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?
- Call of Duty WW2 and Counter-Strike
- What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
- Flappy Bird
- In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
- Indefinite ending (multiplayer)
- What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
- Progression and ranking systems
Conduct interview #2 with a user after beta testing (must be different person than #1)
- What are some games you have played recently?
- Who’s Your Daddy and Age of Empires 2
- What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
- Snake or minesweeper
- In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
- 10 to 20 hours
- What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
- Good storyline and deep strategy elements
- When playing this game, which aspects did you enjoy?
- The different rooms and finding weapons
- When playing this game, what changes would you recommend?
- Add more rooms if possible