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Game App, Game App (User Problems (User 3 (Often get reccomendations,…

- - - - Display all games added to wish list
      - Must easily be accessed and added to
  - - - Allows games to be opened
      - Recommends games to play on genre of owned games and other followed games
      - wish list
      - shows popularity charts
      - user made reviews
    - - reviews by employees
      - game trailers
      - written articles
- - - - Use of the required data
        
        Must be able to search for all games
        
        Indicate if a game is on the users wish list or library
        
        make more popular games easily identifiable
        
        Recommendations
        
        Recommends games based on similar genres
        
        recommends higher rated games first
      - Sales to be used in determining the popularity of a game
      - All information useful to users (if the game has a sequel,publisher,console,title,release date,genre,if there is a re lease, reviews, maximum player count, ratings by ESRB,whether it is online,handleld,multiplatform and gameplay elements and broad genres)
    - - vg sales
        
        publisher is shown
        
        ESRB rating shown
        
        scores by critics and users
        
        platforms shown
        
        total shipped globally and by regions
        
        link to video game website with game data
        
        release dates
        
        Ranking (likely based on sales)
        
        genres
        
        image urls available
      - ign
        
        release dates
        
        platform
        
        editors choice award
        
        score (by ign)
        
        genre
        
        url (vague, likely to be image, likely to not be used)
        
        game name
        
        ign scoring phrases
        
        ranking
      - video game
        
        Console
        
        TItle
        
        Sales in US
        
        Release date
        
        publisher
        
        genre
        
        if a sequel exists
        
        if it has been rereleased
        
        price of a used copy (no store listed, vague and unreliable)
        
        (in used price, vague and doesnt make sense)
        
        review score (no source)
        
        reviewSq (vague, possibly number of reviews)
        
        max player count
        
        rating system
        
        Online or not
        
        licensing status
        
        Handheld status
        
        multiplatform game
        
        console(individual, no use)
        
        genres and gameplay elements
    - - SQL used
      - stored in SQLite 3
  - - - Using Xcode
      - Usable on most common mobile devices
        
        iPhone
        
        portability
    - - Searches for terms in specific genres etc to identify similar games and suggest them.
      - recommends games that share keywords and genres, age restrictions and platforms
  - - - large buttons with contrasting colours to easily be identified
      - large images and easy to read text to allow for information at a glance
      - consistent images
      - easily identifiable buttons and hyperlinks
      - consistent UI elements between the screens where they are shared
      - easy to use
    - - Main Menu
        
        simple buttons which are labelled to show which screen to move to
        
        Large Logo
      - Recommendations
        
        shows recommendations in a rectangle with game info and links to other websites inside
        
        Shows high rated games in a labelled tab
        
        recommendations in certain genres
        
        popular games (above a certain score)
        
        recommendations can be tuned to specific platforms
        
        age restrictions can be made
      - wish List and library
        
        List of games on wish list
        
        Sectioned into each game. When Clicked it opens the game info screen
        
        Images of the game cover/advertisements
        
        option to choose add to wish list or must play
      - Database and Search
        
        recent releases
        
        search bar
        
        all games in database sorted on different criteria such as date released and a-z, sales, platform/console
      - Game Info
        
        if there are sequels or rereleases
        
        genre
        
        price
        
        release date
        
        title
        
        popularity (ranking)
        
        age restrictions
      - Top Games screen
        
        Obvious indication of top games
        
        Links users to the info pages of the top games
        
        can restrict the top games to specific years
    - - Usability Principles
        
        Familiar logos
        
        Consistency in page layouts
        
        Easily known pathways for users
        
        Accessibility for as many users as possible
        
        Sense of credibility and trust
        
        Easy to learn and retain knowledge of how to use
        
        Use of plain english
        
        use openly used standards and formats
        
        Appropriate language for application
        
        Clear labelling
        
        Clear and Specific error messages