Our Goal

We want friends and family to play trivia games synchronously despite being in different locations. In doing so, they get to feel as if they’re present with them since they’re participating in a real time activity and get to communicate through chat. It’s also a fun thing to do when we’re looking for some short form of entertainment.

Research Process

Our research process, which included referencing existing platforms like HQ Trivia and BeReal and conducting interviews, allowed us to gain valuable insights into what makes a good trivia game.

One of the key findings from our interviews was that competition was really important for users, and they expressed a desire for some sort of leaderboard or ranking system to see how they stacked up against others. Additionally, we discovered that users also wanted to be able to play with their friends and interact with them in some way, whether through multiplayer modes or by challenging each other to games.

Furthermore, our surveys revealed that users wanted an app that was easy to use and navigate, with a user-friendly interface that would allow them to quickly access different features of the app.

Our research gave us a better understanding of what users were looking for in a trivia app, and we used these insights to design an app that is competitive, social, and easy to use, and meets users' needs and expectations.

Design Process

With a better understand of what our users wanted, we went to work. Our Lo-Fi Prototype shows the earliest stage of our design process, where we had the skeleton of the game completed just to show what the game flow would look like.

Prototype Process: Evaluation Session

Prototype Process: Feedback

During the week 8 prototype, we noticed the most significant problem was chat spam, with over 72% of messages being emojis and 20% being blank. We addressed chat spam by limiting users to one emoji reaction between rounds and removing the ability to send blank messages. We also added a friend group chat feature to improve communication among players and a post-quiz recap feature to help players better understand their results and improve their performance.

What We Learned

In short, the game still needed much polishing before it was complete. Fortunately, we got a lot of good feedback!

We found that players were highly competitive and motivated to do well in the game, and that they wanted to be able to utilize the chat feature to interact with each other. We found that players were highly competitive and motivated to do well in the game, and that they wanted to be able to utilize the chat feature to interact with each other without chat spam.

To cater to this desire for social interaction, we began to work on features that allowed players to compete against each other in real-time and to communicate with each other within the game. We also made sure to provide clear and informative feedback on how the players were doing, so that it was clear what they got right & wrong.

Overall, the feedback we received was instrumental in helping us identify areas where we needed to improve the game's design and features. By listening to our users and implementing their suggestions, we were able to create a more engaging and socially-oriented gameplay experience