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Objects of Curiosity

  • Curiosity
  • Play
  • Game Design
  • Space Time
  • Indie Game
SHREYA RANJAN
Mr. Mohammed Naim
Imagine a museum where curiosity drives every experience, galleries exploring mathematics, the magic of the natural world, black holes, climate change, indigenous knowledge, and microscopic wonders. Complementing these exhibits is a gift shop filled with objects designed to spark wonder. This project focuses on game design for that shop, reimagining classic games as tools to introduce complex ideas. One such redesign transforms the familiar game Battleship into an Indie game that engages players with concepts of space, time, gravity, relativity, and celestial phenomena. By leveraging play, familiarity, and intuitive mechanics, the game invites exploration of scientific phenomena and obscure knowledge, making learning immersive and joyful. This reinterpretation contextualizes the classic game into a futuristic, Indian inspired experience, where curiosity and play converge to illuminate the universe in unexpected ways.
SHREYA RANJAN
SHREYA RANJAN
SHREYA RANJAN
SHREYA RANJAN
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SHREYA RANJAN
M.Des.
Mr. Mohammed Naim
Objects of Curiosity
Imagine a museum where curiosity drives every experience, galleries exploring mathematics, the magic of the natural world, black holes, climate change, indigenous knowledge, and microscopic wonders. Complementing these exhibits is a gift shop filled with objects designed to spark wonder. This project focuses on game design for that shop, reimagining classic games as tools to introduce complex ideas. One such redesign transforms the familiar game Battleship into an Indie game that engages players with concepts of space, time, gravity, relativity, and celestial phenomena. By leveraging play, familiarity, and intuitive mechanics, the game invites exploration of scientific phenomena and obscure knowledge, making learning immersive and joyful. This reinterpretation contextualizes the classic game into a futuristic, Indian inspired experience, where curiosity and play converge to illuminate the universe in unexpected ways.
SHREYA RANJAN
SHREYA RANJAN
SHREYA RANJAN
SHREYA RANJAN