Hello everyone! We are now in the final stretch for the project having completed 14 weeks of design and development. We’ll discuss some feedback that we received recently and our plans for the future.
Soft Opening
- need to clear up UX issues for clarify in terms of feedback and instruction
- clean up interface elements on the floor
- show customizing tool for finals(playtest it with teachers)
- show documentation for teachers (playtest with them)
Feedback from Playtest
Part of the game that all kids loved:
- Some kids weren’t confident with fractions in the beginning, but after they got 2 simple fractions right, they gained the confidence to keep going.
- Everyone loved the candy art.
- They liked the interactions of them pointing to the floor and the animation reacting to them.
- Every kid found the game to be helpful and fun to play.
- All the kids loved the competitive part in the game.
Parts of the game that kids had trouble with:
- Some of the kids thought that each individual part of the candy was 1 candy. So they got confused when they had picked the right number of candies, but weren’t correct.
- They were confused about the number line as it didn’t have any markers. So maybe small markers might be helpful.
- Some of the fractions were too confusing for them, like 11/4. So having them learn some very simple fractions in the beginning and slowly progressing to more difficult fractions might help.
- Some kids thought that the candies on the corner were part of the game interaction, so making them a lighter shade to blend in the background might be an option. We can also make them part of the gameplay.
- One of the the girls mentioned that the green circle for pointer was tough to see and suggested that it should be made darker.
- I think that it’ll be fun to see an animation of the monster eat the candies if they get a specific answer right.
- Adding sound to the game for level up and getting the answer right might help.
- Some of the kids had to be repeatedly reminded that they have to point at a candy to uncheck it.