A. User Identification and Interviews

Intended Game(s) Audience(s):

Both our main game, Hidden World, and our bonus game, Hangman, is for intended for audiences 10 years of age and up (average gaming audience age group). The games are designed to keep the user intrigued for as long as ten minutes to half an hour.

 

User Interview #1: Pre-Programming, SDP Day 1 (10/29/2019)

Interview with Student Michael Hargraves:

  1. What are some games you have played recently?
    • “I play Modern Warfare, Call of Duty, Madden, and Fifa.”
  2. What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
    • “I think it would be cool to play Hangman, some sort of card games, or play a game against the computer.”
  3. In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
    • “If it were something like a Tower Defense or more interactive, I think I would play for 30 minutes to an hour. If its a simple game on Matlab, I think would play a max of 5 to 10 minutes.”
  4. What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
    • “All of these games play smoothly and have a lot of action in them.”

 

User Interview #2: Beta Testing, SDP Day 3 (11/12/2019)

Interview with Student Alexi Konstantinopoulos:

  1. What are some games you have played recently?
    • “I played Minecraft and Mario Cart Mobile on my cellphone recently.”
  2. What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
    • “I think I would enjoy games like Adventure and Tic Tac Toe on MATLAB.”
  3. In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
    • “It all depends on the game. If I’m playing a simple game, it should take five to twenty minutes to finish. If it were more complex, I would probably play for 20+ minutes.”
  4. What aspects of a game make it enjoyable for you to play?
    • “The challenge of beating the game makes games enjoyable for me.”
  5. When playing this game, which aspects did you enjoy?
    • “It’s a lot more complex than other Matlab games I’ve seen. Y’all are going above and beyond. I have to say, the graphics look nice.”
  6. When playing this game, what changes would you recommend?
    • “Make sure to have the user to be able to pick up the interactable items so the players can escape and win the game.”

 

EDITED ON: 15:40 on 11/05/2019

LATEST EDIT : 16:51 on 11/24/2019