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GameBox app (User Problem (User A: Teenager (Would use app to find a game…

- - - - Businesses will have an easier method to analyse selling data from indie games, and can purchase ads
      - Businesses will not have to spend too much effort to search for new games
      - Businesses will be exposed to newer community’s as they can purchase ads from newer games
      - Newer games will be funded as larger company's will have their attention on growing games
    - - Gamers can find newer and fresh game to play
      - People can collaborate and make new realtionships
      - Disadvantage wise players can get addicted to this new platform and spend abnormal amounts of time on it
      - unhealthy relationships can be made
- - - - Section 1) Startup
        
        Simple screen, shouldn't confuse the user
        
        options between, Business, personal, 13 or under is present
        
        Sign in prompt
      - Section 2) Personal page
        
        This screen will be accessed by a personal user.
        
        Content will be filtered according to their age when signing up
        
        A dark theme will be used throughout the section to symbolise "gamerness"
        
        Recommended games will be shown on the top
        
        Search bar on top to search for games, this includes checkboxes for platform, and has advanced settings to choose year.
        
        basic usability features like swiping both horizontal and vertical to increase effectiveness when sorting games will be implemented.
      - Section 3) Business screen
        
        This screen can only be accessed by registered subscribed businesses, they can access the screen through the sign in promt
        
        Includes graphs towards the center of the screen
        
        Popular games and their relevant marketing stats will be shown towards the top of the screen
      - Section 4) Child friendly section
        
        This section consists of child-friendly content
        
        Explicit content and games will not be shown in this screen
        
        A lighter background will be used to symbolise the chil friendly nature
        
        Games for educational purposes and games with harmless plots will be recommended
    - - The user can swipe left or right to switch between screens, this will increase easiness to move between screens
      - Checkboxes will be used to take in values when querying for, platform. this will reduce time waste when typing the full name of a platform
      - All text will be in one font, and base language will be set to english to avoid confusion with users
      - Consistent themes will used in each section to show how each part is different from the other
      - The app logo can be changed from settings based on which path selected when signup as this will increase the accessibility of the app as the logo defines the purpose of the app
  - - - The dataset is very old compared to dataset 2, its most recent record is from 2010. For this dataset to be used it should be updated to date
      - This dataset has very few entries, limited to 1771 entries, this dataset needs to be edited such that it'll have more entries
      - The dataset has binary values for many game features, ex: third person, isometric
      - The dataset has no nil values in its table, therefore the dataset may be used for the deemed solution
      - This dataset will have to be normalised as many columns do not adhere to the 1-3 normalisation laws
    - - Contains data about how certain games are sold based on the global market
      - Has ratings of games from different sources. Ex: Users, critics, Vgchartz company. These values can be used to rate each game and also a survey can be used to change these values.
      - Dataset has been last modified in 2020, therefore is very reliable because it is upto date, the dataset has over 55 000 entries, allowing many results for various queries.
      - The dataset includes links to the game website, therefore more info can be given without the direct use of the database
      - links to images in a file directory is given in this dataset, therefore will allow the UI to be more user friendly as an image will also be used to describe the game
      - This dataset can be easily normalised as most columns are already dependent on a primary key, Ex: GameName
    - - Either one of the two datasets will be used as a part of the database for GameBox app
      - The dataset should be used to refer a game that is similar to the search criteria of the user
      - Score of the game should be updated when users do surveys based on different games
      - Database should be synced with the cloud, user information should be accessed from any device
      - Stores data in two main sections, business and personal based on user profile
      - User information should be stored in a seperate table
  - - - An algorithm to retrieve records from the database based on search criteria.
      - Being able to search up Games based on age rating
      - Should be able to find Games which have a certain user score or higher
      - An algorithm to update the user score based on surveys undertaken by users
      - Businesses should be able to find games that are been sold to may users, such that they can buy advertisements on popular games
    - - Sql will be the database coding language, while sqlite3 will be the environment programmed in
      - The app will be designed for iOS platform therefore will be coded in swift, and built and tested on Xcode
      - A prototype model will be made on keynote to demonstrate how the app behaves when a user interacts with it
- - - - App only built for android users, limiting usability for only apple users.
      - App contains ads, therefore reduces user friendliness as a subscription should be bought
      - Developers are constantly active and have good tech support, this section of the app we make should also be strong
    - - Sign in required to initialise the startup
      - The game categories only fall under 5 categories based on platform, the app to be made has access to data of games from more platforms
      - Ability to make a profile
    - - Sign in not required
      - Both website and app available to be used
      - Provides a child friendly environment to search for games