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Gamehop - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Ability to search through games pertaining to users criteria
      - Display most popular game for a specific decade
      - Recommend a random underrated game for the user to try out (something not as popular, but highly rated).
      - Lists most popular games from a specific years to take user through gaming in the ages.
    - - Utilisation of similar icons to other apps (e.g. cog for settings.) (learnability)
      - Consistent colour scheme to aid learnability.
      - Contains all wanted features (e.g. the key algorithms prescribed) for a game searching app (utility).
      - Simple, minimalistic design to help with learnability and effectiveness.
      - Language settings to give the app more accessibility for users
      - Ability to scroll to ensure user feels in control (effectiveness).
  - - - Game Information
        
        Name
        
        Platform
        
        Genre/s
        
        Rating
        
        Release year
        
        Description
        
        Developer/s
    - - ign.csv
        
        Requires minimal nominalisation (only for genre)
        
        Gives games a simple rating out of a possible 10 but only goes within integers +- 0.5.
        
        Has url to game review on ign website
        
        Has completely useless score phrase
        
        Contains date of release
      - vgsales.csv
        
        Contains release year.
        
        Has a few redudant columns (etc. NA_Sales, PAL_Sales)
        
        Has user score and critic score.
      - video-game.csv
        
        Has redudant data (e.g. ReviewSq [review squared]).
        
        Has game prices
        
        Requires more extensive nominalisation
        
        Has primary console + which other consoles it can be played upon.
        
        Contains release year.
  - - - Calculate most popular game for a specific year.
      - Return games from list that follow search parameters the user has input.
      - Calculate most popular game for a specific decade.
      - Generate a 'Whats Popular Now' list which has games that are currently trending.
    - - SQLite3
      - Swift
    - - Steam
        
        The platform contains 30,000+ games since the launch of steam (2003).
        
        Possible to search for games through certain criteria e.g. Free to play, genre, early access and rating.
        
        Possible to find most popular games for each year since launch (2003).
        
        Only returns games playable on PC.
      - IGN
        
        Contains information not particularly related to gaming (e.g. reddit)
        
        Game information provided in a succinct and concise manner.
        
        Conveniantly has features on home screen such as todays top stories, games out this week and latest news.
        
        Language and terminology does not facilitate for new users (e.g. lots of jargon).
      - Gamespot
        
        List of new games coming the next month.
        
        Recommends current games that are trending and things to do in such.
        
        Videogame news and reviews
        
        Displays top rated games.
- - - - Would like app to display the top game for each year for the past 50 years.
      - Interested in top action games.
      - Would like to understand how gaming has evolved and changed throughout the ages (not necessarily the games being played, e.g. consoles).
    - - Very interested in video games and wants to play the newest games.
      - Only interested in the past couple years best games.
      - Doesn't have a lot of spare time so needs games that can be played quickly and in one-off instances.
    - - Big Fan of the company Nintendo and would like to see the best games throughout the 'ages'.
      - Older guy that would like to see games from his childhood