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A local arcade is trying to connect with more of it's player base as well as reach out to new patrons. For this project, we interviewed and conducted research at the arcade, talking with patrons about what kind of app could fill in any gaps in their experience at the arcade. We identified three major goals for the app that built upon each other and would help to improve the experience for all players.
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1.) Build a minimalistic UI that is intuitive for users with a wide range of accessibility
2.) Provide multiple methods of participation for players with different goals, be they purely competitive or social 3.) Offer ways to track scores that don't break into the top 10 for stat keeping or other in-app use |
Research
Through my research, I identified the core audience to be current patrons of the arcade ranging in ages between 13-45. Of the individuals spoken to the three main focuses were: seeing top ranking scores, tracking their non-ranking scores, and creating challenges between friends.
With this in mind, I conducted a competitive audit, looking at apps and websites that sought to fill similar niches.
With this in mind, I conducted a competitive audit, looking at apps and websites that sought to fill similar niches.
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High Score
http://highscore.com/ High Score is a website designed to track scores from around the world for various games. Scores are submitted by users and their peers vote to verify them or not. |
Scorbit
https://scorbit.io/app/ Scorbit is a hardware and app combination that allows operators and collectors of pinball machines a higher tech way of tracking scores and stats on their machines and for players to record and share their scores around the world with other pinball enthusiasts. |
Versus
https://versusapp.net/ Versus is the most versatile of the apps and websites compared. It's an app that allows users to set up a player vs player competition for anything that has any sort of score and users can customize just about everything for their competition in app. |
Meet the Users
Primary User
Name: Rebecca
Age: 18 Occupation: Student and Part Time Worker Rebecca is a busy competitive gamer who needs a way to track her high score rankings when away from the arcade because she has limited time but is determined to keep her rankings and improve her scores. |
Secondary User
Name: Alfie
Age: 36 Occupation: Accountant Alfie is a social gamer with many friends who needs a way to share and compare his scores with his friend group because they use the scores as friendly competitions. |
Designing
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As I moved into refining the designs and into mock ups, a usability study helped tweak the design and provided more insights, including a more liberal use of the back button, a search feature, changes to the bottom navigation and more space for various elements.
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Figma Prototype:
High-Fidelity Prototype |