Thursday, March 5, 2009

Feed-A-Frog

This is a toy designed for children between the ages 3-6 years. its in a gameboard format, the action is jumping and the metaphore is a frog.
User scenario Little Booby and his mother sit down to play a new game he got for Christmas called Feed-A-Frog. Bobby tells his mother that the frog has to cross the pond and get to the top of the hill where all the flies are so that the frog can eat. Bobby then shows his mother how to play the game. He first places the frog on the starting lily pad and goes on to show her how he makes the frog leap. “poke the frog in the bum” Bobby says” like this!” Bobby pushed down on the rear end of the frog and the frog leaps forward. Bobby continues pushing down on the back of the frog until the frog gets to the top of the hill where all the flies are. His mother then says “wow bobby good job, how about we both play?” bobby then plays the game with his mother to see who can get to the top of the hill with the least amount of jumps.

Visibility- the frog is always in the same position only when you push down on the "bum" does it activate and jump.

Affordance- the shape of the frog implies that some action needs to be proformed at the rear end in order for the action to work.

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