Candy Land

When first presented with Candy Land many ideas started going through my head. I looked into Candy Land further to see if any of them were possible. When I saw that there was a Dora the Explorer I realized my idea was possible. I am making Rocko's Modern Life Candy Land. As a child I would watch Rocko all the time. Though it is not "educational" I feel that is kid friendly through the different "cartoony" characters. My color scheme derives from different colors within my main characters.

My pieces that move around the board will include;

• Rocko
• Heffer
• Filburt
• Spunky

The places to go around the board will include:

• Mr. & Mrs. Bighead
• Peaches
• Chameleon Brothers
• Mr. Smitty
• Hippo Lady
• Really Really Big Man (to win the game)
• Dr. Hutchinson

Each character will have some type of candy. I am modeling mine off one of the older games which has 3 spots where you get stuck (Gooey Gumdrops, Lost in Lollipop Woods, and Stuck in Molasses Swamp). My locations will all relate to the candy that is with each character in that general area. My colors are more of pastels instead of the more vibrant primary colors.

design brief

So my idea is to have a holiday version of candyland. I want to focus on all the holidays during the year, using the characters to represent the figures throughout the game. It is candyland, so each character will have candies or sweeties around them, ones that are usually around during that holiday or time of year. The background will be scenic settings, each season will be shown throughout the game board. The pathway will be the same design as the original candyland games, with different colors on each block. I'm still thinking about my game pieces, but I believe they will be children or elves.
My characters will be Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus representing christmas time and their sweeties will be cookies, milk, and candy canes. During the fall season of the game, I will have a turkey character for thanksgiving with a candy corn mountain. In the original candyland games, one character is usually a villain that can send you backwards in the game, so to represent Halloween, I will have a scary pumpkin as the villain. My other characters include Cupid, Easter Bunny, maybe a groundhog, an american flag character for our independence day. We talked in class about other holidays represented by different cultures and religions, so I may also have other holidays such as Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Chinese new year,or cinco de mayo. I related to these characters when I was younger and I think kids will have fun with the game and it could also be educational.