HCI Prototype Presentation July 12, 2011

Agenda Concept Assumptions Prototype / Storyboard

Concept Trivial Purfuit Trivial Purfuit is a computer game used to test knowledge of the U.S Declaration of Independence. The style of this game is very similar to that of Trivial Pursuit ® from Hasbro Games. It will support game play between 2-4 players, and will have an easily extensible database of questions & answers. The general audience for this application will be high school civics students.

Assumptions First, and foremost, keep it simple! While there are certainly a lot of interesting thing we could do with this project, we are focusing on meeting customer requirements first. Nice add-ons or advanced features will only be done if time permits.

Assumptions Software is not networked All players play together using a single instance of the application on a single machine Just like playing a traditional board game

Assumptions Certain control elements are left to the players, rather than the software Time restrictions Providing answers to questions Assessing correctness of provided answers Just like playing a traditional board game

Prototype Given the simple design approach afforded by these assumptions, let’s walk through the associated GUI screens and control flows.

Welcome Screen

Help & Instructions

Start New Game

The Game Board

Rolling The Dice

Selecting A Square

Question

Answer

Continuing Turn

Getting Some Cake

Wrong Answer

Roll Again

On The Hub

Going For The Win

Game Over

Questions ?