Videojuego educativo basado en gimnasia cerebral para el desarrollo de habilidades cognitivas en niños de 4 a 5 años.

Abstract

This undergraduate project aimed to develop a functional 2D educational video game prototype entitled Mundo Aprendo, built in Unity and designed for children aged four to five. The project addressed the need for digital learning resources that are structured, understandable, and appropriate for this age group, since many children's applications rely on isolated activities, unclear instructions, and limited progression systems. The game includes four themed worlds and four main mini-games: Musical World, focused on piano-key interaction and sequence repetition; Story World, centered on story selection and voice recognition; Size World, based on identifying large and small animals; and Emotion World, designed to recognize emotions through images and contextual situations. Development followed an operational adaptation based on Kanban, organizing the work as a continuous task flow covering graphic asset production, scene and interface construction, gameplay programming, integration of complementary systems, and functional verification. Internal functional tests verified scene navigation, object selection, voice-recognition features, and feedback mechanisms based on sound effects, animations, and star rewards. The project did not include pedagogical assessment, cognitive-skill measurement, or testing with children; therefore, the reported findings are limited to the technical implementation and functional performance of the prototype.