After speaking to Emma about my presentation (documentation of this can be found here), I was able to create a strong foundation for my game idea, which added originality and set it apart from existing pet simulators.

Initial Brainstorming

Negative emotions choices are based on the most common negative emotions in children - Some sources provided differing emotions, but the majority of them were the same. I’ve highlighted in green the emotions that appear frequently on the sources that I found and will use those for now. There are also some that are labelled differently but are generally the same e.g. unhappiness & sadness. The ones highlighted in orange are potential options.

https://www.childpsych.co.za/negative-emotions-child-experience/

• Anger
• Fear
• Unhappiness
• Boredom
• Grief

https://www.parents.com/toddlers-preschoolers/development/intellectual/list-of-emotions-to-talk-about-with-kids/

• Anger
• Sadness
• Fear
• Jealousy

https://www.verywellmind.com/embrace-negative-emotions-4158317

• Anger