Balancing Act is a card matching game for 2 players that aims to inform players about basic money management principles. The purpose of the game is to educate players on different money management concepts in a fun and engaging manner. This paper will discuss the story of Balancing Act, the development of the game, and how the design of the game seeks to inform the player of its purpose. It will also include a post mortem that details the challenges of developing both a board and card version of the game, the overall outcomes of the project, and future directions for the game.

Creator

• Yang, Yrenia

Contributors

• Sheldon, Charles Lee
• Smith, Gillian Margaret
• Gutierrez, Edward R.

Degree

• MS

Unit

• Interactive Media and Game Development

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• etd-041719-151350

Keyword

• Money management
• game

Advisor

• Sheldon, Charles Lee

Committee

• Smith, Gillian
• Gutierrez, Ed

Defense date

• 2019-04-19

Year

• 2019

Date created

• 2019-04-17

Resource type

• Thesis

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-11-07