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Informatics 121Software Design I

Design Studio I DiscussionAlex Baker and André van der HoekDuplication of course material for any commercial purpose without the explicit written permission of the professor is prohibited.

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Today’s Lecture

An open discussion of the design studio

A little midterm review

No assignment for the weekend

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Design Studio Recap

What concerns did others think of that you did not?

Alternately:What did you think of that others did not?

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Representations

Which did you use? Why?

What if you only had to use text?

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How does your game teach?

When someone fails a dish a few times…

What skill do they need to improve?

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How does your game teach?

When someone fails a dish a few times…

What skill do they need to improve?

Have they learned about cooking as a result?

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What determines if a dish is good?

Is this accurate?

Will creating a better dish correspond with improved cooking skill?

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Level of model

What happens when you overcook meat?

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Level of model

What happens when you overcook meat? Effect on taste?

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Level of model

What happens when you overcook meat? Effect on taste? Burned meat represented in the game?

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Level of model

What happens when you overcook meat? Effect on taste? Burned meat represented in the game? Reflected in the next step?

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Level of model

What happens when you overcook meat? Effect on taste? Burned meat represented in the game? Reflected in the next step? Does effect on taste change depending on

what happens afterwards?

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Level of model

What happens when you overcook meat? Effect on taste? Burned meat represented in the game? Reflected in the next step? Does effect on taste change depending on

what happens afterwards?

Is this a reasonable goal?

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Wii vs. Touch-Screen

Or another interaction method?

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Wii vs. Touch-Screen

Or another interaction method?

What is the sub-essence of this design Manual dexterity? Knowledge of recipes? Timing skills? Knowledge of something more subtle?

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Wii vs. Touch-Screen

Or another interaction method?

What is the sub-essence of this design Manual dexterity? Knowledge of recipes? Timing skills? Knowledge of something more subtle?

What would we really lose with a turn-based, graphical approach?

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Success?

Suppose you got a random team’s design

Would you feel confident in your ability to create an implementation design? And implement it successfully?

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Brief Midterm review

Product and Process model General design research

Spector and Gifford Petroski John Chris Jones Schön

System design Concerns and how to address them