Add minigame: Space Walking (Level 5)

[thompson318]

Adding a new minigame to the AstroBalance project.

Level Description

Game 5: Space Walking

Therapeutic Goal

Train dynamic stability in multiple directions (forward, sideways, backward), on-the-spot.

Core Mechanics

Long Description

Tile lights up and indicates which direction to step, then back to the centre. Sequence is random, always returning to centre after each step. Tracker infers each step via directional head shift. Each completed step is one step out + one step back, to earn a point. Game ends after 20 steps.

Adaptive Difficulty

Require slightly larger step/weight shift.

Rewards

Stardust/ confetti. They are then taken to a report that displays badges earned.

Example Image

Checklist

• A prototype minigame has been developed

• Code is tested? (unit/integration).

• Docs/Readme.md for level added, detailing how to do play testing and modify variables.

• Feedback from play testing.

• Sign off from clinical team.

[K-Meech]

Update on adaptive difficulty from David:

• don't worry about larger steps. To progress, we usually add in head movements - I have provided a handout I usually give to parents (multidirectional stepping). So the child moves their head after every step. So once they have completed the step and back to centre, then an arrow should appear on the screen to indicate which way to move their head, then vanish once they have moved their head in that direction and the next tile lights up with what direction to step. This can be the advanced setting. So step one should be familiarisation just with stepping for 1, 2 then 3 minutes (progressed with 70% correct). Once they can do it for 3 minutes, then add in the head movements. Obviously points are accrued for how many they get correct in the time limit. No need to have criteria to make it easier I don't think.
• So progression should be: 1 minute (just stepping), 2 minutes (just stepping), 3 minutes (just stepping), then 3 minutes + head movements

I asked for clarification on the upgrade criteria / head movements:

• don't worry about recording incorrect steps in that case, perhaps just progress based on the number of complete steps. Assuming 1 step every second, so progression would be 42 steps for 1 minute, 84 for 2 minutes, and 126 for 3 minutes.
• The players body always faces the screen, and we ask them to move their head left/right/up/down. So they step to one tile and back to centre, then move their head and back to centre, then step again.