Foodie Fun Farms with Ron and Mijoo

An educational pc/tablet game for children ages 6-10.

Goals• To show children where their food

comes from: harvesting and planting• To show what waste is, where it comes

from and how to avoid unnecessary waste

• To show how the natural world, animals, and humans are all linked together

• To educate children about different food choices: vegan, vegetarian, omnivore

• To show what food combinations make up a healthy meal

Themes• Animals and nature give us food, so we

need to help them grow and flourish• Nature, animals, and people are

connected through a cycle and are dependent on one another

• To respect the choices of others and to understand that these differences do not make us better or worse than each other.

Keywords• Sustainability• Recycling• Respect• Vegan, vegetarian, omnivore• Health• Reciprocity• Holistic

Levels• Three levels: vegan, vegetarian, omnivore• Map: at each level, the corresponding

map icons will be unlocked and in colour. (the locked icons/areas will be grayed out).

• Tutorial: Ron and Mijoo’s Vegetable Garden will be the mandatory introductory level to introduce gameplay

• Iso perspective: ‘god view’

UI (User Interface)

UI (User Interface)• Character Avatar• Menu: unlocked food items [At each level, you

will only have access to those food groups that pertain to that specific diet. Ie. No meats on the vegan menu]

• Journal: codex of what you’ve learned• Backpack: to store items that you acquire• Help• Map• Exit

Menu

Map

Character Creation• Name:• Age:• Avatar:– Optional customization (possibly micro-

transaction based or unlockable in-game content)

Ron & Mijoo

• Tutorial farmer friends: 1st characters you meet in game [also children. All other farmers will be adults]

• Multi-ethnic• They will follow you on your adventures in

other areas of Foodie’s Farm• After tutorial level, they will become your

help icon on the UI screen• They will pop-up and prompt you when you

need assistance.

2D-3D• Dialogue scenes will be in 2D with

voice over and text• Food icons and maps will be in 3D• Mini-games will be in 2D or 3D

depending on the content• 3D allows for children to get a better

visualization of the different foods and introduce them to visual spatial awareness on the map

Gameplay• You will explore different areas by choosing

them on you map• Once in the area, you will have mini-games

with unlocks for your menu, collectables for your backpack, and information pertaining to that area for your codex.

• Ie. In the vegetable garden, you collect earthworms that you can later use for fishing.

• Once you’ve discovered and learned about a food item, it is unlocked in your menu and can be used to create a meal.

Possible Mini-games• Planting and harvesting crops [using

collectable seeds and tools that you find during gameplay]

• Classifying foods by type (Ie. Tomato is a fruit)

• Matching foods to benefits/nutrition (Ie. Carrot & Eyes)

• Fishing [measure the fish against a board and throw back ones that are too small (babies), and one’s that are too big (mothers)]

• Matching fish to the body of water

Budget• 65,000-80,000$• 1 year production

Future• Franchise: different ethnic foods– “Foodie Fun Farms go to Africa!”

Mock level• Omnivore Level – Francois’ River – At The River• “Francois’ River” (Be careful, the river travels fast. Don’t fall in! Francois

will meet us there!)• Arrive. • Francois gives you a talk about fresh water fish that live there.• Minigame: Fishing [sustainability]

Mock Level Cont.• Fresh water fish unlocked in menu • Francois explains to you the different parts of

the fish and you cook a fish meal with him afterwards using unlocked food items from your menu

• Area complete. Go back to Francois’ River Map and go to another area for more mini-games, information, and collectables

• End: when all stations in Francois’ River Map are completed, the area trophy is unlocked.