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Scenario 1: James
set-up and installation.
James has just received
an email from his friend inviting him to play the mobile image game.
James receives it and is excited to begin to play. He opens the
email and sees a message from his friend with a link on how to
install and download the game. He clicks on the link and a web page
opens. He sees instructions for downloading the game. He notes
instructions for immediate installation to browse the page on his
camera phone.
He launches his phone
web browser to the suggested link. After connecting, he clicks on
the download link. Before he continues, he makes sure he read and
agrees to the privacy agreement that states that his photos and
profile will be publicly accessible. After clicking “yes”
the installation begins.
He launches the game,
creates a user name and password for himself, and immediately sees a
list of activities to complete. He’s excited about his new
game, but sees his boss walking his way. He quickly turns off his
phone and slips it in his pocket.
Scenario 2: James
plays as a newbie.
View Activities
Choose and
Complete Verifying Activity
Choose and
Complete Ranking Activity
Choose and
Complete Photo Challenge Activity
As James leaves work he
ascends the stairs to the el, immediately after leaving his agency
office, he turns his phone on, listens to his voice mail, and then
immediately launches the mobile image game. After the game launches,
the first thing he sees is his current list of activities, at first
glance he sees the titles to a number of activities:
He realizes Train is in
his list. He is interested in figuring out more, considering he is
standing at State and Lake on the platform to the el. He clicks on
train and sees a camera view with the Title Train. Just then the el
begins to approach the station. James composes an image with the
train as the main subject and clicks the shutter just as the train
begins to slow down. He looks at the image and decides that he will
save it as a valid candidate to complete this challenge. He boards
the train.
He likes the ease with
which he performed this activity. He returns to the main screen to
investigate another activity. He selects Verify: Legs. He
clicks on the item and sees the title of the image along with the
associate image. He is intrigued that the image loads so quickly.
It usually takes him at least 45 seconds to download an image onto
his phone. He is happy and intrigued with the new game, as he
wonders how the image got there so fast. He sees an image of a
bucket of KFC legs. He chuckles out loud to himself and then clicks
“Yes”
to verify the KFC legs, do indeed fulfill the challenge.
Smiling widely, he
returns to his lists of activities. He selects Ranking: Baby on
board. He views the challenge and its description. Remembering how
easy the Train was and yes how ambiguous “legs” was, he
thinks that this challenge could be somewhat difficult. He ranks the
challenge with a medium difficulty.
He returns again to
the main menu to see if he can perform any other activities. He
completes all other verification and ranking activities, and makes a
mental note to be aware of “Man with beard” and “Walking
Dogs”, so that he will be able to complete his list.
He still has 15 minutes
left on his ride home. He opens his bag, grabs his book and
continues where he left off.
Scenario 3: Karen
browses photos looking for friends and joins a group
A week after
downloading and installing the game, Karen is thrilled with her new
found fun. She has already joined the “Indiana Hoosiers
Alumni” group her friend from friendster introduced her to.
She has also posted a picture of her favorite place to buy Hoosier
gear and her favorite bar to watch Hoosier games. She already is
planning on trying a new recommended bar for the next game.
She has some downtime
at work and is curious what other interest groups reside on the
mobile image phone game. She begins by browsing the different groups
available. She sees one called “Dress for Success”,
remembering her motto she quickly chooses it. Upon entering the
group she immediately sees photos of the last 5 photo challenges
completed, along with member and moderator names. The moderator
“Sergio_Isdahoe”, has completed the last photo taken on
the last photo challenge and his name appears below this photo. She
is surprised, however, as she scans the thumbnails of the completed
photo challenges to realize that not only are the outfits all dresses
but the individuals wearing the dresses also seem to be very
masculine. As she peers closer at one photo, she quickly realized
that through all the make-up, glitter, and bouffant hair is indeed a
male. Realizing that this group may not be for her, she clicks back
to continue browsing the groups.
She continues to scan
the list and soon finds one entitlee “Chi-Omega”. As her
sorority days flash nostalgically through her head, she clicks on the
link. She immediately sees photos from various Chi-Omega events
located at chapters around the nation. She surfs through the photos
as her own memories come fleeting back. She wonders if anyone from
the Indiana chapter is playing the game. She clicks on the members
link and views individuals names and locations. To her
disappointment no one is yet playing from Indiana. However, she does
notice two members are from NYC. She clicks through to each of their
personal profile pages and reads about their interests. She is
excited about the prospect of meeting these girls and sharing in some
fun with them. She immediately joins the group, by clicking the
“JOIN” button and emails her new friends to say hello.
Scenario 5: Peter
monitors progressand receives promotion
For the last week,
since they began playing the game, Chuck has been antagonizing Peter
constantly, by reminding him of how many points he has accumulated,
which is less than the number Chuck has. In agony, Peter is
determined to beat Chuck. He has quietly brushed up on the rules,
and realized that after proceeding to level two, he can then create
and assign photo challenges. His strategy is to be the first of the
two to assign photo challenges to the other, in that way he can be
the first to send the other a photo challenge and surprise Chuck.
So everyday during his
lunch period, Peter sets out to complete photo challenges. He
monitors his progress continually both on the phone and on the PC, so
that he can accurately gauge his status at the exact moment an
activity has been completed and a photo challenge has been approved.
Today at lunch when he
opens the game he sees that his reputation has reached almost 80% and
he has gathered 99pts. He knows that he only needs one more point to
be promoted, but that he also needs to raise his reputation to 85%.
He views his reputation closer by clicking on the bar and sees his
four areas of progress based on: photo challenge success average,
ranking success average, and verification success average. He
realizes that his weakness is in verification. He has really enjoyed
the ranking and photo challenges but has given little time to
verification activities. He knows that to improve his reputation he
should become a balanced player.
He returns to the
activity list and immediately completes all four verification
activities which have been lingering in his list. He then returns to
his office, nervous that he will be late for a meeting with his boss
Marc.
After the meeting, he
returns to his desk checks email and takes a quick glance at his
reputation online. He sees his profile and activity list on the first
page upon login into the system. To his anticipation his
verification success average has jumped 10%, thus putting his overall
reputation at 83%. He quickly completes another two verifications
and one ranking. He thinks that should be enough to give him the
boost up to the next level. He’s tempted to send Chuck an
email, gloating his success, but he thinks he should wait to confirm
his promotion and then send Chuck a special photo challenge.
Later that day, as
Peter leaves work, he receives a SMS message congratulating him on
his successful playing of the game. The message continues to say
that if he would like to accept a promotion to level 2, to confirm
the Promotion Activity currently residing in his list. He grins and
goes to the game. Upon selecting the Promotion Activity, he is told
that at this level of play he is granted the power to now create and
assign his own photo challenges.
Smiling devilishly, he
enters his home. “Hello, Chuck”….
James/ Peter: Play Game
(level 2) –
Create Photo
Challenge
Choose and
Complete Photo Challenge
Choose and
Complete Ranking
Choose and
Complete Verifying
John - Browsing Photos
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