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The Ocean Blues
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Game Design | Print Design
2023
Overview
Target Audience
Goal
Deliverables
‘The Ocean Blues’ is a children’s story book that further extends into a board game. The idea is to teach children soft skills at a very young age through story telling and interactive activities.
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Kids aged 7-10 years
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School students
Designing children’s books and a board game to teach kids of the age group 7 to 10 years, to empathize with others, show kindness to all and the importance of friendship through storytelling.
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Children’s story book
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Coloring book
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Board game
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Cards and instruction page
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Sticker Sheet
Design process
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Research
Define
Ideation
Keywords
Child psychology | Age group to teach empathy | Monastery style of teaching | Activities that teach empathy | Stories about empathy
Define the story, title and message | Setting and timeline | Context
Character design | Games and activities | Cover page design | Color scheme | Typography
Empathy | kindness | children | story telling | board games | interactive | sustainability | development | soft skills | comprehensive
Story Board
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dec58_0eddcb7d60c8405bb762e2d0367367e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_729,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9dec58_0eddcb7d60c8405bb762e2d0367367e2~mv2.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dec58_97f19655ac0c4d9fa65e02a7cf3b11ab~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_9,y_0,w_4587,h_3421/fill/w_978,h_729,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9dec58_97f19655ac0c4d9fa65e02a7cf3b11ab~mv2.jpg)
Character Design
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dec58_1886c5bce6984d2087c1012edc850107~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1318,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9dec58_1886c5bce6984d2087c1012edc850107~mv2.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dec58_bacc700899be42178e4cbef0a8572b02~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1313,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9dec58_bacc700899be42178e4cbef0a8572b02~mv2.jpg)
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Typography
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dec58_c12a16efa49d488f8dccc3548c997edb~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_140,y_226,w_1448,h_360/fill/w_980,h_244,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/TOB%20typeface.jpg)
Color Palette
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dec58_3217ecdc09b1487c80407921cbeb6ef4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_353,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/TOB%20color%20palette-100.jpg)
Final Outcome
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dec58_36da3f64ad1b40b9bccf183573cb69ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_980,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/TOB%20box.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dec58_f4ed57c76f624938875fbeb4328e228f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/TOB%20story%20book%20cover.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dec58_5ba1eb8678664e08b06c311f9fce528d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/TOB%20story%20book%20pg%201.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dec58_9e6d6b49cda547109255e0d70dd2d092~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/TOB%20color%20book%20cover%20%2B%20pg.jpg)
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My learnings
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Child psychology.
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How designing for adults and children is different.
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How a board game is designed.
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How a laser printer works.
User Testing
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