A. User Identification and Interviews

Identify the intended audience for your game

The intended audience for the games of Blackjack and Connect 4 are those with an interest in coding and want to have fun while understanding the code.

 

Conduct interview #1 with a potential user PRIOR to development

We interviewed OSU Freshman Maddie Graziosi

  1. What are some games you have played recently?
    1. Recently I have been playing Pocket Frogs on my phone as well as subway surfers
  2. What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
    1. Basic card games like go fish or a board game like candy land or The game of life
  3. In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
    1. 10-15 minutes for a board game or 5 minutes tops for a card game
  4. What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
    1. The graphics and logic aspects of the game. I enjoy it when it requires me to think about what I am going to do before I do it

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

The second person to be interviewed was OSU Freshman Eli Rager

  1. What are some games you have played recently?
    1. I have always loved playing Clash of Clans and subway surfers.
  2. What are some games you might enjoy playing on MATLAB?
    1. Any game with strategy I think would be interesting. I do love playing blackjack and games that involve gambling.
  3. In your opinion what is the optimal length a game should take to play?
    1. Depends on the type of game but for a Matlab game probably no more than 3 minutes.
  4. What aspects of a game make it enjoyable to you to play?
    1. I enjoy when they give lots of opinions of what moves I can make next.
  5. When playing this game, which aspects did you enjoy?
    1. (Eli only played connect 4) I think the graphics are good and I think how to instructions are changing at the top. Displaying the winner was also a nice touch.
  6. When playing this game, what changes would you recommend?
    1. I accidentally pressed off the top numbers 1-7 and I think it would be better if the game didn’t crash and require a restart when that happens.