Contribution

Our booklet is available in both Indonesian and English. We distribute the booklet solely through Instagram social media, so it has not yet reached a broad audience. Since our project is technically ongoing (and can be continued by future teams), we recommend that they utilize this booklet and distribute it to a variety of government-sponsored and non-government organizations dealing in the field of cancer. The congklak we created was played together with cancer survivors at Rumah Singgah Kasih. According to them, the unique educational approach we used was excellent in reintroducing traditional games to the younger generation. They believed that playing congklak could bring back memories of their childhood. Additionally, playing congklak could fill their leisure time and serve as a way to divert their life burdens. The congklak game we created still has several shortcomings, including: Limited number of cards The limited number of cards required us to modify the way the game is played. The different congklak gameplay mechanism is not widely known, so having opponents from the team is necessary. Small and less aesthetically pleasing card size According to cancer survivors at Rumah Singgah, the card size is too small for adults, especially people with potential vision problems. Since the cards were handwritten and colored by us, they were considered less beautiful and less appealing to their attention. One player needs knowledge about cancer. Although the questions on the cards are easy, it requires someone with a basic knowledge of cancer, cervical cancer, and synthetic biology to determine whether the opponent's answer is correct or not. By identifying the shortcomings of the congklak we created, the next team can turn it into an interactive educational tool. For the next team, we suggest:

  • Creating more cards
  • Designing and printing cards on high-quality paper
  • Increasing the size of the cards
  • Integrating cards with an application to determine whether the answers to the questions are correct or not

Our team is also contributing 10 Parts into the iGEM Parts Registry: BBa_K4749000, BBa_K4749001, BBa_K4749002, BBa_K4749003, BBa_K4749004, BBa_K4749005, BBa_K4749006, BBa_K4749007, BBa_K4749008, BBa_K4749009, and BBa_K4749010. Of these parts, some are basic functional parts such as start or stop codons or variations of each other for the purposes of constructing a composite in the Registry. Therefore, our main contributions are basic parts BBa_K4749000, BBa_K4749001, and BBa_K4749008, along with composite parts BBa_K4749007 and BBa_K4749010.