Jogo de tabuleiro: design aplicado na educação cultural sobre Maceió

Abstract

Since the beginning of the pandemic in Brazil, in March 2020, the seclusion of children and adolescents in their respective homes, and to the care of family members and guardians, began to generate doubts about how the teaching-learning process would continue in remote mode. Before this problem arose, in Maceió, Alagoas, we had already seen the lack of interest of this group of children and youth in the local culture. Through Graphic Design and Game Design, this research suggested a proposal for a solution to this issue through the creation of a board game, “Vôte!”. This game was built following the design methodology of Peón (2009), combining it with some creative tools during the development of the project. The proposed game emerged as an idea to solve the problem presented after we followed the initiative of the Brazilian publisher Galápagos to start the dissemination of a catalog of games in the format then called Print and Play! (Print and Play). In this research, therefore, the publisher's games were analyzed: Dixit, Tacocato and Timeline, and, later, we arrived at “Vôte!” that not only has mechanics similar to these games, being easy for children from eight years old to learn, but also addresses regional and local issues about the culture of Maceió, Alagoas.