Summary of Community Event in August 2024
Our team is still in awe at how many community members are interested in building pilina (relationship) with native plants and played the prototype of our card game. Mahalo to everyone who shared space, time, and feedback with us! Hearing our communityʻs voices is so important to us. We canʻt wait for you to try our next prototype with more improvements.
On August 3, 2024, over 20 community members played and shared feedback on our ʻĀinaQuest card game prototype, and we also tested 2 game mechanics. Members from as far as Nānakuli in West Oʻahu and ages 5 to 72 years old came to play our game.
Early findings from the event:
Majority of participants prefer simplicity and easy to learn game mechanics
Majority of participants prefer variety of plants that mimic the real world
From early observations, the points of the resource cards were unequally weighted compared to native and canoe plant cards.
Potential opportunities:
Improvements to the layout and character illustration (i.e. adding more leaves or flowers)
Consider adding more invasive plants to the game
Exploration of the distribution of the points system
From these early findings and potential opportunities, we plan to make an iteration of our prototype and continue to research and play test.
Mahalo to Native Books in Honolulu for providing space, pupus (appetizers), refreshments, and encouragement to make this event possible and fun for us!
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