• Pictures of P2P feedback papers

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Positive feedback!

• “Really nice connection between generations”
• “Its nice how you created a new game from the sjoelbak”
• “Good to work with instruction video”
• “really fun concept”
• “it’s a really fun idea”
• “i really like the sjoelbak”
• “Cool idea to integrate an existing game to a digital experience” </aside>

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Work points

1) Game design and mechanics

• “Don’t make it too long → they rather explore directly than to watch a tutorial.”

  • Solution: Make the game super intuitive so that no explainer video is needed.

• “Don’t use start buttons but make it an experience that can be infinite.”

  • Solution: Starting the game = choosing an enemy.

• “Holes work with damage → so more damage for some holes? Or do they need to do a pattern or combination?”

  • Solution: Our original idea: Strength of damage on a monster based on the strength of the effect.
    • We reconsidered this idea because if we tell them to use the weakest effect, they might feel inclined to use the strongest effect instead, which is a valid choice.
    • New idea: The damage remains the same, but we use the sequence as the order, so the game starts less challenging and gradually becomes harder over time.

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  Remark

  In case you didn’t know, the original sjoelbak has four slots, each with different point values in this order: 2, 3, 4, 1. This is because the slots on the sides are easier to reach compared to the ones in the middle. We will use this same order to ensure the game starts less challenging and becomes progressively harder over time.

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• “Don’t make it too complex with the buttons to select the monster.”

  • Note: Button setup will be tested during the prototype phase.

• “Reset after use?”

2) Physical design & safety

• “What if a switch breaks?”
  • Solution: Hide switches so they’re not touchable by children.
• “Children will absolutely force smash the buttons.”
  • Solution: Design buttons to be extra strong to withstand forceful presses.
• “Kids chewing on pucks, make sure the paint isn’t toxic.”
• “Will the bold font not be hard to read for kids?”
  • Solution: Only title font is bold, so readability should be fine.
• “Maybe add extra visual elements → LED strips.”

3) Interaction & child behavior

• “How will the pucks return?”
  • Solution: an automated return system.
• “What holds the kids back from running up and shoving it in?”
  • Solution: niets → weerleggen met artikel → teveel regels is niet goed voor kinderen → kinderen gaan uiteindelijk toch doen wat ze willen → niet goed om hen teveel te verplichten + we gaan nog observatie doen over hoe kinderen omgaan en spelen met de sjoelbak → kan ons indicatie geven
• “What if they take the pucks home?”
  • Solution: Design pucks to be less attractive.
  • Note: We asked our client about his → follow the link to see what was said about this: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LINK TOEVOEGEN
• “What will you do with the pucks being lost?”
  • Note: We asked our client about his → follow the link to see what was said about this: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LINK TOEVOEGEN </aside>

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Giveaways

1) Puck & slot design

• “Sjoel puck in funny shapes.”
  • Note: We were not planning on doing anything special with the pucks. If we change the pucks, it could mean they don’t work as well, or they might become more attractive for the kids to take with them, which we want to avoid. We also don’t want to confuse the kids. The slots already have a theme, so giving the pucks their own theme could potentially cause confusion. We could try it out but it’s not our focus point at this moment.
• “Make the slots holes so the pucks roll back to the start.”
  • Solution: an automated return system.
• “Maybe use magnets as pucks & sensor.”
• “Reconsider sjoelbak but keep the basic interaction → cover top part, different interaction→ maybe marbles instead of pucks.”
  • Note: → Switching to marbles could compromise the familiar, intergenerational aspect of our concept and sjoelen.

2) Instructions

• “You could add a help button that leads to instruction.”
  • → We need to decide between including a help button with text instructions or creating an explainer video.
• “I would show the instructions on a different screen.”
• “Video on the big screen.”
• “After a while if a child doesn’t respond, a screen could show something like ‘hey, are you still there?’”
  • → We should have to explore how this would integrate with the monster selection process and overall flow.

3) Technical aspects

• “Sensor & laser - LDR.” </aside>

• Pictures feedback papers

Recap of adjustments after feedback

• We will make an automated return system so the pucks roll back to the user so the user don’t have to go and take them each time. This will improve the user experience.

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Curious about this return system? Follow the link:

Making of: The return system

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• The order of the slots they have to slide in will be based on the pointsystem of the original sjoel game.
• We won’t make an explainer video, this means we have to make the game intuitive so there will be no need for instructions.
• We will hide the switches so they’re not touchable by children.