The objective for this project was to design an app for social distancing. As in person connections are limited, we were challenged to address how designers can find a creative solution, addressing an issue raised by social distancing.
I took this as an opportunity to research my project. One aspect of the pandemic I am sorely missing is being able to travel outside of Buffalo. I was planning a Trip to Germany over the summer for a friends wedding and another trip for an event Colorado ; both events were cancelled due to the pandemic. It’s been almost six months and there are no new trips planned for the future. (I can’t make a day trip to Toronto or Manhattan.) I was using the summer as an opportunity to ride my bike around the city and explore some areas around Buffalo, I visited the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site (which was incidentally, walking distance from my house) and the Karpeles Manuscript Museum library (also near my house). It’s not the same, but it’s nice to explore parts of the city I haven’t seen before.
One afternoon I was on Buzzfeed taking one of the quizzes and I started thinking of ways to change my project and make it into a quiz game, with Buffalo focused questions. It is pretty straightforward, you make a choice, then you learn some facts about your choice then you are routed to a new question. It isn’t a challenging game, exactly, but it is well developed with thirteen questions. I took my professors suggestions, and it is running nicely. I made a new logo and a bunch of slides and tried to redevelop this project.
One thing I appreciated was the feedback from Maze, which was more constructive than for project one. I was mostly interested in confirming the QR code is working, but I got some good feedback on how to make the game more user friendly, and the suggestions were appreciated. I met with my professor this morning and got some more feedback and suggestions. Overall I am happy with how the project progressed. The more I worked with Figma, the more comfortable I got with the platform and at the end, I got to learn some interesting tricks. I look forward to using this platform in the future.