StarCrew Mechanics – A collaborative car assembly game to foster students’ social development
‘StarCrew Mechanics’ is an interactive game app developed by the Education Bureau specifically for supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Through structured and engaging car assembly missions, the game app helps enhance students’ social communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
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(1) Game Features
- Role Collaboration: The game is recommended for groups of three. Students have to adopt three career roles in the car team respectively, Designer, Supplier and Engineer, with clearly defined division of labor and interconnected tasks. During the process, students practise effective communication and collaboration to complete their tasks, thereby mastering interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
- Progressive Difficulty Levels: The game features three difficulty levels—Beginner, Medium, and Hard – comprising a total of nine car assembly missions. School support personnel or instructors can flexibly select appropriate challenges based on students' abilities, training objectives, and lesson time.
- Layered Assembly Process: Car assembly is divided into three progressive stages: Lower Deck, Body, and Accessories, gradually building team coordination. Upon completion of the car assembly, the team can enter the racetrack for testing. The higher the assembly accuracy, the better the car performance!
(2) Training focus
- Social Communication: Through delivery of commands, descriptions of components, and confirmation of feedback among roles, students practise effective oral expression and active listening.
- Teamwork: Students perform their respective tasks according to their selected roles, balancing individual responsibility with collective collaboration, contributing their efforts in cooperation to complete the car assembly mission together.
- Problem-Solving Skills: When facing errors or difficulties during the assembly process, students learn to employ strategies such as questioning, adjustment, and negotiation to seek solutions to problems.
Download the Game App
‘StarCrew Mechanics’ supports various device configurations, offering convenient downloads and simple operation.
- Download the game app on desktop or laptop computers (compatible with Windows and Mac OS) App Download
- Use tablets to access the App Store for download (compatible with Android on Google Play Store, iOS on App Store and HUAWEI AppGallery)
- A user manual is also available for viewing detailed game information Manual Download
Device Recommendation
- To achieve optimal gaming experience, it is recommended that each group uses 2 devices (e.g., 2 tablets):
Device 1: To be used alternately by ‘Supplier’ and ‘Engineer’ to operate, perform material selection and car assembly
Device 2: To be used by ‘Designer’ to view blueprints - 2. If only 1 device is available, ‘Designer’ can use the printed version of ‘Assembly Instruction Manual for Designers’ to play along with the game app.
Download ‘StarCrew Mechanics’ now to build the strongest team and establish friendships through communication!
For inquiries, please email epsntw@edb.gov.hk .