Life+or+Death+Interview

=Design Thinking GSM 667=

Ben Platt, Jungsu Kim, James Shen
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Introduction
====These days, a lot of students don't get jobs when they graduate. Why? They don't know how to prepare for the job interview. Who is the helping these people? School? Friends? Parents? No. They just give us recommendations. How do we get the job without any information on how to interview? Here is answer: Life or Death Interview game! This game will help you get a job because our company created a game with some of the interview questions possible, particularly for a game design job. Nowadays, a lot of people have smartphones, tablets and laptops. Our Life or Death Interview game is easy to play if you have one of these. If you are ready to play, you should practice until you are ready to get a job. Welcome to Life Or Death Interview!====

BJ's Story
====There was a man who recently graduated from college. He was trying to get a job as a game designer, but with no luck. He was a great game designer, but whenever he went to interview for a job nobody would ever hire him. He was out of money and he was living in his car. He could barely afford to buy food, gas to drive from interview to interview or get his suit dry cleaned.====
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 * Poor BJ! ||

====He had a degree in game design from a well-known gaming university. He had designed several great games and could even program the code himself. He had contacts in lots of different gaming companies and he even had many references from notable game designers who could vouch for his skills. His main problem was that he was the absolute worst interviewer in the world! Even when hiring managers were strongly looking forward to hiring him, they decided not to after interviewing him because he just gave horrible answers and seemed so unsure of himself.====
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 * You stink at interviewing! ||

====This man’s name was Billy Goat Joe, or, BJ for short. BJ was on the verge of death and he only had 4 bananas and 2 slices of bread left and he was about to starve to death. He was listening to the radio in his car one night and he heard about a new video game that helped people learn how to interview for jobs. This game was called, Life Or Death Interview.====

Quick Facts

 * Genre: Simulation
 * Rating: "E" for everyone
 * System: Smartphones. tablets or online
 * Average game length: 5 minutes

How to Play

 * Your goal is to get hired
 * There are 4 rounds
 * Each round has 3 questions
 * Get at least 2 questions correct to move onto the next round

Game Questions (in chronological order)

 * 1) What color is Yoshi?
 * 2) What kind of animal is Sonic?
 * 3) Plants vs. __?
 * 4) Which company created World of WarCraft?
 * 5) Who is a famous game designer and author?
 * 6) What is Hal Barwood's game?
 * 7) Which of the following is a social game? Words with Friends, Tetris or 17 Dice?
 * 8) What are the advantages of prototyping?
 * 9) What are the four basic elements of a game?
 * 10) What are the laws of prototyping?
 * 11) What are the best skills for a game designer to have?
 * 12) What's the correct procedure for waterfall: the first design methodology?

Why do we play?
We play this game for survival! Everyone needs money to buy food for their basic survival. Without a job, it is often hard to find money for food to survive. If someone is trying to get a job, then this game will help them get ready. This game is truly the difference maker between =AND=

Conclusion
====//Life or Death Interview// is a game about doing your best in a job interview. It is about learning what a prospective employer might ask you during an interview and how you can learn what type of knowledge is required to perform different jobs. This first edition is based around game design jobs to go along with the theme of the class. In the future more games can be produced for different jobs, such as firefighter, doctor, lawyer, marketing professor, etc. It will be fun for the players to try to get new jobs and learn career-specific information. Each new version can have a new backstory about a person that really needs a job. This can add a lot of humor and make the game more meaningful and engaging, as if the player is trying to get a job for the person in the game's story. But in the end, we are all just trying to keep ourselves fed. Stay hungry. Get un-foolish.====