Appendix Save State

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• Save State Design Introduction
• Primary User Group
• Justification for existence
• User test to identify location
• Save State Design – Welcome Screen
• Save State Design Gameplay screen
  • Sprint 1 Design Gameplay screen
  • Sprint 2 Design Gameplay screen
• Final Design Style
• User testing session - final design
• Appendix <--You're Here
  • User Test – Save State Location
  • Sprint 1 Save State Design Gameplay screen
  • Sprint 2 Survey Save Game Icon Design
  • Sprint 2 Survey Load Game Icon Design
  • Insights from Final User Testing Session

References (IEEE Format)

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[2] GlobalWebIndex Q3 2019, Gaming Category, “An exploration of how the gaming landscape is changing” https://www.gwi.com/hubfs/Downloads/Gaming-trends-2019.pdf

[3] Activision Blizzard Media, “Modern Gamer Personas” https://www.activisionblizzardmedia.com/content/dam/atvi/ab-media/gamer-identity/Gallery_of_the_Gamer_-_Modern_Gamer_Personas.pdf

[4] GlobalWebIndex Q3 2020, Gaming personas, “An audience profile on the digital attitudes and behaviors of six gamer types” https://www.gwi.com/hubfs/Downloads/Gaming_Personas.pdf

[5] Retro-Games And Consoles Are The Latest Craze In The Gamer World. Washington, D.C: NPR, 2017. https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/docview/2056828330

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