Shop Artefact User Testing & Redesign

Design Process – Refined & New Trident

User Testing

Because the shop artefacts were already created, this time around we used user testing to help redesign and improve the items’ overall aesthetics and to better fit into the theme. Users were asked to first identify which designs they’d like to be improved. Most users reported the following 6 items:

• Axe
• Trident
• Sword
• Bow
• Potion
• Bed

Old designs

Key findings:

Axe

• Design too simplistic
• Looks like every basic axe
• Looks worse than main weapon – why get this?
• Very small and short – want an axe with more presence

Trident

• Most users thought it was a candle, not a trident
• End of blade not sharp
• Handle too basic
• Overall want more interesting design

Sword

• Did not look like pixel art
• Way too short & small
• More like a miniature knife
• No incentive to buy other than stats

Bow

• Size appears decent
• Expect a more complex design
• Boring – bring more colour into it

Bed

• Too simplistic
• Inconsistent design – doesn’t look like pixel art
• Perspective is not ideal – would prefer isometric

Health Potion

• Does look like a potion, but not a health one
• The flask looks jagged and rough – aim for more consistent and reconsider a rounder shape
• Users were given outline of potion and asked to colour it in – 5/5 people chose some shade of red