Mood Ring Project

Inspired by the Inspire Foundation's ROC Game, we have decided to try a similar project within Second Life.
The concept we are using will be a mood ring which the students wear whilst within the virtual environment. They will then have a menu or HUD from which they can select how they are feeling at different points of their experience. The color of the ring on their hand will change as they select different emotions. They will also have the option of making a light source in their chosen color follow their head, and perhaps a particle trail and additional effects, so it's not just a 'ring.' It will be interesting to see how far we can take this.
This data will then be emailed to a web server for further analysis.
The basic concept behind this is that it will help young people to be more aware of their own emotions and to consider to why they are feeling that way.
The mood ring was chosen as something the kids will attach to their avatar and consider part of their identity and appearance, rather than an external kind of questionnaire.
Below is a basic chart for the emotions and colors based on some quick online research of mood rings, which can be adapted as we find more suitable ways to use this kind of tool.


Peter R (SL) will be assisting with the scripting and HUD/menu for this project.