EDUCATIONAL GAME DESIGN OF THE LONTARA SCRIPT BASED ON PLAY AND REMEMBERING METHODS FOR BUGIS CHILDREN AGED 7-8 YEARS OLD IN PAREPARE

• Main Author: Ade Nugraha, Ahmad
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Permainan judi
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/64027
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The Lontara script is a cultural wealth of Bugis literacy in South Sulawesi Province which is starting to be feared that it will soon become extinct. Efforts to preserve the Lontara script are still being carried out in the realm of education through local content subjects starting from the elementary school level but not all schools can hold these subjects due to the lack of expert teaching staff. The material for the Lontara script recognition always occurs at several levels of education due to the lack of student mastery of the script, both visually and audio, starting from the age of 7-8 years when children are in grades 2-3 of Elementary School. The lack of alternative media and monotonous learning methods causes a lack of enthusiasm for students. At this time games are media that are widely developed and used as learning media because they can increase student enthusiasm. This study uses double diamond methods with media design using Fullerton's theoretical approach in-game. This research produces an educational game design with Lontra script content in the type memory game called Tara dan Lontara in 2D-based. Memory games are quite widely used in letter recognition educational games on the Playstore but do not explore the addition of dramatic elements. The additional characters and stories in the game as well as the process of matching cards repeatedly provide a new experience that is liked by the target audience in learning the lontara script. The design game can be one of the considerations for using games in teaching other characters in schools and can be one of the efforts in preserving Indonesian characters to avoid extinction.