Catch Fun is an outdoor treasure hunt game set for children age 3 to 5. It includes an Application, guiding parents to set up a treasure hunt game, and a magnifier, helping children to find the treasure.
Catch Fun encourages children to play in the natural environment, practice their physical and cognitive skills through a more engaging and exciting playing experience.
Catch Fun 2018
Catch Fun App guides parents set up the game step by step.
The child uses the Magnifier to solve the clues and find the treasure.
To solve the clue and find the treasure, the child will need to understand the information shown on the Magnifier and run around to find the object that matching the requirement.
In this process, it will increase his physical capability, as he practices the gross motor skill and fine motor skill. He will practice his cognitive skill by reading, listening and matching the information with the real object.
When you put the Magnifier back to the charger, it turns into the Hub, where parents and the child can review the rewards together. It visualizes the progress and time that parents and child spent together.
You can switch themes and encourage children to continue play.
Catch Fun provides different color choices.
Children are interested in big and colorful objects. Catch Fun Magnifier has a big enough screen to display the content that makes sure a child can focus on the displayed information.
The button locates at where the child's thumb can press effortlessly, without damage the small muscle in the fingers. The button is designed with a curved surface to provide a comfortable press.
On the back, under the power button, there are three light dots that indicate how much power it lefts.
The light dots on the charger will light up when the Magnifier is been charging. When the three light dots on the back of the Magnifier are all lights up, it indicates that it's been fully charged.
Design Process
Background
How to leverage technology to encourage children getting closer to nature?
User Research
I found that millennial parents are struggling. They want to leverage the technology to better and easier growing up their children, but at the same time, they are afraid of children playing with those digital toys or tablets will leave negative impacts to them.
Parents worry about that children will lose the chance of playing outside as a kid like the parents did in their childhood.
What I Found
Treasure hunts are the ultimate kids’ adventures because they’re fun and exciting, they’re something that you and your kids create and play together and they can be personalized to the tastes and age levels of everyone playing.