During the Study
Situation:
Location – Wozniak Lounge, Soda
Sound – none
People – none
Method:
Audio – recorder used for transcripts
Tracking – handwriting/short hand w/preprinted items
Task
# Errors
Time Taken
1
none
25s 53ms
2
none
1m 23s 84ms
3
none
44s 12ms
Comments
2 sec: confusion
3 sec: waiting for map scrolling in Airbears
didn’t know what item he was picking up
didn’t click examine button
18 sec: 1st pick up
10 sec: 2nd pick up
20 sec: item drop
5 sec: navigating from 2nd to 3rd task
8 sec: confusion/pausing
tries settings button
Post Interview Questions
What did you like about the interface?
I like the map in the background. I will assume it will be better at finding me if we
actually had GPS, but it seems kind of cool to see where I am. The menus are pretty
clear.
Was it easy to find what you were doing?
Yeah I would say so.
What did you dislike about the interface?
Well when I had an item, I didn’t know what I had until I dropped the item. It probably
would have been nice to discover what I picked up when I picked it up. And there might
have been a nicer way to do inventory because to see the inventory as far as I can see you
have to go to the drop items screen and you feel like you have to drop off an item but
when you just want to show off to people and be like “look I have been to Thailand!” you
want to go to the inventory screen and not the drop item screen.
What did you think of each of the tasks? Where they too difficult or too confusing?
I think they were fine. Resetting the settings was just guessing that it probably be
somewhere in the menu. I guess most people won’t be resetting the settings very often so
that’s fine to put that there. But to someone who doesn’t play many games it may be
confusing as to why that would be in the settings menu but I’m not really sure what you
can do about that.
Did you find any confusing options while navigating the interface?
Nope they were all very well labeled.