A card game on the diversity of student paths in higher education

Aim of the project

Photo credit : David Ospina

Mille Crédits is a card game created to increase awareness among students about gender inequalities experienced in a university context. Born out of a collective project with a social vision as part of a master's seminar, I was hired as game designer by Professor Consuelo Vasquez to develop the project in order to make it available to the student and faculty community at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

To Learn more (in French only) : Un jeu de société sur la diversité des parcours étudiants, Jean-François Ducharme, 28 juin 2022

Target Audience
35 000+ students from UQAM

Genre
Card Game (75 cards)

Institution
Université du Québec à Montréal

Date
2021-2022

My role

Game Designer

Freelance Contractor

Skills used in this project

Bridge scientific research to students' lived experiences
Based on real lived experiences
Writing
Design and document game mechanics
Overview of UX and UI design
Quality assurance testing

Design Process

Writing

The game's scenarios come from stories shared by the student community. Once the stories were collected, I analyzed and categorized them by adding themes and characters.
Game Design

The rules of the game must allow the players to discuss the situations and put themselves in the shoes of the characters. Inspired by the game Mille Borne, I adapted the mechanics to reflect the academic journey with the accumulation of course "credits". The red cards represent the obstacles that students have encountered and the green cards, the solutions that address the problems.
UX / UI Design

In collaboration with the graphic designer, I established the list of constraints for the icons and the visual style of the cards for each category.