The initial research we undertook as a group was going to toys'r us and looking at games which are in the same age group as ours. We noticed that games for our age range 7+ were a lot more advanced that we had first thought. Lego games (see left) were similar to our game as you had to collect pieces etc, and these were the same age group as ours. They are fairly complex, so we decided not to go too simple, as we don't want to bore the children. This is when Shaun had the idea of turntables on the board, to mix the gameplay up and make it a bit more competitive. We also decided that the players would be rescuing a 'damsel' from the centre of the board. What I gained from looking at these games was also the different style of art used for the different age groups. For example, lego is cartoon, but mature cartoons, whereas 3+ games (see right) have a very childish look about them.
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