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. .

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

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