Problem Statement

Need to design simple, easy to understand app that will be used in dark settings.

Note: Interaction with app is a secondary activity that should be seamless and requiring limited attention.

User research

In-person, think-aloud user research sessions with five young adults from diverse cultural, linguistic, and educational backgrounds

Two tasks:

• Join a new activity and simulate two to three interactions with other "participants”

• Navigate to the results page to check the statistics from the completed activity

Assumptions: both joining an interaction and interpreting the resulting statistics would be intuitive

User Pain Points

App interface must be intuitive with as little different screens as possible, main screen should be operated by simple tapping (without looking)

Color should be informative, limited or none text on the screen, larger buttons

Only 2 main screens: mood-set up and activity itself, find a design with simple log-in and joining the team

Digital wireframe

- Welcome page

- Mood set up

Both pages are encountered before joining the activity
Mood set up is necessary to start interactions
Participants understood the intend for both pages without additional explanations

Digital wireframe

- Ready for interaction page

- Interaction page

4 out of 5 participants understood what is needed at a first glance
One participant struggle for 3-4 seconds going back to main screen and then joining again

Digital wireframe

- General statistics page

- Individual statistics page

General statistics was intuitive for participants and they easily opened individual statistics for the last interactions
2 out of 5 participants understood impacts in reverse order of individual statistics page, 1 participant expressed frustration saying that it is not clear what each row represents