A. User Identification and Interviews

Identify the intended audience for your game

 

Conduct interview #1 with a potential user PRIOR to development (Answers at the bottom)

  1. What are some games you have played recently?
  2. What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
  3. In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
  4. What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?

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

  1. What are some games you have played recently?
  2. What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
  3. In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
  4. What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
  5. When playing this game, which aspects did you enjoy?
  6. When playing this game, what changes would you recommend?

Target Users:

Anyone who wants to have fun playing a quick game

Interview #1

1) solitaire, connect four, blackjack

2) tic tac toe, connect four, Guess a number

3) 2 minutes

4) It has to be fun and interesting

 

Interview #2

  1. Go Fish, CandyLand, Candy Crush, Words with Friends
  2. Connect 4, Tic Tac-Toe, War
  3. 3-5 minutes
  4.  Winning makes it enjoyable, good sportsmanship of other players
  5.  She enjoyed that they were simple and easy to play, and she liked that students made them
  6.  She would recommend making better, more realistic graphics .