Twelve groups of Faculty of Management (FOM) students participated in an Eco-friendly Board Game Design Exhibition and Competition that was held on 3rd October 2018 at MMU Cyberjaya. The event was organised by FOM Marketing Unit and sponsored by MMU SEED Fund 2018 and it managed to attract over 100 visitors to attend and play the games at the exhibition.
The event aimed to discover the creativity of students and to cultivate their entrepreneurial aspiration through the process of developing a board game prototype that integrated the eco-friendly concept for kids. The exhibition began after the welcoming remark delivered by Assoc. Prof. Nahariah Jaffar, Dean of FOM.
Apart from that, Mr. Ting Ted Sun, the Director from Syarikat Permainan Malaysia (M) Sdn. Bhd. was invited to talk about Copy Right Issues in Board Game Design. Mr. Ting was one of the judges together with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kamarulzaman Abd Aziz, Director of EDC and Dr. Melissa W. Migin, Head of Marketing Unit for the competition of the board game.
The event wrapped up with the winning of team “Jungle Fury” that received RM800 for the first prize, team ‘Animalia’ received RM500 for the second prize and team “Greentopia” received RM300 for third prize. The team “Animalia” and team “The Avengers” was awarded RM100 for the Best Exhibition Booth and The Best Exhibition Bunting respectively. The winners of the prizes are looking forward to participate in the upcoming MMU RICES this November.
Well done and congratulations!
