Prototype Video is here!

Here is a live demonstration of our Simon prototype! How exciting!

This week we are going to finish the other 4 buttons, make a few adjustments based on our peers' experience with the game and make another user study.

A few things we noticed that has to be "rethinked"-

• The wiring is still quite loose and fragile, this will be fixed when we finish building a case for the display.
• The buttons move during the game- we need to think of a way to make them more stable and safe (for players and the mechanics/electronics)
• The "correct" notification+sound is sometimes confusing to the users, makes them think they need to follow a really quick and hard sequence and not just the gradual sequences in between the "correct" notification
• We might change the angle of the buttons- might be more affordable and inviting

Almost There

Yesterday we brought to class 4(!) buttons and let our classmates play with them (video soon). They seem to be fun, when they work properly, we still have touch ups to do (mainly with the electronics, we might change the angle of the buttons) to improve the experience.

Ta-da! Four buttons and a bunch of wires:

Doron and Dudi fix things up in between games, you can see the current wiring and try to spot our aluminum foil coated erasers :)-

 And....Our 7 segment display! So pretty. Will  be place between button #2 and #3 so that the players could know their and the other side's score without looking elsewhere-

Animatic the 3rd

We wanted to update the animatic after we got a few comments, Doron took some pencils and started sketching.

We liked the previous one as well so we wanted to give it a try with the new musical choice-

Fellow Simon Games- Super Simon

A cute video Doron found:

So, we didn't invent a Simon-match. Seems really fun!

New User Flow

We're still not sure about the correct flow. In the next few weeks we will perform a few more user tests for these delicate touch-ups. This is the user flow for now (click for larger view):

New Storyboard and Animatic

Based on comments by the miLab staff and studetns, paper prototype users and friends.

A few comments we got after showing it in class-

• US/THEM, may seem not enough friendly an fun but as acontest
• Change song to acoustic version

We will shoot a new and updatd concept video in a few weeks (with the new and operating buttons!), it'll be quite similar to the first one, and this animatic, but with better interaction. 

Do you have any comment about the animatic?

Storyboard #2

Our team's communication division (Tamar and Alex) was seated in an isolated room with a few blank pages and a pen. Mission Storyboard was about to begin. Doron is the one that is good with pencils, we could barely draw two black lines without releasing a deep sigh.

Results:

The Tale of the 50 Erases (or: A New Design)

Another version to our button:

As seen below, we changed the way the circuit is closed. For now we used erasers (Dudi and Yael bought 50 erasers, the cashier was shocked) but in the next version we'll use rubber. The middle of the button remains empty to allow a nice spread of the LED light.

To be continued!

A small thank you to Safam Boards!

We would like to thank "SAFAM BOARDS" for letting us use their studio and facilities to build our StreetSimon prototype and for inspiring us along the way! SafamBoards is a young company that makes high quality boards. 

These guys love riding boards, so they put a lot of thought and dedication into the making of their each one of their boards, enjoy the productions process, and always try to improve. Originally from Tel Aviv City, Lavi and Barak are urban beings and so are their boards. Moreover, some of their designs are suitable for the great outdoors. The boards are built from different combinations of beech wood layers, pressed into their concave, heated with micro wave technology. The boards are assembled with top grade trucks, wheels and bearings, and are decorated with custom made graphics. 

https://www.facebook.com/SafamBoards 
Location: 12 Hazak st. Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 
Longboards manufactures; +972-546200913 Lavi, +972-525674313 Barak