The Game - Structure

Having decided on how the theory would work within the game, the following specifics were focussed on next. How would a user get to this screen? How do we establish what level they are? It seemed obvious that a scoring method would be needed but it soon became apparent that this would be very difficult, especially to split into a number of levels based on answers given. Another idea was to use a tree diagram structure where a user would have a yes or no answer. The idea behind this new structure would be not to create a test but to create a personal evaluation quiz, users answer yes or no to questions in regards to whether they can carry out the task described. It would be up to the user if they wanted to be honest whilst answering the questions.

(The dots on left were an attempt to try scoring method, the image on the right depicts the tree diagram method)

Having settled on the new structure with yes/no answers, I needed to establish what the questions would be and how to ensure that the questions matched up with the final results page. Based on the Low, Medium and High levels I was able to work out where the questions would sit.

Due to the structure of these diagrams the number of questions needing to be created doubles with each new question (number of possible matches) this is why 6 questions for a user to answer, were chosen.

The next challenge would be how to find out which letter they would be within that level, it seemed simplest to have a 7th question where the user would be asked if they required a lot, some or no support to carry out the tasks in the previous questions.

Once the theory and the structure had been established I knew how many of each level (low- high) questions I needed to create but it was hard to decide what tasks are classed as what level. I settled on Low level being mainly basic navigation of software and hardware, Medium level would be the creation of basic products such as letters etc and High level would include advanced products and manipulation of files. This allowed me to create all the questions that I would need for the game.

 

 

Next step..... Make the game!