Foodie Fun Farms with Ron and Mijoo

1. Foodie Fun Farms with Ron and Mijoo An educational pc/tablet game for children ages 6-10.

2. 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

3. 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.

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

5. 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’

6. UI (User Interface)

7. 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

8. Menu

9. Map

10. Character Creation • Name: • Age: • Avatar: • Optional customization (possibly micro-transaction based or unlockable in-game content)

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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

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

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

17. 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]

18. 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.