Designing a Game with Non-linear Design Thinking Process and using UX Pyramid framework.

1. GAME DESIGN
Building a game based on UX
Pyramid Framework

2. THEME- Fake News

3. Concept Description
‘Real Fake Gaming News’ is a game designed for youngsters between
the age of 16 to 19 years, staying in Norway, going to Vidergående
school.
The game aims to educate its users on difference between fake and real
news, impact the fake news can create on public figures, the spread of
rumors, the existence of satire sites that spread such news on social
media channels. As well as, fact checking websites.

4. NON-LINEAR DESIGN THINKING PROCESS

5. Process
● Empathise- Used research papers from Medietilsynet to know
the user-personas
● Define and Ideate phase- Brainstorming ideas to define the
objective of the game and the solution
● Prototype and Design phase- Sketches, lo-fi wireframes, and
hi-fi prototype
● Test phase- User-testing of the prototypes and iterations

6. UX Pyramid: Elements on which my game design was built
SOURCE: https://syndicode.com/blog/the-ux-design-pyramid-with-the-user-needs/

7. Real Fake Gaming News- Final Game

8. Who are my User Personas?

9. Name: Nicholaj Age: 17 years Language: Norsk and
English
Social Media Presence: Tiktok, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram,
YouTube.
Games played (boys): CounterStrike, Fifa, Minecraft, Call of Duty.
Fears and anxieties: Comes across false news often, fears ugly
comments about themselves on social media.
News subject that interests: Entertainment or celebrities, sports,
culture, Foreign news, politics, and national news.
Social Media Platforms used to access News: Snapchat, YouTube, IG,
Facebook, TikTok.
“Du lærer om hva
som er riktig i
nyheter og hvilket
saker det er”

10. SOURCE: https://www.medietilsynet.no/globalassets/publikasjoner/barn-og-medier-undersokelser/2020/200402-delrapport-3-gaming-og-pengebruk-i-dataspill-barn-og-medier-2020.pdf

11. Genre of Game
Journalism

12. Type of Game
Quiz and strategy

13. Mood Board

15. Revised typography after
User-feedback

16. First Logo Logo after iterations and user-feedback
Logo Design

17. How to play?
A game for a minimum of 2 to 4 players called ‘Real Fake Gaming News’ has
three levels of round- easy, medium, and hard. A player accesses the
companion website where he sees news cards with
● a headline
● short story or description
● the source.
He or she uses fake coins that are accompanied with the game to
determine if the news on each news card is real or fake. He loses coins on
the incorrect answer and retains them if the answer is correct.

18. User-Testing A
First Draft of Game being Tested

19. User’s Observations:
● They wanted more news cards and challenges
● They liked the current news quiz and also got an understanding of what’s
real and unreal news
● To separate real news from fake news was a learning experience for
them
● They found fun element in coin system instead of just points
● It was intriguing for them at the point of time when they were waiting for
the results to be uncovered and find out how many coins each earned
● They were more flexible and had an open-mind towards reading news in
English language.

20. What I took from the user-testing?
● They were uncomfortable with time-frame- Removed time-frame of 60
seconds to answer
● More prominent focus on ‘news’ through debate and discussions
● On the ‘face’ of the news card, gave not just headline but a short
summary and source for more tips on identifying the fake news
● Kept the goal of gaining ‘coins’ as the users liked them
● Designed ‘easy’, ‘medium’, and ‘hard’ levels of news to give the users a
feel of challenging and difficult news
● The scoring system is made easy

21. What I took from the research?
● Main language is English
● The users are free to debate and
free from time-limit of 60 seconds
to answer. This gives them an
opportunity to socialise and
interact
● Player of 2 to 4 players- a tool to
socialise
● Opportunity to learn as they get
tips, access to fact check sources
or sites to check the news
credibility

22. How I used UX Pyramid in the game design?
● A functional and and usable website
● Reliable fact checking sources
website
● Ethically the news cards doesn’t
have rules that mislead the players
nor content that offends or tarnishes
someone’s image but reveals how
social media does this with fake
news
● Convenient and easy to navigate
website
● Significant and relevant because the
game has ‘fake news’ as its focus
● Has fun element with the coins as
said by one of the user-testers

23. Improved Mechanics of the Game
https://realfakenews.netlify.app/
The Github Link

24. Thank You!