MAKING CENTS OF IT ALL

BFA Capstone 2025

‘Making Cents Of It All’ is an interactive choice-based game designed to teach financial literacy through storytelling of different money situations and perspectives. Created for my BFA capstone project focused on illustration and UI/UX design.

Blending illustration, narrative design, and gamification, the project aims to foster empathy and increase financial literacy among players aged 14–23. Through player-driven decisions and dialogue paths, users engage in scenarios that reflect real-world financial situations.

THE PROJECT

Process Highlights

  • Research Process

    Compiled various forms of information and research into one document. From literature reviews, books, and card sorting/surveys to researching existing financial literacy resources.

  • Mind Maps

    Utilized research to come up with deliverable for my BFA Capstone using a mind map.

  • And More Mind Maps...

  • Moodboarding

    Explored visual style, typography choices, and colors to use in the game. This is my 4th or 5th moodboard before deciding on one.

  • Re-Learning Figma

    Used Figma to bring life to the game. This included a lot of rearranging and getting around with only one interaction per frame.

GALLERY

Final look into the outcome and deliverables. Made using Figma, Adobe Illustrator, and Procreate. Each asset for the game was hand-illustrated and imported into Figma.

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