1. Strand A
Mood Board
5 Marks
CiDA Unit 5: Gaming – Quest for adventure

2. Objectives
• To prepare initial ideas for gaming unit
• To depict key elements of game design through a Mood Board
CiDA Unit 5: Gaming

3. Target audience. Who is the intended
Back story. Which back story
audience for your game? Girls and/or boys?
will you use for your game?
Why have you chosen this audience? What are
Explain your choice.
their interests? How do you know?
Thinking about the
Mood Board…
Purpose/objective. What is the
objective of your game? What
PEGI rating. What will the Pan
does the player have to do to
European Game Information (PEGI)
complete the game?
rating be? Give reasons for your
decision.
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4. Examples of Mood board
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5. Examples of Mood board
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6. The whole point…..
A mood board is like a poster or collage that captures the overall
“feel” of an idea. The mood board may be used throughout
development as a frame of reference or inspiration.
It may be composed of visual or written artefacts—photos clipped
from magazines, internet or scanned in images that give an initial
overview of the game you will try to produce.
Mood board video
CiDA Unit 5: Gaming

7. What the spec says….
“be aware that the moodboard is only early thoughts and stimuli
for their game and should not contain aspects such as developed
characters or other detailed design work…..”
“For 3 marks or more a student must have worked independently
at LEVEL 2”
CiDA Unit 5: Gaming

8. Creating the moodboard
Use the mood board list to start building your own mood board
this can be found in:
Student shared
ICT
CIDA GCSE
Unit 5 Resources
Strand A
Moodboard List
CiDA Unit 5: Gaming

9. Homework
Collect relevant images, text or any other objects you feel
necessary to use in your moodboard
You should try and collect from a variety of sources not just the
internet
CiDA Unit 5: Gaming