Credit Union Financial Education Game Feature Request

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Contents 1 Phase One 1.1 Improvement 1.2 Prioritized 1.3 Other Items 2 Phase Two 2.1 Prioritized 2.2 Other Items 3 Storyline diagrams

Phase One

Improvement

• Add two quests: car quest and house quest. Take the car quest as an example,
  • When a player needs to buy a car, a video will be shown to the player first. The video will tell the player what need to consider when buying the car (monthly payment, what the interest rate means, how it is affected by the term of the loan, are there any early payment penalties or fees associated with the financing, etc.)
  • After showing the video, the player will be given three financing choices for buying the car. Different choices mean that the player have to pay different total account of money, thus may lead to different fail rate for the players later.
  • The car quest can help the player make the choices better. The player can choose to do the quest first or directly make the choice.
  • The player will get the car quest from a Non-Player Character (NPC) in the credit union. The quest directs the player to access the website including texts and videos on how to finance a car (the website will hosted by us, so that we have full control on the contents). Three or four multiple-choice questions will be given to the players based on the website contents, the players can get different bonus (e.g. discount on the car loan plan) based on the number of questions they answer correctly.
• Support two multiplayer features: one player can buy the car or the house from other players. The players can negociate on the prices.

Prioritized

• slow game down - allow time to digest each decision (Jarrod)---pause game when decisions are necessary
• broaden choices, cars, etc. (Jarrod)---need more cars from the designers (Arnold is working on it)
• options on car repair (Jarrod due on August 7th)---decrease trade value if car isn't repaired
• create video or text for each decision - context behind decision (Check out CSI and Paradygme Video at (68,42,74) -> how do they do video in HUD?) (Mithun)---blocked by the limitation of SL (i.e. only one video URL in one parcel)
  • solution: video screen at different parcels, and also play different videos in the HUD depending on the player's location
• create signs to make obvious how to buy car, etc. (Mithun)
• teleport to cars, houses, etc. (Mithun)---add one more location to the teleporter,i.e. the location to start the game

Other Items

• Debug Objectives - make last longer, etc. (Jarrod)
• make navigation change when objectives are necessary (Jarrod)
• Fix hole in dealership floor---need to get the permission from 3-D designers in China
• Fix various house issues---need to get the permission from 3-D designers in China
• Create web interface for visitor counter (Jarrod)
• Add teleport support in HUD (Mithun)---The function of teleport through the map in Teen Grid doesn't work
• Automatic HUD attachment (Mithun)
• Add version check for HUD (Mithun due on August 7th)
• add seating scripts on the auditorium seats (Andy due on August 7th)
• Set up RegAPI for teengrid - need to see how to do this (Jarrod due on August 14th)
  • Teleport a new avatar at the beginning to orientation area
• Make scoreboard into multiple scoreboards (Mithun due on August 7th)
  • Store the scores in the database to solve the stack/heap collision issues (Mithun due on August 21st)
• change car ownership so only owner can drive (Mithun due on August 14th)
  • need a way to identify which car is yours
• Instructions (including the scripts) for the features Mithun has implemented so far, e.g. automatic HUD attachment, video in HUD, teleport in HUD(Mithun due on August 21st)
• Use more realistic data for the formula of calculating credit score, house interest rate, car interest rate, etc (Jarrod due on August 28th)
• Make certain there are no memory issues (Stack/Heap Collisions)---store the data in the web server (Jarrod due on August 28th)
• Fix the car repair issue (i.e. car repair appear immediately after the player buys the car, and the number of car repair options is not limited) && car payment issue (i.e. go negative)(Jarrod due on August 28th)
• Add the price of the house to the sign (Mithun due on August 28th)
• Stop feature included in game (Mithun due on August 28th)
• Make the car dealership more realistically by adding the price to the car (using label or etc), moving the video kiosk to the car dealership, add desk and furniture there (Finished by Mithun, and Andy will polish it by August 21st)
• Make the house selling more realistically by make one of the house as the realtor's office, moving the video kiosk there, changing color and texture of houses to make them different, putting furniture to the houses (Finished by Mithun, and Andy will polish it by August 21st)
• Design document for the game (e.g. the architecture diagram, channel, message format, formula)
• Build a school in the island, and creating a related video
• Add road way for driving car in the island, and rearrange island according to game flow.
• Produce the following videos
  • Orientation Video for SL
  • Welcome/Introduction Video for Credit Union Financial Education Game
  • Promotional Video with ribbon cutting events included
  • Video on how to buy a car, and what need to consider when you want to buy a car
  • Video on how to buy a house, and what need to consider when you want to buy a house
  • Video on how to do with your paycheck, and what need to consider when you want to do investment
  • Video on introducing different education choices and their benefits

Phase Two

Age Group (of avatar)	Assessment	Learning Objectives	Activities	Objects needed	Random events
0-12	-	Budget Spending Choices Savings	Manage Allowance/Gifts Do Chores: Mow Grass, Wash Dishes, Take out Trash Spend money on: Movie, Mall, Sports, Video Games, etc.	House(1) Animations for chores?
13-18	-	Savings/Checking Buy Car Visit College Buy Car Insurance	Dating Sporting Events Concerts Spring Break Gas for Car Tires for Car	Cars Car lot Insurance Office Arena Car Garage
19-23	-	Student loans Get a part-time job Get Married Renters Insurance Rent a place Buy College Stuff (Books, etc) Get a Credit Card	Apply for Student loans Apply for an Apartment Apply for a job Apply for a Credit Card Get College things Have a wedding (or buy things for one) Buy Renters Insurance	School (College) Applications Wedding Shop Bookstore
24-29	-	Pay Debt (Student Loans, etc) Pay Rent/Mortgage Get a full-time Job Have Children Get Home insurance	Choose Job Choose House Buy Homeowners insurance Pay Medical bills Pay for Child care Pay for Child's sport	Houses Job Location Hospital Daycare
30-39	-	Buy house Investments Marriage Children	-	-
40-55	-	Paying down debit Home equity	-	-
56-65	-	-	-	-

Comments from Dr. Shelor and Adam

Prioritized

• Support "go bankrupt" feature in the game, i.e. the player will be stopped playing the game if his financial situation is very bad up to a certain point.
• have different mini-games within the game, each focusing on a special area (i.e., credit card debt, large mortgage and no cash flow, etc)
• Create 'fun' for kids, i.e. race track, jet ski area, shopping, custom house, etc.
• Add interactive computer and house info board in the realtor's office
• bring in learning piece, etc.
  • methodically show users each choice and it's consequences before they make a choice.
  • know goals at beginning of game instead of at each phase
• Reason to drive vehicles, open spaces to drive vehicles and play mini-games.
• Support multiplayer feature
  • One player can buy the house from other players;
  • One player can propose to the other players.

Other Items

• Allow player to buy furniture from the store, and put it their house
• Feedbacks provided at the end of game
• Color indicator (dot) to change with game status
• Replace dialogs with our own UI
• Add graphs to model future investments
• modules for the objectives
• list items at the intro for them to consider and then focus on a selected few for the game
• add the option of not buying a car (taking bus intead)
• purchases should be based on credit
• Comparison shopping, custom rates for each financial institution
• Event management - When do we have it open, what do we allow them to customize.

• Review of existing games: Image:Review.ppt

Storyline diagrams

• References: The Game of Life

• Storyline diagram v1: [[1]]
• Storyline diagram v2: [[2]]
• Storyline diagram v2.1: [[3]]