A. User Identification and Interviews

Identify the intended audience for your game

The Intended Audience for Our Games is:

  1. People from the age of 18-22
  2. People without larges amount of time to play thorough games
  3. TA’s in 1181
  4. People who most likely do not know all of the rules of our games

Conduct interview #1 with a potential user PRIOR to development

  1. What are some games you have played recently?
    1. Fortnite, Skyrim, Fallout 7, Chess, Tic-Tac-Toe
  2. What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
    1. Simple stuff, Blackjack
  3. In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
    1. 5-10 min, quit anytime
  4. What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
    1. Good UI, graphics, attention to detail, non-breaking code, Go FPS

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

  1. What are some games you have played recently?
    1. Monopoly, Exploding Cats, Poker
  2. What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
    1. Hangman and Euchre
  3. In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
    1. two minutes
  4. What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
    1. Good graphics, challenging
  5. When playing this game, which aspects did you enjoy?
    1. It was challenging but still playable
  6. When playing this game, what changes would you recommend?
    1. Improved graphics