Rita Chu

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Captain Calculator

• Rita Chu
• Bhuvan Jain
• Michelle Kam
• Dan Nguyen
• Vincent Sparacino
• Lucas Wu

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Intended Use

• To review and test elementary school children on
  their arithmetic skills
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Captain Calculator
New Game Load Game Two Players How to Play Quit
Game

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Captain Calculator
New Game Load Game Two Players How to Play Quit
Game

• Press ltEntergt to continue

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Captain Calculator
New Game Load Game Two Players How to Play Quit
Game

• Press ltEntergt to continue

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New Game
Enter Name
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New Game
Enter Name
Vince
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New Game
Select Difficulty
Easy
Medium
Hard
Easy Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication
with single digit numbers
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New Game
Select Difficulty
Easy
Medium
Hard

Medium Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication
and division using single and double digit numbers
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New Game
Choose Your Character
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New Game
Choose Your Ship
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New Game
Bomb Settings
Bombs will automatically Fall until it hits a
rock
Timer ON
Timer OFF
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New Game
Bomb Settings
Timer ON
Bombs will Fall by pressing The Down key
Timer OFF
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New Game
Ready to Go?
Name Vince Difficulty Medium Timer ON
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Instructions Press ltEntergt to skip

• 1. Try to destroy all rocks by moving the
  torpedo to the correct column before it falls!
• 2. Move your ship by using the arrow keys on
  your keyboard
• 3. If the torpedo doesn't match any equations,
  toss it into the trash bin!

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Instructions Press ltEntergt to skip

• 1. Try to destroy all rocks by moving the
  torpedo to the correct column before it falls!
• 2. Move your ship by using the arrow keys on
  your keyboard
• 3. If the torpedo doesn't match any equations,
  toss it into the trash bin!

Press ltEntergt to continue
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Instructions Press ltEntergt to skip

• 1. Try to destroy all rocks by moving the
  torpedo to the correct column before it falls!
• 2. Move your ship by using the arrow keys on
  your keyboard
• 3. If the torpedo doesn't match any equations,
  toss it into the trash bin!

Press ltEntergt to continue
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Level 0
Player Vince
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Level 0
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Level 0
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Summary
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Summary

• Testing with and without users gave us a feel for
  what we had done right and what we had done wrong
• Strengthened our positives
• Corrected the negatives using feedback from
  testing

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Change 1

• Problem No user feedback on what they answered
  correctly/incorrectly
• Fix Added Summary page at end of level listing
  the number and types of problems answered
  incorrectly/correctly
• Design Principle Help Documentation

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Change 2

• Problem Support lacking for students who want to
  learn and not test themselves or students with
  learning disabilities, who need longer time
  between bomb drops
• Fix Provide an untimed option that lets the
  user control the time at which the bomb drops
• Design Principle(s) Universal usability, User
  control freedom

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Change 3

• Problem Lack of color made it less lively and
  less like a computer game
• Fix Added more color to the game and made the
  characters more expressive, with emotions
• Design Principle Aesthetic and minimalist design

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Change 4

• Problem Lack of documentation on what the trash
  option meant
• Fix Added an instruction side before the game
  play screen start that told the user what it
  meant
• Design Principle Help and Documentation

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Positives

• The users enjoyed the aesthetic style of the
  game characters, vehicles, layout, etc.
  (Aesthetic and minimalist design)
• They understood most aspects of the game without
  going through the tutorial (Consistency and
  Standards
• They enjoyed the ability to choose their
  characters and vehicle (User control and freedom)