Image credit: The logo Lili has
designed for her game
A 10 year old girl
from Chambery, France, has won a Gold Medal in the International
Serious Play Awards for an Escape Game she made out of her school backpack.
Image credit: Lili leans in to
watch teachers explore and evaluate her escape game for use in elementary
school classes
Lili Guyat-Michel
doesn't like doing homework because it isn’t as much fun as the interactivity
of a school classroom. So, she decided to turn homework into a game, using
her backpack. It’s called The Mysterious Cartable (Cartable means
schoolbag in French). The game invites students to “escape” from their
homework by solving clues, all the while completing school assignments.
Lili designed a prototype for her escape game using pens, paper, glue, scissors, a diary, a ruler and other items used in an elementary school as clues. Children must use their skills in math, history or geography to unlock different padlocks.
School supplier and
stationary supplier Maped has asked her to design a whole collection of escape
games, using a backpack as the “box” or container for the game.
Lili has plans to
launch a website to help other kids and teachers develop their own
games. She has also opened a site to fundraise for her project. Donations
can be made at https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-mysterious-cartable
During a session at
Serious Play Conference-Montreal in July, Lili explained how she launched her
project and explained how to play the game to K12 teachers and other judges. The
eventual result: A Gold Medal for her entry, the first for an elementary
school student.
Serious Play offers award
competitions for student games as well as professional digital and tabletop
games. For more information on award categories and deadlines, go to www.seriousplayconf.com and try the pull down on Awards.
Lili has her own
website (in French and English). Learn more about her backpack project, go
to: www.themysteriouscartable.com
Media Contacts:
Sue Bohle
Executive Director
Serious Play Events
310 721 9083
Helene Michel
Professor
Grenoble Ecole de
Management
Helene.MICHEL@grenoble-em.com
0033 652 641 693