Identify the intended audience for your game
Conduct interview #1 with a potential user PRIOR to development
- What are some games you have played recently?
- Dead by Daylight.
- What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
- Connect 4.
- In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
- 15-20 minutes.
- What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
- Not to difficult, easy to understand, and fun.
Conduct interview #2 with a user after beta testing (must be different person than #1)
- What are some games you have played recently?
- Diablo, Minecraft, Call of Duty.
- What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
- Tic Tac Toe, Connect 4.
- In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
- 10-15 minutes.
- What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
- A good campaign/storyline or a game that is not hard to learn.
- When playing this game, which aspects did you enjoy?
- Mat-rim: I thought the storyline was cool, and I liked the choose your own adventure style.
- Connect 4: Connect 4 is always a classic and one of my favorite simple board games.
- When playing this game, what changes would you recommend?
- Mat-rim: Allow more user choice if possible.
- Connect 4: Maybe make the AI for Connect 4 a little harder.