Elderly's Family Life Supplies - Innovative Chinese Checkers Game Board

2017 International Conference on Advanced Technologies in Design, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

工业技术;机械制造;航空航天工程

Chao, Fanglin^1

Department of Industrial Design, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung

436, Taiwan^1

关键词: Concept generation;    Design projects;    Different heights;    Different shapes;    High standards;    Problem identification;    Prototype tests;    User interests;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/234/1/012024/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/234/1/012024

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The product design course for industrial design students was implemented in our university which spans 9 weeks. Throughout the creativity rules and field study, students achieve high standard on problem identification and concept generation. The prototype test with elderly in design projects is helpful to make students with deeper understand user demand, which in turn enhance the concept further. Traditional Chinese checkers are redesigned using special checkers with different height or shape and specific rules to increase user interest and game diversity. Game is more challenging due to location weighting on score calculation to planning its strategies. Redesign Chinese checkers game board include reconfigurable board and several shape checkers. Checkers has 3 parts: standing ring body, the base body, both support the side holding structure. The body shows slightly concave to facilitate the fingers hold. The upper portion of the body is provided with different shapes extension section which can be engaged with base body. Player move the checker to the opposite target area. When one of player moved all the checkers to the opposite target area; they shift to the scoring calculation stage. The participant may develop specific strategy to gain higher score by maximized weighted checkers into its target block regions.