Real Estate Scenario for Financial Education Game

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MentaMorph
Austin, Texas, United States
Susan Meredith
Employer
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Project
Academic experience
80 hours per learner
Learner
Anywhere
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
Data modelling Financial modeling Mobile app development Education
Skills
process flow diagrams financial education cross-platform applications financing cost mortgage loans real estate purchasing apple ios personal computers
Details

MentaMorph Money is a mobile financial game to practice financial decisions where it isn’t boring, scary or costly to make mistakes. Players make multiple concurrent decisions in rounds like in real life. Through the games, debrief discussions and other activities, participants quickly and effectively gain distinctions on strategies for financial success.


The game uses a cross-platform application on the PC, iOS, Mac and Android, and is developed in Unity. It is played in rounds with decisions about income, expenses, assets, debts, and emergencies. There are multiple scenarios and increasing levels of complexity.


A new function is required for purchasing a house. The functions are standalone components that are accessed when selected in the game. The new designs must start with the "Candy Crush for financial education" simplicity while adding the complexity needed to thoroughly cover the functions. .

Deliverables

This project will require researching exisitng data on real estate and mortgages, understanding the current design of the game and the six existing scenarios to understand where the new scenario needs to fit


Research on existing data on costs to purchase a home including

1) Initial costs

2) Operating costs

3) Property Taxes

4) Financing costs

Comparisons to renting, multiple choices of home purchases, location


Define process flow for decisionmaking for a home purchase

Create basic design of the home purchase scenario



Mentorship

Establish a weekly time to be available to answer questions and provide information as needed.

Provide access to the MentaMorph game

Provide direction on developing the functions and design

Provide feedback and guidance on managing the project

Supported causes
No poverty

About the company

Company
Austin, Texas, United States
2 - 10 employees
Education, Consumer goods & services, Banking & finance, It & computing
Representation
Women-Owned Small Business

MentaMorph is revolutionizing financial literacy education by combining technology, gaming and education in a whole new way. MentaMorph Money is a mobile game and workshops to practice financial decisions where it isn't boring, scary or costly to make mistakes. Users practice financial decisions in rounds like in real life, making multiple simultaneous decisions about income, expenses, assets and liabilities. Income Statements, Balance Sheets and graphs display progress and results and measure improvement. Educational content is paired with the game for participants to quickly and effectively gain distinctions on strategies for financial success.
Our goal is to mentally morph millions of minds about money.