Turma do Catavento

Abstract

“Turma do Catavento” is an educational game for children developed to work on player's cognitive ability. A survey was carried out analyzing other games children's educational and pedagogical, where the theme was examined, visual elements such as art style and color palette, sound elements, feedback system and game genres more common and coherent with the purpose. Based on techniques described by specialists in the field of game development, game design was designed so that the gameplay meets the necessary requirements for the interaction to be considered a game and gamification was also applied in game environments that do not involve gameplay, providing greater immersion while using the app. We understand that the use of the app will be more effective when it is used in a complementary way to the activities, without having a better effectiveness if used as the only source to work on the user's cognition.