Websites

Websites

1. Whatoplay

   • Aesthetic
     • Black and green scheme: green buttons, outlines and highlights
   • User experience
     • Search option available by title, suggestions pop up
     • Sections separating games for different platforms and devices - easy accessability
   • Context
     • A website containing many games with ratings, reviews,
     • Use: For people to find out about games and read other opinions on them
   • Cons
     • Layout and colour scheme is simple, may be boring to some
       • This may lead less people to use the site
   • Pros
     • Easy to navigate, well set out a variety all many games
   • Website features
     • Posts about new game updates and recently uploaded reveiws

2. Pinterest

   • Cons
     • Lots of reposted work and uncredited artists/photographers
   • Pros
     • Unlimited amount of images with a good search and algorithm curated to the user
   • Context
     • Use: find information, ideas, inspiration, tutorials, references
     • Upload 'pins' (images) and view others, save and make boards
   • Aesthetic
     • red accents in colour scheme
   • Website features
     • Ability to save pins into labelled sections and boards - well organised and easy to manage
   • User experience
     • Scroll on images upon images
       • Recommends and suggests pins related to past searches and activity
     • Has a light and dark mode for accessibility and preferences