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FindTheGame - Coggle Diagram

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        Strategic placement of frequently accessed features and buttons e.g. back button on top left-hand corner (utility, learnability)
        
        Provision of simple clear instructions will be included e.g. Instructions on what the user should do if they pressed the search button without typing anything into the search bar (effectiveness, accessibility)
        
        Wish list automatically saved to device so user does not lose their wish list (safety)
        
        Responsive and streamlined experience – horizontal scrolling feature will be utilised so that more suggested games can be viewed without ruining the user’s experience (learnability, effectiveness)
        
        Consistent, simplistic and holistic design – consistent dark blue and dark pink colour scheme and tabbed view making it easier to switch to different screens, therefore, abiding by Shneiderman's Golden Rules. These features allow anyone to use the app with ease no matter age (12-18), gender, cultural differences (accessibility, learnability, effectiveness)
        
        Using universally identifiable icons and colours to represent different aspects of the app e.g. plus for adding game to wish list or trash button for removing game from wish list t (learnability)
        
        User cannot add game to wish list if it has already been added (learnability, effectiveness, safety)
      - Incorporate a back button to allow the user to reverse their actions, therefore, abiding by Shneiderman’s Golden Rules (safety)
    - - Gaming through the ages feature incorporated in app – trivia game
      - User is able to view their personal wish list
      - App provides information on game (all required app data)
      - User is able to add or remove games to/from wish list.
      - App recommends games for user based on their preferences (inputted into the search bar system).
  - - - Determine whether the user has correctly identified the decade the game is from (add 10 points) or has chosen the incorrect decade (subtract 5 points).
      - Calculate the number of points the user has after each round
      - Determine suggested games from game preferences that user provides
      - Add game to wish list or remove game from wish list based on button pressed
      - Determine the trophy and corresponding comment the user should receive based on the number of points they were awarded after three rounds of playing the game (gold trophy>20, silver trophy>10, bronze trophy <=10)
      - Determine whether user inputs invalid search, if so then error message is displayed
    - - Xcode IDE
      - Language: Swift
  - - - Data Set 1: ign.csv
        
        pros
        
        years for gaming through the ages feature could be included (1970-2016)
        
        lower number of fields so less normalisation required (only 10 columns)
        
        no missing values
        
        cons
        
        most required app data not in the data set including rating, developer and publisher
      - Data Set 2: vgsales.csv
        
        pros
        
        years for gaming through the ages feature could be included (1985-2018)
        
        includes all required app data
        
        cons
        
        a lot of normalisation required because 23 columns in data set and most are unnecessary fields
        
        some missing values
      - Data Set 3: video-game.csv
        
        pros
        
        most required app data in data set except for developer
        
        no missing values
        
        cons
        
        could not include gaming through the ages feature because release years of games only range from 2004 to 2010
        
        a lot of normalisation required because 41 columns in data set
    - - Game Information
        
        Name
        
        Platform
        
        Developer
        
        Release date (year)
        
        Genre
        
        Publisher
        
        Rating
        
        Critic Score
    - - Data will be stored on the SQLite Database and SQL queries will be written to connect the data to the app
      - Database will be retrieved from Excel as a CSV file
- - - - pros
        
        has all the games on one website
        
        has lots of convenient features on home screen e.g. Today's Top Stories, Latest News, Out This Week
        
        game information provided in a succinct and concise manner
        
        include feature that allows users to search for games
      - cons
        
        does not facilitate for users who have limited knowledge about games since a lot of technical gaming terminology is used throughout the website
        
        lots of flicker and moving content that distract the user from the game information which reduces accessibility of app
        
        ESRB rating is not there for any of the games
        
        includes games, movie, tv and comics which is very confusing as information on all four different things is included everywhere, not ideal for someone who is just looking for games
    - - pros
        
        includes the gaming through the ages feature
        
        has all the games on one website
        
        ranks games in both Metascore and User score
        
        include feature that allows users to search for games
        
        includes game information like genre and critic score
      - cons
        
        a lot of good information, however, the set up of each screen is very overwhelming with information that have no connection to each other on a screen together( e.g. new release games and ranking of games)
        
        lots of images and text boxes all over the website that distract the user from the game information which reduces accessibility of app
    - - pros
        
        has all the games on one website
        
        include feature that allows users to search for games
        
        displays important game information like publisher, developer, platform, critic score and genre
      - cons
        
        can only look at suggested games by platform (no other required app data are included)
        
        lots of images and text boxes all over the website that distract the user from the game information which reduces accessibility of app
- - - - game lover
      - needs new action game suggestions that they can play on the PS4
      - member of Brisbane State High School Gaming Club
    - - has a lot of spare time so decided to join the Brisbane State High SchoolGaming Club
      - rarely plays games before so needs suggestions of games that can be played on a PS4
      - wants to see critic score so they can see which game is good to play - needs a professional opinion to find a good game
    - - wants to learn about how gaming has evolved
      - interested in gaming history
      - member of Brisbane State High School Gaming Club
    - - member of Brisbane State High School Gaming Club
      - underage so needs to see rating before playing game