{"id":1211,"date":"2025-02-16T13:10:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T13:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/?page_id=1211"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T14:19:08","slug":"%e2%8b%86week-4-user-testing-accessibility-in-games%e2%8b%86","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/%e2%8b%86week-4-user-testing-accessibility-in-games%e2%8b%86\/","title":{"rendered":"\u22c6Week 4 &#8211; User Testing &amp; Accessibility In Games\u22c6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>17\/02\/2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">During our Monday lesson we covered <strong>GUR (Games User Research)<\/strong> this was to start getting us prepared for our mandatory play testing next week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">So what is<strong> GUR<\/strong> you may wonder and here is what it got broken down to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">An academic area to understand what motivates players, how their actions can be explained or predicted, or find new ways to capture and use data about players to help game design.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">It merges different fields: psychology, human factors and ergonomics,<br>UX, interaction design, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Capture-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Capture-4.jpg 712w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Capture-4-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">We also did a little exercise of evaluating what types of research methods there were &amp; what we could use when conducting our own user research.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Capture2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1219\" style=\"width:705px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Capture2.jpg 856w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Capture2-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/Capture2-768x423.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">What is the <strong>purpose<\/strong> of <strong>usability expert analysis<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f9faaab3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f9faaab3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">It helps to identify specific aspects of the game that could contribute to issues with players understanding and usability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Expert review is a process for structured evaluation seeking flaws, strengths and opportunities in design.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Do players understand the game rules and core mechanics? Do teaching scenarios work effectively?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Are the game controls and UI supportive and easy to use? Can players utilise the core mechanics?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Is the experience emotive as intended? Is the pace, balance and challenge in line with the design intent?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Group activity &#8211; analysis &#8216;Harvest101&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:54% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/0-e1740053406695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1220 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/0-e1740053406695.jpg 480w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/0-e1740053406695-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">When playing this game we had to think of 3 issues and 2 best practices. Some of mine were one being that the UI on phone was very small and most of the time the text wasn&#8217;t coherent as sometimes it would be perfect sizing and the next it would be really small. It also became very repetitive and I ended up just deleting the game. However, all that being said the mechanics were easy to understand and get to grasp with but there was also a little bit too much going on as there was also a shopping section to buy more cards with the currency being blueberries which unless I skipped over it by accident it didn&#8217;t make sense for the currency to be blueberries as there was also coins so that felt me feeling a bit confused.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Play Testing Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">We had a little break and then once we were back we moved onto what we were going to be producing for our week 5 mandatory play testing session<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1419\" height=\"949\" data-id=\"1222\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0675.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0675.jpeg 1419w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0675-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0675-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0675-768x514.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1419px) 100vw, 1419px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1501\" height=\"1011\" data-id=\"1221\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0676.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0676.jpeg 1501w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0676-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0676-1024x690.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0676-768x517.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1501px) 100vw, 1501px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">We decided to go for a small slice of our caf\u00e9 scene as it would good to get feed back on some of the mechanic, art cohesion and maybe apart of the narrative. In the second image is a suggestion from Vanissa who said we could have two versions in terms of the art style to see what players preferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>20\/02\/2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">During week 4 we covered accessibility within games as well as how to write bug reports to help us when it comes to next week and having people play test our mini versions of our games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:49% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0677-1024x844.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1225 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0677-1024x844.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0677-300x247.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0677-768x633.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0677-1536x1266.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0677.jpeg 1549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Here was a list that myself and the group came up with in terms of what we could implement into our game to make it user friendly. Sophie also agreed that these were a good start into implementing accessibility. I sent a screenshot over onto Discord which Jessie replied saying she could make a start with some of these over the weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:56% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0678-e1740147129513-1024x964.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1226 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0678-e1740147129513-1024x964.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0678-e1740147129513-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0678-e1740147129513-768x723.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0678-e1740147129513.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Later on within the lesson we moved onto bug testing old game jams from WSA and then writing our own bug reports to help us understand how to write one for when it comes to our playtesting next week. I suggested to the team to potentially make a google form version of a bug report so that once players have play tested they can write us up a bug report to help then Jessie when it comes to the coding side of things.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Here were my weekly tasks for this week, some I&#8217;ve been able to check off already and others I will either finish over the weekend or carry on into next week.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1462\" height=\"1048\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0692.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1227\" style=\"width:586px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0692.jpeg 1462w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0692-300x215.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0692-1024x734.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/02\/IMG_0692-768x551.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1462px) 100vw, 1462px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17\/02\/2025 \u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2219\u22c6\u22c5\u22c6\u2219\u2501\u2501\u2501 During our Monday lesson we covered GUR (Games User Research) this was to start getting us prepared for our mandatory play testing next week! 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