Press Release
The Warrior in You Game Design by Akshata Chtinis Receives the A' Design Award in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
Akshata Chtinis recognized for toys, games and hobby products design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that The Warrior in You Game Design by Akshata Chtinis, designed for Akshata Chitnis, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding The Warrior in You Game Design
The Warrior in You is a game design that creates a safe space for students to practice and explore healthy coping mechanisms. It also enables parents to understand their kids better through their game choices. The game successfully abstracts the real-life challenges students face by blending them into the fantasy world of warriors on a quest. The true essence of the project lies in the gamification of coping means that help students build essential attributes such as problem-solving, decision making, and empathy to tackle stressful situations in life.
About Akshata Chtinis
Akshata is a Service Designer, passionate about understanding people their stories, emotions, and behavioursand using this insight to design meaningful products and services. She specialises in developing research and strategy tools that provide a long-term perspective, enabling a deeper understanding of how behaviours evolve over time and adapting services to meet those changing needs effectively. She graduated as one of the youngest Master’s candidates from the prestigious Royal College of Art at just 21. Her academic excellence is further highlighted by her achievement as a Gold Medallist for all four years of her Bachelor’s in Design program.
Award Record
This recognition makes Akshata Chtinis a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design Award
The A' Toy Design Award is an international toy design competition recognizing good toy designs by best toy designers, manufacturers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to toy designers, game studios, industrial designers and hobby product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include dolls, action figures, board games, puzzles, plush toys and educational toys. The awarded toy designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/toy
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/140741
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/140741
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!140741
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/330834
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.behance.net/akshatachitnis/projects
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Warrior in You Game Design
- Function
- Game Design
- Category
- Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Kids
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dim Gray, Light Slate Gray and Sienna
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Akshata Chitnis
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Akshata Chtinis
- Country
- Great Britain
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #140741
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Key targets of the game are- Introduction and acceptance of healthy coping mechanism, Initiating conversations in households and Expressing self. The game design is primarily based on Play & Talk therapy. By playing out life experiences through the game kids learn to cope without feeling judged. It also enables immersing into warrior characters to normalise their well-being struggles and instil empathy for self and others. This unique approach to actively inculcate coping mechanisms helps one build stronger relationship with self, people and environment.
- Inspiration
- The motivation for the game stemmed from seeing personal experiences with academic stress being amplified and reflected among the young students, leading to mental health struggles and loss of self-identity.
- Research
- Students experience academic stress as a result of the interactions they have with parents, peers, teachers, as well as the environment at home, school or society at large. These stressors range from family and personal expectation, peer competition, school atmosphere to the demands by the society that affect students’ mentally, physically, emotionally and cognitively. Thus, students of the age 10-12 must be empowered with healthy coping mechanisms to overcome the distress caused by unhealthy academic competition. As the academic stressors begin to take shape into mental health problems by the age of 14, the study targets the preconditioning aspect.
- Challenge
- The most crucial challenge while building the game was balancing the engagement versus learning aspect- Appropriate theoretical application of psychology and coping mechanisms. Encasing these coping mechanisms within the storyline to entertain the kids and ensure effective learning
- Realization and Technology
- The base board and palace backdrop are printed on sunboard of 3mm thickness for sufficient base strength to hold pawns and islands as well as for the palace to stand upright. The islands were printed on card paper for a light-weight stable box to hold cards within. The warrior boards use sunboard to place all cards, coins and elements collected by players through the game. All the graphics and characterisations for the game were first illustrated on paper and then illustrated using Adobe Illustrator to create unique designs.
- Operation and Interaction
- The game has simple gameplay interactions that begin with setting up the base board, palace backdrop and placing 5 island boxes on their designated spots on the board. The next step is for the player to select a warrior character, pick out their pawn, warrior board and challenge cards. They must read more about the character’s strength and weakness given on the warrior board. The players must take turns to roll the dice. The board is created like maze with the Blank steps, Power-ups to earn well-being coins or move ahead, Power-downs that make players lose coins or go back, Challenge steps to perform tasks and Islands where players must win a battle to move ahead.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in October 2021 in Mumbai, India and completed development in April 2022.
- Specifications
- A2 size 420 x 594 mm base board and backdrop palace, 5 hexagonal island boxes 70 x 70 x 70 mm, 4 A5 148.5 x 210 mm size warrior boards, well-being coins and elements of 30 mm diameter, 4 warrior pawns of 60mm in height and 1 dice. Age Group 10+ Family game
- Keywords
- Academic Stress, Coping Mechanisms, Game Theory, Child Psychology, Board Game,
