The idea for the game Lupines League came from a brainstorming session for a webdesign academic project. The challenge: to create an interactive and digital experience. The theme was free... it just had to be creative.

After many options, we explored an idea based on a joke with lupines - a simple game for mobile devices (design), whose main purpose was to divert as many lupins from a glass of beer as possible.

Since beer and lupines are elements present in friendship moments, the game should have a social component, reinforcing the sharing among its users.

The first step was to create a timetable with all the key steps and deliverables to produce.

For the development of the concept, we have explored our direct competitors - mobile games (eg. Flappy Bird), and beer brand promotional sites (eg. Heineken, Super Bock).

Based on our research, we have identified the strengths and weaknesses of the concept.

Based on the concept of the game, we have identified young adults and adults (from 18 years old upwards). The target was selected based on the following factors:

- minimum age for alcohol consumption (equal to or greater than 18 years);

- price of beer and consumption habits of alcoholic beverages by university students (reduced price and easy access to the drink in question);

- possession of a smartphone or other mobile devices, level of knowledge of use and internet access.

To conceive the interactivity of the game, we tried to recreate the environment in a real context. To do this, we have repeatedly shot and analyzed everything that happens when a lupine falls into a beer glass (with foam).
 
The tests were performed and filmed in a photography lab and in a garden at Cais do Sodré.

We also took the time to take pictures to our classmates to make the "cards" and selfies of the game.

Lupines falling, toward a glass of beer.

- Prevent lupines from falling into a glassof beer, bypassing them;
- Toss the largest number of lupins in the fall, in the shortest possible time;
- Share on the social network the moments of victory and conviviality.

- Singleplayer
- Multiplayer (unlimited number of players, simultaneously, each in a different device).

- Singleplayer: when the player leaves the first lupine fall into the glass;
- Multiplayer: when the last player leaves the first lupine fall into the glass.

- Photographic record of the winner of the game;
- Share moments of victory on social networks;

Having defined the rules and possibilities, we designed on paper the screens corresponding to each step, with the representation of their interaction. With these low-fidelity wireframes, we created an interactive prototype with the POP3 application.

From the tests performed with the paper prototype, we made some changes in the rules and scenarios of the game. We re-created the wireframes and documented all the steps. 

With the wireframes drawn in the previous step, we designed the workflow of the game.

With the concept and rules of the game consolidated, we design a moodboard, assets and high-fidelity mockups of the game screens. The recreated scenario was the individual game mode. Complementary functionalities of the application were also designed

With the high-fidelity models, we created a prototype with the Invision App software. We ran tests with some users and from there, we made some changes to the features and scenarios we designed.

After the tests and changes to the models, we represented the workflow of the game, with the possible functionalities and scenarios.

With the elements designed for high-fidelity mock-ups, we've created videos simulating the various phases of the game (in Adobe After Effects). These videos were later used in the game's promotional video.

For the presentation of the game, we made a promotional video, in which 2 college students play with each other.

The film was held in the Jardim do Arco do Cego (Lisbon), a meeting point for many young people and adults who study and work in the area.