A. User Identification and Interviews

Identify the intended audience for your game
Blackjack: Ages 12 and up
Hangman: All ages that can read
Over/Under 7: All ages

 

Conduct interview #1 with a potential user PRIOR to development

What are some games you have played recently?

Shuwei: Uhhh… The last one I played was World of Tanks.

What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?

Shuwei: Uhhh… It would be cool to play Battleships. Hang Man is cool.

Andy: What about Fortnite?

Shuwei: I’ve actually never played Fortnite.

In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?

Shuwei: On Matlab I think one minute…may…maybe… or two minutes is…

What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?

Shuwei: Play with other people, thats always fun.

Andy: Multiplayer?

Shuwei: We made…uhhh…hangman that was multiplayer

 

 

 

Conduct interview #2 with a user after beta testing (must be different person than #1)

What are some games that you have played recently?

Angie: I’ve played Call of duty: Zombies; Egyptian rat screw, people call it ERS if you shorten it… how many do I need… okay done.

What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?

Angie: What is MATLAB… is it like Cool Math Games?… that’s all I can think about… is it coding? I’ve seen people do it… hahaha are you guys not allowed to talk to me…? I can’t think of any games because I don’t know what MATLAB is… Tic Tac Toe… or what about that one arrow game where you have to go through the walls?

In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?

Angie: Mmhhhhm….. Ten minutes…

Andy: So not very long?

Angie: No I get frustrated if it takes too long.

Andy: So you don’t like long things?

Angie: Nope.

What aspects of the game make it enjoyable for you to play?

Angie: Competition, mmmhhh… strategy, and fun hehehe

Angie: So are you guys going to design a game…?

Andy: We already did…

Angie: What about tic tac toe and zombies?

When playing this game, which aspects did you enjoy?

I enjoyed the betting system…ummm.. I also like how I was able to choose between one and eleven. I also really enjoyed the face cards.

When playing this game, what changes would you recommend?

I don’t know…ok.. maybe some sound effects, that would be nice. Like a cha-ching when you win and when you loose a “doo-doo-doo”.