Creativity- I gave creativity a 4. Because you have the option of customizing your game. First you get the choice of many choice games or place-it-on-a-map game. From there on, it takes you to a page that formats your game. You can choose between different color backgrounds, different font styles, sizes, game title, timers, hints, etc.Then insert the questions you want into your game and create your game. This page is more creative because you actually have the option of customizing your game.
Backgrounds- I gave the backgrounds a 3. Because, unlike the other website, you now have the option of picking the background you want. The reason I didn’t give it a 4 or 5 was because there was not many backgrounds to pick from. Although it doesn’t really matter because you can choose backgrounds from different colors. While colors influence the player’s attention. You can research what colors would be best for a game, and you have the choice of putting that color as your background.
Simplicity- I gave simplicity a 4. Because the website automatically gives you the steps you have to follow in order to make your website. It’s not a complicated process you have to go through or anything like that. As you complete the different pages you have to fill out, the website automatically puts the next step on the screen. It’s the same thing for game users. All they have to do is choose the game they want to play. The instructions will then pop out. Once they read the instructions, they will click play and play the game. This website is very simple to use.
Quality- I gave quality a 4. Because many people are subscribed to this website and the reviews of the games are good. This tells me that there is a good chance of creating a good game on this website. Unlike the other website, this website allows a timer, or only a certain amount of chances to answer each question. It also allows you to insert hints and stuff like that. This lets me know that sixth graders actually have to try and think to answer the game questions correctly.
Backgrounds- I gave backgrounds a 0. Because since you pick from pre-set options, you can’t choose your background. Background is what catches the players attention. It goes back to the theme of the game. Some of the pre-set backgrounds is a sky with little clouds, stars, plain white,plain black and green. Background is something you should be able to customize, especially if you are making the game.
Simplicity- I gave simplicity a 4. Just because this website lacks creativity and doesn’t let you customize your own background, it is very easy to use for the creator and the user. All the creator has to do is visit the website which directly takes you to the page where you insert the questions you want to put into your game. After that, you just click on create. All the user of the game has to do is click on the set of questions you designed for your game, and it will take them to the different options of the game. They will pick between 5 different options. The game will then take them to the instructions. After they read the instructions, they click play and start playing the game. This website is very simple.
Quality- I gave quality a 3 because its both good and bad. What I don’t like about this website is that it gives the player plenty of chances to get the question correct. This doesn’t show me that the sixth graders are actually learning about the design cycle. If they have many chances to get the answer right, they will just keep on guessing until they hit on the right answer. This doesn’t help me or the sixth grader. I would have just wasted my time on creating a game, and sixth graders would be wasting their time on guessing on the game. Some students will still try their best on trying to learn the design cycle.
