#testingandevaluation

Within the project user testing was undertaken to address if the project meets user needs, if the project meets its key ‘selling points’. Furthermore, the questionnaire looked at features which users like/dislike within the project as well as features they may wish to see added into the project. User feedback was gathered after testing through a questionnaire which consisted of 10 questions aimed to gain insight into the above topics. The testing used 1 older generation participant (participant 2) and 3 young adults (participant 1, 3 

All users felt that Instant as a ‘concept’ and through their testing of the actual product could address ‘loneliness’ (Question 8.1) within individuals and society suggesting that Instant has met one of its concepts, however these users all reported that they did not feel ‘lonely’ themselves (Question 7) suggesting that further user testing on those who report themselves as ‘lonely’ should be conducted. Furthermore most users were in agreement that the site felt ‘private’ and ‘safe’ highlighting that Instant is meeting its other key concept (Question 3). However some users felt there was a lack of privacy in some areas such as Participant 1 (Question 1) reporting that the user they tested with could hear their email notification when they received an email, potentially breaching their privacy. However participant 4 (Question 1) wanted the feature of ‘creating an account’ to be added, suggesting they are happy to give over more of their information/privacy, although they recognised that this feature of no creating/logging could be a key selling point - which for Instant it is.

Regarding features users would like to see there were various differing opinions. For instance participant 3 felt that the site was very ‘empty’ and that there was nothing to do apart from talking to the other person within the call. They suggested features such as ‘creating’ an avatar, nickname and having emoji’s (presumably in the chatroom) and making an mobile ‘app’ version of the website. Furthermore they felt that a terms of service/use of cookies feature would make them feel more secure and private within the website. Participant 1 was also in agreement to some of this features in which they felt the ability to add a nickname should be implemented as well as more privacy/security features - however they thought this could be done through the ‘host’ being able to control who enters/leaves the chat room through a ‘virtual room’ to allow admission into the actual ‘chatroom’. Moreover they wished for additional customisation within the call, such as changing the shape of the ‘video’ element, from circular (current) to other shapes such as a square or rectangle. Comparatively to these added customisation, Participant 2 felt that the ‘simple’ style was good but additional features for visually impaired users could be added such as an audio facility informing the user how to navigate and operate within the website. Participant 4 also felt that the feature of ‘open rooms’ (currently not implemented but part of concept) via public rooms should be added as this would help to address loneliness they felt. 

I have finished designing and developing my game. What I’ve been doing today is sorting out the little tweaks I still had to make before submitting. Things like really narrowing down the speed of the player, gravity scale, the speed increase scale, jump time counter, the restart time, fix the random point and obstacle thresholds and loads more.  All these values were on default while I was building my game but now that the game is built I want to tailor them in a way that will provide the player with the best gaming experience. 

One thing I was struggling to do but managed to do it today was scale the game so it fits all screen sizes no matter where you play it. I was going into several forums and searching up many videos to help me. I ended up finding the solution on my own, it was right there starring at me in the face actually. All I needed to do was quite literally change the Canvas UI Scale mode from “Constant Pixels” to “Scale with Screen Size”. That was literally the fix to a problem I was having for 2 days. Goes to show that sometimes you really just need to stop for a moment so you can gain new perspectives. 

Hierarchy Data After Changes

From the data it can be seen that reducing the brightness has lowered the faction selection in the hierarchy below the more important elements. 

Hierarchy Solved

Hierarchy Test

Hierarchy Data

Here it shows the faction selection is competing heavily with the more important information in the hierarchy. 

The About or Map section should be ahead, between these two is unimportant as both of equal standing. Faction selection must be brought down however. 

(Second Round of Testing)

Hierarchy.

Now with colour scheme added it is time to test visual hierarchy.