has to take part
There is a moderator and point board manager
Each level has random number of task and questions
There are rewards - info cards
Winner couples gets gift from other

What's new ?

Gain of traditional knowledge about pregnancy and newborn.
Information card and task card making the game competitive.
Development of a stronger bond between husband, wife and family.
Community games to help people connect better.
Traditional knowledge which our ancestors taught us.
Community game to help build a better place and life.
Introduced in all major languages of India.

Improvisations

Added an incentive system and a score system
Made the single player more attentive.
Magnetic stitching on packaging.
New tokens introduced.
Added QR codes to task cards to make the tasks more engaging and dynamic

Board Design

The board was designed in a way that the items such as cards, totem and accessories can fit inside. The board is self packing every time the board can be packed into a hexagonal prism and can also be used as a toybox later on.

The aesthetic chosen for the board is to make the parents attracted as well as children. So, that it can be their own toy at some point.