Serious Concept Mapping

The mapping of the serious concept to the game design can be achieved at a surface, medium or deep level. ONE DAY or DAY ONE has a deep mapping to both women and engineering (specifically software). A deep mapping involves directly mapping the game elements to the selected serious game concept, breaking it down into one or more specific aspects and mapping each of them to a game design element.

Women in Engineering Aspect	Related Game Element(s)	Manifestation in Game Play
Technical women identify isolation and a lack of mentorship or sponsorship as one of the key barriers to their retention and advancement.	Mentorship	Player can converse with different NPCs of different levels and can ask Women in Industry to be their mentors. Through having a mentor, the player may feel encouraged to pursue a career in which she can now envision herself achieving in.
Females are often not encouraged to pursue engineering and technical subjects.	Personal user encouragement.	Personal encouragement is given to the user as they progress in the mini-game and in the overall game world.
For some students, the lack of role models they can relate to makes it difficult to pursue a subject.	Female engineers both in undergraduate, academic, and industry.	Different role models are included throughout the game as the player explores and are also incorporated into elements of the game.
Often students are not aware of the skills they already have that are relevant to the different specialisations.	Games require the player to use different skills.	There are three mini-games that showcase fundamental skills that are required in the different Engineering specialisations.
Female students may not be aware of what the different specialisations have to offer	Three mini-games to showcase three specialisations	The mini-games will show the player what the different specialisations have to offer, and introduce the player to what they might expect from them.
Information is not always readily available about the specialisations and the opportunities are available in engineering.	Interactive characters (NPCs)	The player can speak to the NPCs, and ask different questions, and gain insight into what engineering is.
If you see it, you can believe it, sometimes it is difficult to imagine yourself in a field where no one looks like you.	See women in engineering	The different NPCs represent real women in engineering, who are wanting to study it, are studying it or are working in the industry.