Week of November 15th: This week will dive into Lesson 3: Game Development, coupled with a talk by Game Designers from Calliope Games.November 9th, 4 pm EST: How to Prototype Your Game.Week of November 8th: This week will explore Lesson 2: Game Prototyping, accompanied by a presentation from Gamewright.November 4th, 5 pm EST: Theme and Storytelling in Games, featuring Unexpected Games.November 1st, 4 pm EST: Opening Ceremony with Keynote Speaker, OPTAVIA.This week will focus on Lesson 1: Game Concept and Planning. Week of November 1st: Opening ceremony, featuring OPTAVIA, exploring our theme of Healthy Habits.October 1st, 2021: The OPTAVIA Healthy Habits Game Design Challenge will formally open with the posting of the lesson plans for teachers and a parent handout for parents.Have you heard of the phrase – “Eat an elephant a bite at a time”? That is a microHabit.Īt OPTAVIA, we believe that everyone should have the access and education to create healthy habits, no matter where you live and how old you are… your games will help us achieve that goal!.The idea is to take each desired macroHabit and decrease its complexity into a small, doable daily action that fits into a repeated loop.Daily, incremental steps that make the behavior easy to do so that, over time, the larger macroHabits are adopted successfully.MicroHabits : The building blocks of the Habits of Health in bite-sized pieces. Build a “health bubble”, a sense of healthy connections, including a support system and lasting relationships. Healthy Surroundings – The people, places and things you surround yourself - which all affect health.Healthy Mind – How you make choices, understand patterns and triggers, and maintain calm and resilient with self-awareness and mindfulness.Healthy Sleep – Proper sleep as well as focus and productivity.Healthy Motion – Formal exercise as well as smaller activities and strategies for moving your body throughout the day.Healthy Eating & Hydration – A focus on portion control, meal frequency, nutrients, eating a balanced diet, and the importance of water and proper hydration.MacroHabits : The foundations of optimal health and well-being. The Habits of Health are simply broken down into macroHabits and microHabits. A), the Habits of Health gets your mind and body working together and helps you replace unhealthy habits with healthy ones. There are countless healthy habits, so we encourage you to think about habits in the context of the Habits of Health. Sign Up Now! About the Theme: Healthy HabitsĪs the platinum sponsor of the Healthy Habits Game Design Challenge, OPTAVIA has challenged you to design a physical game that promotes healthy habits. The deadline to register is December 15th, 2021 at 11:59 pm PST.Īny questions regarding the competition can be submitted by email to We look forward to your submissions! Students must be in kindergarten through 12th grade to participate. Teachers and parents are welcome to register multiple teams. In order to participate, all students must have their teacher or parent register their team, using the “Sign Up Now!” button below. To encourage fellowship and collaboration, students can work independently or in teams of up to 5 people. For students participating without a teacher, there will be weekly presentations throughout the months of November and December from Game Development Professionals that correspond to the week’s lesson. To assist teachers with integrating this experience into their classroom, lesson plans with templates and handouts for each portion of the OPTAVIA Healthy Habits Game Design Challenge are provided below. We are excited to provide all learners with an opportunity to design a physical game, no matter their age or previous experience. This virtual experience will enable K-12 students to learn more about game development, healthy habits, and their own creativity!Ĭlick Here to Jump to the Challenge Timeline! About the Competition The Challenge will encourage learning, computational thinking, and fellowship, as well as many other 21st-century skills. In the OPTAVIA Healthy Habits Game Design Challenge, students will engage in a hands-on STEM experience with their friends and classmates by designing their own physical game. Physical games, whether card, dice, or board, present great opportunities to connect, compete, and learn from others. The OPTAVIA Healthy Habits Game Design Challenge seeks to tap into this creative energy and inspire students to design games that build, develop, and encourage healthy habits! They create games on their own as well as with their friends and classmates. Whether in school or at home, kids engage in gameplay every single day. Our Goal is to Empower Students through a Virtual Game Design Challenge with support from Game Development Professionals
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