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Episode 14

At the end of Episode 13 I was at a crossroad on whether to focus on building out the overall scoreboard, “My Scores” or begin adding the 4-ring game play slide. Adding the next level is easy because the pattern of game play is established – just a lot of busy work. Building a “My Scores” is an add-on feature that doesn’t affect game play at all, rather one of those extra components to add to the overall experience.

Either direction is sort of a Catch-22. Build out the other two levels of game play and then build a “My Scores” scoreboard would require revisiting every game level and add new functionality. Build out the “My Scores” now and get its functionality working to existing pattern, and then follow that pattern into the next two game levels.

Either way doesn’t really matter other than what I’m in the mood for.

I chose to build the “My Scores” slide. Calculating overall scores for each game is a bit more complex in managing the logic than it might seem at the surface. This episode was fully dedicated to figuring out the logic. I started with sketching out some thoughts on how to approach the logic and additional variables needed for the setup. Things to consider are:

  • Pushing Best Game score per level
  • Pushing number of moves per game at each level based on number of games played
  • Pushing number of games played to achieve minimum number of moves

For access and navigation, the simplest method would be to use the built-in Lightbox feature. This feature shows a slide in a popup style view and a user will only return to the same location from where the Lightbox was launched.

Simple. Meh. Simple is not part of our vocabulary in this project!

Questions to ask about how to access, visit, and return from “My Scores”:

  • Where should the button to access “My Scores” be located? Globally or at restricted locations?
  • In order to advance to the next level a user must achieve the minimum number of moves at that level. That number of moves then becomes Best Game. How to allow a user to check “My Scores” without losing progress if minimum number of moves has not been met yet?
  • Is Best Game relevant on the overall “My Scores”?
  • There is only so much real estate to show scores for each level. How many games per level should there be? Five?
  • If limiting the total number of games per level is five, what is the consequence of reaching that max? Reset the level?
  • If reseting the level after a max of game plays, does the “My Scores” values reset also?
  • If game values reset on “My Scores” after a max of game plays, should a “Reset” value be added? Ex: Reset games = 2.
  • How to return to the same game level after visiting “My Scores”
  • If restricting access to “My Scores” only from winning feedback layers, how to return to game level slide and show the last know location (layer)?

Oh sure! Just add a personal overall scoreboard that tracks all the fun stats. Below is the design sketch that shows additional variables for tracking game play, and additional variables to aid in navigating to and from the “My Scores” view.


DESIGN SKETCH

Episode 14 sketch


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Storyline Live! Main page

Episode 01 – Aug 07, 2017

Episode 02 – Aug 08, 2017

Episode 03 – Aug 09, 2017

Episode 04 – Aug 10, 2017

Episode 05 – Aug 11, 2017

Episode 06 – Aug 14, 2017

Episode 07 – Aug 15, 2017

Episode 08 – Aug 18, 2017

Episode 09 – Aug 22, 2017

Episode 10 – Aug 23, 2017

Episode 11 – Aug 24, 2017

Episode 12 – Aug 25, 2017

Episode 13 – Aug 28, 2017

Episode 14 – Aug 29, 2017 – YOU ARE HERE

Episode 15 – Aug 31, 2017

Episode 16 – Sep 01, 2017

Episode 17 – Sep 05, 2017

Episode 18 – Sep 07, 2017

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Episode 20 – Sep 14, 2017

Episode 21 – Sep 15, 2017

Episode 22 – Sep 21, 2017

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Episode 24 – Sep 29, 2017

Episode 25 – Oct 06, 2017

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