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Neighborhood Comet Case Study

Project Overview
Usability tests with 3 potential users revealed a concern about competing with more experienced users. I creating a league system to solve this.
In this gamified stargazing app, users can score points by finding celestial objects in the sky.
Role: UX Researcher and Designer
Duration: 4 weeks*

I interviewed 3 potential users to know if this would be an app they would want. They expressed concern about competing with more experienced users. One of the participants came up with the solution of using leagues to keep competition fair.
Since the participants wanted different things, I decided to give users the option to either compete with yourself, compete with others, or both.

Colour accessibility
These combinations are accessible for colour blindness and low vision (WCAG 2.2).
Purple
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Yellow
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Purple
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Yellow
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Black
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Orange
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Results
User impact: We predict that users will say that they find the app interesting and engaging, and are not overwhelmed by the competition. We predict that they will want to keep learning astronomy.
Business impact: We predict that the app will keep many of its monthly active users.
References and Other Information
*I spent more than 4 weeks, but if I condense it to a full-time schedule it would have approximately been 4 weeks.
Special thanks to the anonymous 3 people who I interviewed for this.
This is a fictional app.
The font used is Verdana.
Accessible fonts: https://accessibility.uncg.edu/getting-started-with-accessibility/accessible-design/
Gohd, C. (2023, May 3). What is Betelgeuse? Inside the Strange, Volatile Star. NASA. https://universe.nasa.gov/news/237/what-is-betelgeuse-inside-the-strange-volatile-star/
NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/
Photo of a nebula: images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA13014/PIA13014~orig.jpg or https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA13014
By NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Photo of comet in the “Comets and Near Earth Objects”: images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000124/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000124~orig.jpg or https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000124
By NASA Goddard
Photo of Saturn in the lesson list: images-assets.nasa.gov/image/9019795/9019795~orig.jpg or https://images.nasa.gov/details/9019795
By NASA and Marshall Space Flight Center
Photo of stars in the stargazing sections: images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA17005/PIA17005~orig.jpg or https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA17005
By NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/IRAM
Wifi and Battery icons provided by Apache License Version 2.0. I altered their colour and size.
“Wifi” icon: https://fonts.google.com/icons?selected=Material%20Symbols%20Outlined%3Awifi%3AFILL%400%3Bwght%40400%3BGRAD%400%3Bopsz%4024
“Battery Full” Icon: https://fonts.google.com/icons?selected=Material%20Symbols%20Outlined%3Abattery_full%3AFILL%400%3Bwght%40400%3BGRAD%400%3Bopsz%4024
WCAG 2.2: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/
The celestial body that is circled in some of the photos may or may not actually be Betelgeuse.
NASA, other organisations, and people credited above are not affiliated with this project.