History Teaching: Serious Games being part of History Teaching; Siege 1565 Project.

About:

Siege 1565 is a Historical Education Board game as a result of the dissertation project. The dissertation dives into how Serious Games can be implemented into the Maltese History Education System. Throughout the dissertation, a game was created to teach students about the Great Siege of Malta that took place in 1565.

In Siege 1565, the players will be put into teams and must choose one of the factions; Knights or Ottomans. The player's objective is to capture the control point, and the first team that has all their player on the point wins the game. Throughout the game, players will encounter cards that they can use to their advantage and to stop their opponents from advancing.

Role:

Game Designer, Game Artist and Illustrator

Prototype:

During the process of the game, two prototypes were created. Each prototype had the same mechanics, but the first one which was handmade was used to test the game's functionality. The second prototype had early visuals and was tested with students.

Hand-made prototype board layout:

Hand-made prototype of the cards:

Prototype Board:

Weapon cards prototype:

Special cards prototype:

Event cards prototype:

Demo:

Once the prototype was play-tested, a demo version of the game was created.

All Game Assets:

Box:

Introduction cards:

Board:

Event Cards:

Weapon Cards:

Special Cards:

Card Illustration Timelapse: