mind map

mind map

1. Usability Principles

   • Accessibility
     • The ability of the website to be used be different people, even with disabilities
       • Colour contrast mode
         • light and dark mode
         • Colourblind mode
         • a mode to change the choice of colour to a softer and less contrasting colour
       • Different font size to choose
   • Safety
     • The ability to minimized error and recover from it
       • Statement for incorrect input of action
         • Output: Invaild action, try again.
         • Output: help tab suggestion
   • Effectiveness
     • The ability for the system to provide all functions that the user need
       • Ensure all sections are functional and clear
         • Clear boundaries for each section
   • Learnability
     • how user friendly, the ability of how the system can be easily use and learn
       • Help section or area
         • Help with user input
         • Give default recommentations user action input
   • Utility
     • The ability for the game to function
       • Every section has a specific function
         • eg. help section can be opened and close with a press of the 'help' button

2. Contrains and Limitations

   • types of adventure game
     • web based
       • contains both visual and text based descriptions
         • May focus more on visual elements
       • Contains lots of interactive elements in the game
         • how the player interact with the visual elements
           • eg. touch the selected item to inspect/use it
           • Click on the item rather than type a text to interact with it
     • text-based
       • focused on text describtion rather than visual elements
         • Use minium amount of image in the game
           • One to two images per scene/area
           • Mostly text-based description of the scene or area
       • Requires wording descriptions for more immersive experience
         • Describ the scene/area
         • Describe functions that the player can do
         • Include any special message after player unlock or interacted with an item
   • Website based-game
     • with minium hardware access and storage capacity
       • low performance than regular destop games
     • had to adapt to on different web browers
       • had to change code depending on the size or type of platform used
         • or use a responsive design to the layout of the game