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BallerNet Prototype Android Application Group Boom Tho: Richard Laroue James Yu Robert Connick Jonathan Look The Idea: Pickup Basketball Start a game? Find games? Notification of games? Network of players The Problem: Playing


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BallerNet Prototype Android Application

Group Boom Tho: Richard Laroue James Yu Robert Connick Jonathan Look

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The Idea: Pickup Basketball

  • Start a game?
  • Find games?
  • Notification of games?
  • Network of players
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The Problem: Playing a Pickup Basketball Game

  • Where are all the games?
  • Who's playing? Where?
  • How do I get a game together?
  • Mass email? Text?
  • How about phone calls?
  • Or how about...
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The Solution: BallerNet

  • Network connections
  • Game Search, Creation, and Notification
  • Player communication
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Tasking Things Out

1.Creating a game - Easy 2.Joining a game - Moderate 3.Chatting with game players a priori - Hard

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Task 1: Creating a Game - Easy

Conventional Means

  • Mass email/text
  • Phone Calls

Issues?

  • Time consuming

BallerNet:

  • Less hassle
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Task 1: Creating a Game

  • Fig. 1: Create Game screen
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Task 2: Joining a Game

Conventional means:

  • Email/Text/Phone
  • Google Calendar

Issues?

  • Roster for a given

game?

BallerNet:

  • Select a game,

and select 'Attend'

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Task 2: Joining a Game

  • Fig. 2: Game statuses
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Task 3: Chatting with Players - Hard

Conventional:

  • Email?
  • Text?
  • IM clients?
  • Phone?

Issues?

  • How to communicate
  • nly with players?

BallerNet:

  • Player chat

integration

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Task 3: Chatting with Players

  • Fig. 3: Game Info and Player Chat
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UI Overview

  • Login Screen
  • Main Menu
  • Create a Game
  • Find a Game
  • My Games
  • Game Info and Player Chat
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Design Changes from Prior Iteration

1.Users wanted feedback when options were changed

Right: Fig. 4: Toast after a game is created Left: Fig. 5: Toast after status for a game is changed

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Design Changes from First Iteration

  • 2. Removed 'fancy' divider for view expansion or

minimization

  • Fig. 6: Old Lo-fi

game info screen

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Design Changes from Prior Iteration

  • 3. Inclusion of search by location
  • Fig. 7: Find Games screen
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Summary

Pickup basketball games are...

  • Easier to organize
  • Faster to find

Player communication is...

  • Simpler through game player chat