ScoreKeeper: Friend Score Management App
UX Case Study
Context
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Industry: Mobile Applications, Gaming
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Team Composition:
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Solo UX Designer
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Background: In the competitive gaming landscape, friends often face challenges in accurately tracking scores during both casual and competitive sessions. The goal of this project was to design a solution that would allow users to effortlessly and intuitively record scores, enhancing the gaming experience without interruptions.
30 min daily flow
Activity
HI, Prajwal!
Your Program
You dared to dream bigger, and together we turned those dreams into reality. Our collaboration made us unstoppable.
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Problem Statement
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Define the Problem
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Users need a streamlined method to track scores during gaming sessions that is quick, easy to use, and doesn’t disrupt the gaming experience.
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Key Challenges
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Designing a simple and intuitive interface for quick interactions during gameplay.
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Accommodating different game types and scoring rules.
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Ensuring smooth performance on a variety of Android devices.
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Timeline
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Phases
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Research & Discovery: 1 week
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Ideation & Sketching: 1 week
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Prototyping & Testing: 2 weeks
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Tools Used
Figma, Google Forms
A comprehensive score management tool with leaderboards and social sharing.
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Duration
Chose a balanced approach that combined ease of use with essential features like historical data and leaderboards.
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My Role
Describe the service and how customers or clients can benefit from it. This is the place to add a short description with relevant details, like pricing, duration and how to book.
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Project Goals
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Primary Goals
Improve user retention by delivering a tool that is both engaging and easy to use.
Enhance satisfaction by minimizing the effort required to manage scores.
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Success Metrics
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User Retention: Track user retention rates after the first session.
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Task Completion Rate: Measure ease of score management.
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Engagement: Monitor leaderboard and history feature usage.
Goals
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To enjoy seamless and distraction-free game nights with friends.
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To quickly and accurately track scores during casual gaming sessions.
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To have a record of past games and scores to reference later.
Frustrations
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Finds it annoying to pause gameplay to manually record scores.
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Often loses track of scores, leading to disputes among friends.
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Prefers apps that are easy to navigate with minimal learning curve.
Key Insights
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Ananya is focused on social interaction and values apps that enhance her social experiences.
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She tends to prefer apps that are visually appealing and easy to use, without complicated features.
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Simplicity and speed are crucial for her, as she doesn’t want to spend too much time figuring out how to use an app.
Ananya Mangal
22, Pune
Goals
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To track and analyze his gaming performance with minimal effort.
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To engage in competitive gaming with friends, keeping a record of wins and losses.
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To have the ability to share game results with friends on social media.
Frustrations
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Dislikes apps that require multiple steps to enter or update scores.
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Finds it challenging to keep all his game data in one place.
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Prefers an app that offers both functionality and a sleek, modern design.
Key Insights
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Rohan values efficiency and functionality in the apps he uses, especially those related to gaming.
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He prefers apps that offer detailed analytics and insights into his performance.
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A strong focus on design and user experience is important to him, as he often uses technology as an extension of his competitive nature.
Rohan Verma
24, Delhi
Major Screens
Home Screen
Menu
Notifications
Search bar
Map view
Upcoming ride
details
Navigation bar
Home Screen
Menu
Notifications
Search bar
Map view
Upcoming ride
details
Navigation bar
Home Screen
Search bar
Notifications
Map view
Menu
Upcoming ride
details
Navigation bar
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Brainstorming & Ideation
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Process
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Conducted collaborative brainstorming sessions with the team to explore potential solutions.
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Followed up by sketching out rough ideas to visualize concepts.
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Concepts Explored
A simple score tracker with minimal features.
A comprehensive score management tool with leaderboards and social sharing.
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Final Concept Selection
Chose a balanced approach that combined ease of use with essential features like historical data and leaderboards.
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Hypersonic Missile
Describe the service and how customers or clients can benefit from it. This is the place to add a short description with relevant details, like pricing, duration and how to book.
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Analysis
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Competitive Analysis
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Conducted collaborative brainstorming sessions with the team to explore potential solutions.
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Followed up by sketching out rough ideas to visualize concepts.
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Use Case Analysis
A simple score tracker with minimal features.
A comprehensive score management tool with leaderboards and social sharing.
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Pain Points
Chose a balanced approach that combined ease of use with essential features like historical data and leaderboards.
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Target Audience
Describe the service and how customers or clients can benefit from it. This is the place to add a short description with relevant details, like pricing, duration and how to book.
30 DAYS
HIIT
YOGA
WALL PILATES
CARDIO
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Problem Statement
01
Define the Problem
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Users need a streamlined method to track scores during gaming sessions that is quick, easy to use, and doesn’t disrupt the gaming experience.
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Key Challenges
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Designing a simple and intuitive interface for quick interactions during gameplay.
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Accommodating different game types and scoring rules.
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Ensuring smooth performance on a variety of Android devices.
30 DAYS
HIIT
YOGA
WALL PILATES
CARDIO