I poured a amount of my passion into the 'Shikumen' project. This wasn't just because of my personal connection to Shanghai as my birthplace, but because I wanted to create a medium to share its cultural and history.
I view this project less as a game design project and more as an Gamified Learning Design. To create a board game was a choice that emerged after synthesizing my research data. The research indicated that a tactile, interactive format was the best way to engage users. Than, as a local, I chose specific cultural stories—ones that tourists rarely get to hear—and used my art skill to transform these insights into an immersive, educational product.