The intended audience for our game is:
Ages 8 and up
Interview #1 with potential users PRIOR to development
- What games have you played recently?
- Alexis: Uno, monopoly, candy crush, and Mario cart.
- Nicolas: Uno and Yahtzee
- Cohen: blackjack, Tetris, and Pac-man
- What game might you enjoy playing in MATLAB?
- Alexis: poker
- Nicolas: card and dice games
- Cohen: blackjack with multiple players and betting/ Tetris or Pac-man with different difficulties.
- What is the optimal length of a game?
- Alexis: 30 min to an hour
- Nicolas: 2 – 5 min
- Cohen: short enough to play in-between classes
- What makes a game fun?
- Alexis: When its challenging and fun.
- Nicolas: A.I / multiplayer / visual reward
- Cohen: good graphics, sound effects, simple/intuitive controls, difficulty levels, half luck half skill, and challenging enough that you win sometimes.
- Who would you prefer to play against?
- Alexis: with a computer
- Nicolas: with other people
- Cohen: with a computer of with other people
Interview #2 with a user after beta testing
- What are some games you have played recently?
- Patrick: minecraft
- What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
- Patrick: Battleship, hangman and connect four.
- In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
- Patrick: 5 min
- What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
- Patrick: challenging and replay-ability
- When playing this game, which aspects did you enjoy?
- Patrick: The graphics ( Brutus )
- When playing this game, what changes would you recommend?
- Patrick: Make it so it won’t let you guess the same letter twice.