Online photo game
Out of context: Reply #17
- Started
- Last post
- 17 Responses
- Projectile0
Hey guys, Maciek here, the designer of The Eshu Games. Just wanted to pop on here (highjacking friends account) and say thanks for the feedback. Lot's of useful points.
We're just a team of two (only one coder) and a lot of this stuff is in the list for when we can get around to it
To address a couple of the points:
Registering users - Yah, it's bad that you must sign up, we were going to have a focused design push around integration and sharing in a couple of months.Landing page cluster-bomb/unclear CTAs - Yes, basically, it's a problem. I think we're going to start addressing this on the weekend, make it clearer etc. We're also designing a hints and tips type thing for new users (hopefully something that isn't too intrusive). That having been said, it does need to work without the help of helpers (remember our old friend the paperclip in old office).
Basic navigation structure - one of the tricky things with this site is that it's actually an app in the making. I think a lot of the interactions would make more sense in an app type environment like a tablet (i.e. it's modal). What this means is that it's currently some sort of hybrid between web and app. This is always going to be a problem, but we'll try clarify through making the 'overlays' enter and exit the screen from the same place.
'Games' - Yah, we had long chats about the use of this term and decided to risk it. It's really important to us that we get this idea across (currently failing) that making things is the game. Making good design, taking good photos etc doesn't have to be work it can be play. So we'll be introducing the catchphrase 'The game is in the making' to the home screen (along with other changes). Oh, and we've gone beta just in time for 'the games' of a very different sort, those of an olympic kind.
Doodle - really like the idea of navigating between doodles in the doodle space itself.
To the user who said she/he couldn't use the doodle. What was the problem exactly? As far as I know it just asks you to sign up/in if you want to submit a doodle and haven't done so.
I'm not going to bore y'all anymore, we've got plenty to get on with. All in all it's been a good start to the user testing, only two days in and a lot of activity and chatter. So we're pretty happy. But good lord has it been stressful (does the stress ever end?).
Thanks again for the feedback
x m