GAME 3899: Selected Topics on Game Design: Games User Research

Date

Topic

Assigned

Deliverables

Sept 6

Introduction to the Class

Assignment 1 (Playstyles)

Sept 10

Pscyhology of Play

Assignment 1

Sept 13

Psychology of Play (cont'd)

Sept 17

Psychology of Play (Cont'd)

Reading Materials in Materials

Sept 20

Psychology of Play

Assignment 2 (Human Subjects), Read Materials

Sept 24

Research Design

Assignment 2

Sept 27

Usability testing and experiment design

See reading Materials

Oct 1

Usability
Usability Lab 1

Oct 4

Quantiative data collection and analysis

Assignment 3 (on Piazza)

Oct 8

Usability Lab 2

Assignment 4 (Usability)

Oct 11

Quantiative data collection and analysis II

Class Assign T-test (on Piazza)
Read Chapter 1 and 2 from Feilds book (on Piazza)

Oct 15

Usability Lab 3

review of assignment 4

Oct 18

Usability Lab 4

Oct 22

Usability Testing (Q&A)

Oct 25

Heuristic Evaluation

See Materials

Assginment 4

Oct 29

No Class (Magy is at FOEE)

Nov 1

Heuristics Evaluation Lab

Assignment 5

Nov 5

Reporting

Assignment 4 (revised)

Nov 8

No Class (Magy is at Project Horseshoe)

Assignment 5

Nov 12

Playability Testing

Assignment 6

Assignment 6.1

Nov 15

Playability

Assginment 6.2

Nov 19

Analysis and Reporting

Assignment 6.3

Nov 22

Traingulation Methods

Assignment 6.4

Nov 26

Finishing Assignment 6

Assignment 6 waiting on feedback

Dec 3

Final Assignment Presentations

Assignment 6