Identify the intended audience for your game
All human beings age 5 and up.
Conduct interview #1 with a potential user PRIOR to development
- What are some games you have played recently?
- Arma 3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
- Space invaders, chess
- In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
- For MATLAB, probably less than 10 minutes
- What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
- Humor, social aspect, challenge
Conduct interview #2 with a user after beta testing (must be different person than #1)
- What are some games you have played recently?
- Lethal Company, Escape From Tarkov
- What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
- Slap jack
- In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
- 4-5 minutes
- What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
- Interactivity, challenge
- When playing this game, which aspects did you enjoy?
- The frantic struggle to win against a robot opponent
- When playing this game, what changes would you recommend?
- Instead of OPFOR as enemy name, change it to random B1G team name.