Light or Dark 棋盤遊戲 by Lan Zhou and Xinlu Yang

Light or Dark 棋盤遊戲 by Lan Zhou and Xinlu Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 玩具、遊戲及消閒產品設計 Competition Category.

銅玩具· 2023

Light or Dark 棋盤遊戲

by Lan Zhou and Xinlu Yang

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 玩具 Category

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The Design

About Light or Dark 棋盤遊戲

《Light or Dark》是一款以世界能源危機為背景的兩人兒童棋盤遊戲，包含紙牌、骰子、沙漏、棋盤等相關組件。玩家需要在有限的時間和精力下完成遏制污染蔓延和建造新能源站的任務。目的是讓孩子在合作和解決問題中培養時間感、專注力和綜合策略感，並在具有挑戰性和趣味性的遊戲中體驗危機感、緊迫感、使命感和勝利感。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Light or Dark 棋盤遊戲是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Light or Dark 棋盤遊戲將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Light or Dark 棋盤遊戲出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: A two-player board game based on the background of the world's energy crisis, guides children to complete tasks in a cooperative way under a variety of constraints through various element settings. During the game, children need to look at the overall situation and plan rationally when facing and solving a series of problems. This tests and develops the child's sense of time, concentration and comprehensive strategy.
Dimensions & Packaging: 330 mm (w) x 235 mm (d) x 53 mm (h)
Tags: children's board game, educational design, strategy, consideration of reality
Production Technology: The base block of the game board is made of colored beech, and the rest of the components are mainly ABS or PMMA.
Design Challenge: We spend most of our time developing the rules of the game, thinking about how to project the serious and complex energy crisis issues into a children's board game, so that children can experience a sense of crisis, a sense of urgency, a sense of mission and a sense of victory, making the game educational, challenging and fun.
Research: After the preliminary formation of the rules of the game, children over the age of 7 were invited to conduct a playtest. Light or Dark get their feedback on the game design itself and their rich emotional feedback. Some of them won the game by thinking calmly and adjusting their strategies in the face of the tense situation, while others failed in panic. But this also made them realize the necessity of environmental protection, which made the winning and losing of the game equally meaningful.
Inspiration: The problem of energy shortage and environmental pollution has a long history. In 2022, due to the combined effects of multiple factors, the global energy supply and demand was seriously out of balance. While looking for and developing more sustainable alternative energy sources, the concepts of energy saving, emission reduction and sustainable living should also be instilled in everyone's daily life.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2022 in Milan and finished in February 2023 in Milan.
Operation Flow: After randomly drawing a map card and completing the assembly, place the hourglass to start the game. Players need to use limited raw energy to plant trees, withstand storms, control the spread of pollution and complete the task of building new energy stations to win the game. Every time the hourglass lights up, it warns of the spread of pollution, and when the energy stations light up, it means the generation of new energy. Players can get random raw energy supplies by rolling dice, and can also share new energy generated by new energy stations with partner.
Team Members: Designer: Lan Zhou
Designer: Xinlu Yang
Image Credits: Lan Zhou & Xinlu Yang, Light or Dark, 2023