Chatur Chaal
चतुर चाल
Phad paintings, a traditional art form from Rajasthan, India, offer a unique visual narrative. These vibrantly colored cloth paintings depict epic tales, often centered around regional heroes like Pabuji and Devnarayanji.
Typically, a series of Phad paintings is unrolled during a performance, accompanied by music, dance, and storytelling. This immersive experience provides a captivating blend of art and entertainment, preserving ancient traditions and connecting audiences to the rich cultural heritage of Rajasthan.
Engage in this epic battle for supremacy and livestock.
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Learn Through Play:
Immerse yourself in the rich narratives of phad painting, blending cultural education with strategic gameplay.
Insights : Kids aged 8-10 showed great excitement and engagement throughout the game, actively participating and expressing joy during play.
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Easy to Learn, Challenging to Master:
Suitable for ages 8 and above, the game’s rules are simple, yet it offers deep strategic complexity that grows with your skill.
Insights : The rules were easy for the target age group to understand, allowing them to start playing with minimal instruction.
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Variety and Unpredictability:
The combination of strategic moves and Chance Cards ensures that no two games are alike, keeping the gameplay exciting and fresh.
Insights : The game’s length was appropriate for the attention span of the target age group, maintaining their interest without dragging on too long.
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Skill Development:
Continuously improve your strategic thinking, problem-solving abilities, and decision-making skills with each playthrough.
Insights : Continuously improve your strategic thinking, problem-solving abilities, and decision-making skills with each playthrough.
Pick a side
You get to choose between the god Pabuji and the demon Kinchi. They battle each other in over the possession of cattle.
Conquer the pawn
You capture an opponent's pawn by sandwiching it in between two of your own pawns.
Win a cow.
Win the
tic-tac-toe.
Every two pawns captured of the opponent, gets you a cow. You then proceed to placing them on a tic-tac-toe board to win the game.
We aimed to explore and learn about various aspects of game design like fundamentals of game design, game design process and designing the game mechanics followed by developing the game infrastructure.
Aiming to design a purposeful game.
Documented below is the process of developing the game- Game mechanics, Play testing and creation of components.
