Usability and learnability improvements for the TaleBlazer game editor

TaleBlazer is a platform for creating and playing location-based augmented-reality games. The TaleBlazer web-based editor allows users to build customized games using a blocks-based programming language. In order to allow more user groups to utilize various features offered by TaleBlazer, building an intuitive editor user interface is especially essential to maximizing usability and learnability. This thesis presents a new version of the editor with improved front-end design and a new tutorials system. The updated implementation is intuitive, powerful, and user-friendly for both novice and experienced TaleBlazer users.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2015

Author dc:creator

• Hung, Jacqueline

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Eric Klopfer.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100603

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/100603