A. User Identification and Interviews

Identify the intended audience for your game

Jillian Brodsky

1. What are some games you have played recently?

RPG games, nonograms

2. What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?

Board Games like Connect 4

3. In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?

Several Hours of deep gameplay for an RPG

4. What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?

Parallax Scrolling

Choice Mechanics

 

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

Rich Kirk

1. What are some games you have played recently?

Dota 2, Endless Quiz, Jetpack Joyride, Geometry Dash

2. What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?

Chess, Solitaire, and Blackjack

3. In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?

A game should take roughly 10 minutes

4. What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?

Rich enjoys the challenge

5. When playing this game, which aspects did you enjoy?

Rich enjoys winning the game and the time that it took to play the game

6. When playing this game, what changes would you recommend?

Animations and UI