EvaluatingandComparingSampleScratchProjects
Member1Name
:AbhipsaUjwal
Member2Name
:AlessiaMessina
Member3Name
:ChristineRabacal
URL/Linkof
SampleScratchProject:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/2928978/
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/37761674/?fr
omexplore=true
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/32306710/
PointofComparison1:
Originalityofsoundsused
THesoundsarefairlysimple
xylophone/pianosounds.Thereislittle
diversityandoriginalityinthisbutonecan
makevariousmelodiessothereisstillalot
ofpotential.ThereforeIfeelthataccordingto
sounditisnotthatoriginalandjustpre
downloadedmediafromscratch.
Thesoundisboringandnotspecialatall,I
wouldhavepreferedrealmusic,not
videogamesounds.Theonlypositiveand
creativetingisthechoiceofthesoundto
play.
itisinstrumentssounds,andtheycanbe
changeviaasettinginthetopleftcorner.
PointofComparison2:
CreativityofProject
Theprojectisrathercreativeandcolourful
withadesignthatmakestheviewerwantto
playthegamedespitenotknowingwhatits
purposeis.Theyseemtoallbeonceagain
predownloadedmediafromscratchbutthe
arrangementanduseofthesetocreatethe
projectisrathergood.Alsothesoundsused
abovearegoodanditiscreativebecauseof
thefactthatthepianomadeisnota
conventionalone.
Theprojectisabsolutelynot
creative\interesting.Thedesignisjusta
blackscreenwithgreenpointsthatmakea
technoatmosphere.Theonlypositivething
isthegreenpointsmovingatthemusic
sound.
theprojectiscreativetosomeextent.ithad
manydifferentsounds,andwaseasytoswitch
betweendifferentsounds.
PointofComparison3:
Usabilitywith
MakeyMakey
Asalltheusesoftheprojectcanbe
controlledandfulfilledthroughtheusedof
keyboardkeysthatdohaveaMakeyMakey
counterpartitscompatibilitywiththedevice
istoanextentcompletelyfunctional.
Theprojectiseasytouse,youjustusethe
rightleftarrowtochangemusic,spaceto
stopthemusic.
PointofComparison4:
Usefulness
Itisusefulforpeoplewhodontknowhowto
playpianosorwanttomakesomecreative
tunequickly.Alsoitiseasytouseand
accessbutduetosimilarprojectsandthe
factthatitwillneverbethesameasa
piano/xylophoneifeelthatitsusefulnessis
stilllimited.
Itisusefulforthepeoplewholiketechno
sounds.Peoplecouldenjoythedifferent
soundsplayingwithit.Istillthinkthatthis
projectisabsolutelynothelpful.
PointofComparison5:
DiversityofSounds
Allthesoundsaredifferentbutareinthe
samecategory.Thismakesitlessdiverse
butalsoappropriateinorderforthe
compositionsmadenottobecacophonies.
Thetechnosoundsaredifferentbutalmost
allthesame.Thetypeofsoundisvery
similar.
StrongPoints:
Overallitisagoodideaandverywell
plannedout.Allfeaturesareappropriate
andfunctional.Itiscolourfulandtheviewer
willfinditsappearancenice.Alsoitisquite
compatiblewithscratch.
Thestrongpointsarethegreenpoints
movingatthemusicsoundandthatithas
manysounds.
WeakPoints:
Thesimilarityofthesounds,theboring
design
Suggestionsfor
Improvement:
Ideaswecanuseforour
finalproject:
Changethedesigntosomething
interesting,changethesoundstoreal
musicoratleastputdifferentsounds.
DesignBrief:Tobeansweredbyallmembers
Answerallthefollowingquestionsin1paragraph:
a.Whatkindofsoundmachineprojectareyoucreatingasthefinalproduct?Describebriefly.
b.Whoisyourtargetaudience,clientorintendeduserforthefinalproduct?(Bespecific.)
c.Whatisthepurposeorgoalofthefinalproduct?Howwillyourtargetaudiencebenefitfromit?
A.
wearecreatingamusicmachine,thatwhenanybuttonispressed,itwillplayadifferentpianonote.itwillusethekeys:updownspaceleftrightw
asdf.wheneachkeyispressed,thecolourofeitherthepetals(Spaceupdownleftright)orthebackground(wasdf)willchangecolour.
B.
ourtargetaudienceisideallysomeonewhowouldliketolearnhowtobasicmelodiesonthepiano.itwillnotneedanypriorexperience,otherthan
beingabletopressthekeysittheorderthattheywish,thereforeitwillbeforages5+
C.
ourgoalistohelppeopleofallages,learntoplaybasictunesonthepiano.thiswillbebeneficialbecausetheywillbeabletolearnonlineforfree,ina
funandentertainingway.