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Apps for Good Assignment 1-10

Assignment 1 – List of Interests

(1) Connect2Concole – Chosen idea.

(2) Dreadline - App that will organise and remind students of deadlines and remaining time. (This was the app idea that we originally chose to complete. We changed the idea from the feedback session gained from the Dragon’s in our first feedback session from the experts.)

(3) Beats and Tunes – A gaming app around music.

(4) Future City – A gaming app that would allow you to build up a third world country of your choice with resources and negotiations.

(5) MineWiki – An information sharing app, all about Minecraft, the game.

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Assignment 2 – Problem Statement and SCQA

The following is our group’s problem statement to our application idea:

“Users of Xbox & PlayStation 3 consoles experience difficulty typing with ease using the standard controller for data input.”

SCQA:

Situation Complication Question AnswerThere are approximately 131 million Xbox and PS3 consoles in the developed world.

Currently in the UK there are 500 million Android devices that have been activated only during the third quarter of 2012. (en. wikipedia.org, 10:30 13/12/12)

67 million Xbox consoles have been sold in the world. Also 64 million PlayStation 3’s have been sold in the world (eurogamer.net, 10:50, 13/12/12)

There is a big market for this app and can make quite a lot of download as a lot of people have trouble typing on their consoles.

Many gamers have problems inserting large amounts of text with their controllers on their game consoles.

Using controllers to type can lead to wasting time (e.g. signing up for an account etc.) and also causing strain in the fingers and wrist due to excessive movement. It can also cause stress and anger.

How can a gamer be able to type faster, save time, money, avoid injuries, unneeded anger and stress?

Using our app will help them as it connects your smartphone to your console and using your smartphones keyboard to type messages, sign up, sign in and also avoid pain.

The 5 W’s:

Why:The reason why people should use our app is because typing using the control pad causes mistakes and also takes too long. “For me every time I try to write on my Xbox I make too many mistakes and by the time I finish, they (my friends) are usually offline, and buying a keypad for my Xbox is too expensive.” –Ijaz Raja

What:Our application is to help people who have difficulty writing with their controllers on xBox and PS3 consoles type faster, prevent pain, save money and also save time.

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Who:The audience of our app is dependent on who owns a console. Our app is for faster typing on a console, so a person that doesn’t own a console will not use it. This means we have a large range of people as there are 131 million xBox and PS3 consoles sold worldwide.

Where:Our app will be most likely to be used at home. The reason for this is that a person would mostly put their console in their house connected to their TV and play. But this app could be used anywhere there is an xBox and PS3 console.

When:The time that this app will be used is whenever a person is playing on their console or when they will need to type while playing.

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Assignment 3 – Market Research

The following research is regarding the Alternatives to our Application idea. As a group we feel that there is no other existing app/s that solves our problem stated in Section 1. For us to research on this topic of Alternatives, both primary and secondary research was carried out. We have split our team into two. The primary researchers have carried out surveys to the members of the public.

Part of our group took the role of researching using secondary data. One method they used was searches over the Internet to find any other apps that are comparable to ours. Our researchers have found one app that is similar to ours, which is the Microsoft SmartGlass app which allows you to change your profile details, type (data entry) on Xbox consoles and give you access to the a, b, x & y keys. There is also a non-app solution, which is a physical keyboard which can be attached to the controller and is available for both Xbox and PS3 consoles. However, this solution has a disadvantage which is money consuming, as you need to purchase hardware with price £10-£20.

The following research is regarding the Users of our app. As a group we feel that there are people who are in need of our app. Our research method on our users was carried out by our primary researchers. These were conducted by the other half of the group. We found that 90% of those who were surveyed needed our app. The age range of our users on average would be 19.

www.psu.com15:29

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29.04.2013

Consultingstrategy.wordpress.com15:29

29.04.2013

Would you use our App? (Sample of 20)

Yes

No

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The alternative solutions are not good enough for some people as it takes more time or money to get hold of. Also, some of the alternatives are not to the satisfaction of the users. For example, Microsoft’s SmartGlass app is not easy to use as the keys are in each corner of the screen. Another example is the physical keyboard which is good because it is QWERTY, but is expensive and takes time to get hold of. Research has also found that Steve Jobs has troubles trying to type on Xbox. http://ilikecode.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/stupid-stupid-xbox/

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Assignment 4 – Problem Video

Plan of Video

0-10: Playing on the Xbox (Xbox live).11-20: Character’s friend sends a message.21-30: Character reads the message.31-40: Character tries to reply to his friend.41-50: The character finds difficulty and goes crazy.51-60: Throws the controller on the sofa.61-70: He randomly takes it out on his brother.71-80: After a few tries he calms down.81-90: As soon as he finished on what he wrote.91-100: His friend signed out of Xbox live.101-110: Later on his hand starts to strain and hurts him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz1PwjFUlaI

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Assignment 5 – User Personas

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JeffreyThe Frustrated Gamer

About Jeffrey

He lives in Barnet He lives in a flat alone He is a busy gamer and gets irritated rapidly He doesn’t like wasting money or time He likes the easy route for everything He wants to have a good value for products Owns a smartphone and buys apps He plays games on both Xbox and PS3 He prefers to be on the ergonomic side

“Typing on Xbox & PS3 can never get any more painful!”

Key Goals

Ergonomics! Always have an

efficient alternative To type without

straining!

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Assignment 6 – Scenario Map

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Step 1 – User selects “Connect2Console application from the App

Menu/folder/icon

Step 2 – User wait for Splash Screen to load and complete

Step 3 – User turns on his/her Xbox or PS3 console and log in

Step 4 – User clicks on the correct console

Step 5 – User presses the home button on the Android device to minimise

However, before this step could have been completed, the user must have downloaded the app and set up the preferences/settings

A problem may be that the user does not know the name or the icon of the app when searching

The user can easily distinguish our app by its unique icon

The user will be introduced to a screen which shows tips on how to use the app more efficiently and to signify that the app is responding and loading

The user must own or buy an Xbox or PS3 to do this and press the power button if they want to use the app to insert data

The user has to click on the button that shows the appropriate console that they own

The android device will open a keypad where the user can input their message on their console

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Assignment 7 – Business Model

The following is a photo of our Business Model Canvas that we did:

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Assignment 8 - App Store “Blurb”

“Typing on the PS3 and Xbox is so fast and easy using the Connect2Console mobile app. Simply download the app, connect to your console and start typing using your phones keypad. How easy is

that?”

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Assignment 9 – Wireframes

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Assignment 10 – Competition: Elevator Pitch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2tJFAsAEDM

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