Up and coming Dragons' Den Educational Game needs sound effects

Design brief

Dragons’ Den MyFirstMillion is an innovative educational product with fun gaming features which helps users to learn and develop the skills & knowledge for Success. There are three aspects to the user journey which starts by the user rating themselves on their skills:
1. Theory: Users will have access to interactive e-learning modules on marketing, finance, strategy etc.

2. Practice: Users will also have access to a game simulation, where users play the role of a Dragon. Each case in the game follows this format (please see rules video at the link below)

https://vimeo.com/48362964


- Each player is given £100,000 to start with to invest across 3 business cases and the objective is to make a million!
- They then start at level 1 and have to watch a pitch from the popular TV Series – Dragons’ Den
- Following the pitch, they will be given mini challenges to test the skills and knowledge
- Next, they need to decide if they want to invest based on their gut instinct
- They then need to follow our proprietary methodology through a worksheet by scoring the business of various fundamental factors
- At the end of the scoresheet, they get a summary of their worksheet against their gut instinct
- Based on this, they can decide to invest their money or not
- During the investment process, there is a bit of negotiation that goes on with the entrepreneur.
- Players are also allowed to take a loan if they run out of money
- Once they have invested, the player will watch another video on what the Dragons thought about the pitch
- They then get to see what the computer thought
- Finally, they will see what happened to that business a few years later and whether they made any money from their investment (if they invested)
- At the end of each case, there are learning points which are presented to the player
- They will then see a progress dashboard that shows them
o Their position on a leaderboard
o Their skills, knowledge and success meters
o Their bank balance

- Based on their performance in the case, they will then be able to unlock a bonus round where they will get ten more questions which gives them the opportunity of improving the meters and balance.
- After the quiz, they will move on to the next level and start the next case
- Level 2 also has a questions round where player can ask questions to the entrepreneur
- Level 3 also has a consultant round where players can pay money to consultants to get more information and advice

3. Feedback:

- Throughout the cases and e-learning, players will receive feedback as voiceover or pop-ups
- They will also have access to an overall progress dashboard
- Once they have complete the theory and practice element, they will have the option of completing a mini-exam
- Players who complete the mini-exam will be awarded a normal or distinction certificate based on performance.
To get a better idea of what we're looking for, you should first watch the rules video which is available below, look at the screenshots and listen to the theme and background music. At this stage, we cannot give access to the actual product.

We are looking for all the sound effects for the whole product which should be in line with the Dragons’ Den brand. Here is the list of the music and sound effects that will be needed:

Sound effects:

1. Click button sound 1 (We need a mixture which sound similar)
2. Click button sound 2
3. Click button sound 3
4. Click button sound 4
5. Click button sound 5
6. Skills and Knowledge Meters filling up (Test tubes increase to show user their levels)
7. Warning pop-up (PopUp to tell the user important information)
8. Skills Meter tab appear (All the meters appear when the user hovers over them)
9. Skills Meter tab disappear
10. Knowledge Meter tab appear
11. Knowledge Meter tab disappear
12. Balance tab appear
13. Balance tab disappear
14. Challenge Alert- should grab the users attention
15. Correct answer on challenge
16. Wrong answer on challenge
17. Timer sound
18. Timer sound when they are running out of time
19. Increase button going up sound. (User will click and hold to increase)
20. Decrease button going down. (User will click and hold to increase)
21. Bid accepted sound
22. Bid rejected sound
23. Counter-offer by the entrepreneur sound
24. Bonus quiz unlocked
25. Positive sound 1
26. Positive sound 2
27. Positive sound 3
28. Positive sound 4
29. Negative sound 1
30. Negative sound 2
31. Negative sound 3
32. Negative sound 4
33. Balance/Money went up
34. Balance/Money went down
35. Skills/Knowledge/Success meter goes up
36. Skills/Knowledge/Success meter goes down
37. Congratulations moving to next level
38. Unlock a question in the questions round
39. Purchase sound (to unlock question or to ask consultant)
40. New file in briefcase
41. Notepad active
42. Notepad save & close
43. Computer accepts
44. Computer Declines
45. Newspaper Sound
Your entry should include all the sound effects in one file. Remember to include the correct number before each sound effect.

Due to a tight schedule for launch in September, we will require all the sound effects as separate MP3 files (16 bit, 44100 Hz) as soon as the winner is announced.

Reference videos

Terms