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Research game · Academic · Developmental research

Team
5
When
Nov to Dec 2025
Practice
Game design, Research
Status
Planned

Birthday Bash

A research game that helps researchers understand how children aged 3 to 5 think about race.

  • 4playtests
  • 3 to 5years old, the players
  • 5person team

AskedNov 2025

Measure without teaching.

Measure how preschoolers think about race, through play, without teaching them anything new.

TurnedNov 2025

Preset characters made answers comparable.

From building friends freely to preset characters and prompts.

STARTYR 2YR 3YR 42 months on a shared four-year dialNo counts recorded yetNO COUNTS RECORDEDResearch: practicedRESService design: not part of this workSVCProduct design: not part of this workPRDStrategy & PM: not part of this workSTRGame design: practicedGAMEThe turn: children build friends freely to preset characters and promptsWhere it landed: Assessment game for researchers (client Dr. Catarina Vales); not validated.
Ring: time on a 4-year dial · Stations: practice · Field: evidence · Red: the turn · Dashed: set aside · End mark: where it landed

MadeDec 2025

A coded prototype, print pieces and map art.

A coded digital prototype, print pieces and map art.

Details

My role
Team of 5; carried much of the final deliverables.
Proof
Four playtests; adult proxies for preschoolers; coded digital prototype.
Where it landed
Assessment game for researchers (client Dr. Catarina Vales); not validated.

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