Colour

As the board is very complex we wanted to keep the colour scheme quite minimal. Taking inspiration from the classroom itself, the board was made grey (matching the floor) and the path white (matching the walls). By refusing the amount of colours used, the game won’t become too complicated meaning people will still want to play it.

As for the cards, we decided to go with a CMYK colour scheme linking to the printing process as it is a system we use a lot as graphic designers. This then allowed the cards to be split into three separate categories (magenta, cyan and yellow) whilst the black was used for text. The categories included ‘deadline stress’, ‘troubleshoot’ and ‘miracle’. We wanted to have more bad categories than good as it often feels like theres a lot of bad things that happen during the year with all the stress and workload. Magenta was used to show deadline stress as this is normally the time people become most tetchy and easily frustrated. The pink tone is the closes out of the three to red, a colour often associated with anger. Yellow was then used for troubleshoot as these cards contained problems that happen generally in the year, instead of an event which effects hand in. The yellow is best matched to this category as it links to traffic lights where amber is a warning light but not a definite stop. Cyan was linked to the miracle section as blue is seen as a trustworthy colour and often associated with a clear sky. For the back of the card we decide to stick with the pick colour chosen in the initial ideas stage as it is the closest match to the colour used by LCA. This gives a nice link to the university without being too obvious. The pink of the cards also give a nice contrast to the grey board giving a bit more energy to the design.