Fixing suggestions from peer review

After the confusions with the buttons I tried many things to fix it.

I have also added a nav bar down the bottom for better accessibility, it's also not as intrusive as the world was.

Maybe have an animated swipe arrow with the dots?

 Does having the dent arrow look more like a swipe?

 In the end we decided to have no arrows, (perhaps have a permanent scroll bar?) Children like to touch and swipe apps anyway so they would figure it out, it might even make them more excited if they have to find it on their own  like an adventure!

I tried fixing the red crosses and pinpoints, in this map you press the different areas, the dark green is forest, the light green is meadow, and the blue is the ocean.

However, when i trialed it, people didn't understand that you could click it. I think I should make little icon for each world maybe?

Peer feedback and userability

Today we did user testing with others in the class, because of this we found out that the scrolling was unclear with directional arrows (maybe have an animated swipe promt? or just have smaller dent arrows or just a permanant scoll bar?) we also need to change the pirate style crosses on the map as she thought they were places you couln't go...





I also had some more ideas...

First world Done!

 This is how it's looking so far..

I also added some with just text so that i couyld play around in invision and get something done for the peer review

Class Trials

These are the trial pages ready for class tomorrow so we can get feed back on the buttons and the scrolling and shit. I like the map however Im not sure on the starting page at the moment. Ill guess we will find out tomorrow with our feedback. 

Map

We wanted the map to not be of a real place, so it's a fantasy land

 I put red pins on the places where you can go.

Working out final style

 I really like this style but it's not 'kid-like' enough...

 I took out the textures and did this which is inspired by

But I needed to make it more softer and childlike still, so i tried rounding the edges

But I didn't like it so i tried the personofying the mountain... I like it :)
Although I think I'll make him smile

Here he's smiling and i added an arrow to help with navigation and a world to click on to take you back to the map

Font

While studying on PSTD with children I also looked at fonts that children liked to read when I stumbled across these fonts which are designed for people with dyslexia.

I especially liked the first one as it has a whimsical feel yet is still very easy to read (and has the added bonus of being easier to read if any of the children using the app have dyslexia) Even though it is whimsical it does not feel too childish (which could have come across patronising)