Project Blog 11/16/17 - Fluxx Cards

Summary

This past week we were tasked with the project of creating a deck of fluxx cards that taught a certain science concept. The deck of cards had to include keepers, goals, actions, creepers, and rule cards. My teammate and I chose our topic to be symbiosis. Symbiosis can be defined as interactions between organisms. There are three forms of symbiosis: parasitism, commensalism, and mutualism. Parasitism is when one organism benefits while the other is harmed. Commensalism is when one organism is benefited while the other is neither harmed nor benefited. One example that we used as a goal in our fluxx card deck is the relationship between the phainopepla bird and saguaro cactus. Since the bird builds its nest in the cactus, the bird gets a home and the cactus isn't affected. Finally, the last type of symbiosis is Mutualism. Mutualism occurs when both organisms are benefited.

Backwards Looking - What problems did you encounter while you were working on this piece? How did you solve them?

After printing out our cards, we realized that the backs and front of the cards were not lined up correctly. In order to solve this problem, we decided to just cut the cards normally while holding the side with all of the information. By doing this, we would be cutting off and cropping parts of the card back but keeping the important information on the inside of the cards. After doing this, we realized the backs of the cards haven't consisted however the important part was still intact and unaffected.

Inwards Looking - How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece or work?

One thing I particularly liked about these cards was the design aspect of them. On each type of card, we changed the font and picture for the sidebar of the card to match our topic. I think this tied everything together very nicely. One thing I didn't like, however, was how the back side of the cards was cropped of due to how we didn't line up the backs to the front while printing.

Outward Looking - Did you do your work the way other people did theirs? In what ways did you do it differently? In what ways was your work or process similar?

Unlike other groups, my partner and I was the only group that drew in the pictures for the goal and keeper cards. This along with how we changed the fonts of our cards was the main major difference. Somethings we did similar in our work was how for other groups the fronts and backs also weren't lined up. I noticed that lining up the sides was a struggle for many groups.