These will be the objects used...
two people can play at one time, one can be the one who tries to guess which objects are being used based on the sounds they make together, and the other can be someone who is making the sound. I will tape the pictures up on a piece of wood and one side will have the actual objects and the other side the pictures. It will be interesting to see if people guess correctly by using a combination of images and how we think they should sound together!
Ok! So after taking my idea along to class it definitely turned out great - I didn't think it would be such a hit but people got quite competitive and reassured my idea. I got a lot of different ideas on how to progress as well. The only thing about this experiment is that I am unsure which human behaviour I am testing. I am experimenting with the other idea as it will be a follow on from the Stroop effect, but this one seems to just be testing whether people's perception of what objects will sound like together is correct and how some people are better than others. I'm not sure how to research why some people are better than other people either...
I think I will try and mock up a simple version of this coloured ball idea for Monday and see if it is as big of a hit as the image objects noise box.
Some photos from class today showing different interactions with my box, and other peoples ideas...
Feedback I got regarding my test was that I should make it a more than 2 player game. Meaning one person does the noise making with the objects, and then 2 or 3 others compete to guess which objects are being used. Which adds a more competitive edge to the game and also adds more tension to the players.
Another thing suggested was levels, say the first level has objects with lots of different objects and it is relatively easy to distinguish - and an advanced level which contains all objects made of tin that have a different shape or sound for some reason.
Also that I need to make sure the objects are all made of one material, so you can't get the objects mixed up (e.g. if someone uses the wire bit of the peg).
What was apparent for me is that there needs to be instructions. Whoever is making the noise needs to make the noise for 10 seconds, then the guesses can guess, it works most effectively if the guesser guesses when the noise has stopped. Also the guesser has to guess correctly the first time. I could start taking results on who guesses correctly first time the most, is it that females and males differ, or that is it simply practice?
Some things I noticed which were interesting:
- Whoever used the matches as one of their objects, always used the matchbox as you would normally - e.g. they striked the second object down the side of the matchbox.
- Everyone got better with practice
- People tend to want to compete with one another
- People making the noise for some reason want the person guessing to get it right.
I am really enjoying this paper so far and I really like my tutor group - all the other groups seem to be drawing and designing instead of user testing prototypes so its a lot more fun.
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