week 5: FEEDBACK Response
On May 8th, we presented our prototype to the class and received feedback from our classmates on their interpretation of our project and what we can do to strengthen and/or improve it. A lot of the students were very intrigued by our use of our tea and the use of our personal stories and were very excited to see the final product, which was exactly what we were hoping for with our prototype presentation!
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Some of the feedback we received related to the fact that some people were concerned with someone going through the making of tea and not knowing what to do or not liking the taste of tea. One thing that we want to make sure in our project is that no one has to know how to make tea and we do not want anyone to feel overwhelmed.
When Wei, Kevin and Rachel met to go over tea rituals, Wei had a brilliant solution for those who felt they may be overwhelmed: have two different paced experiences. For those who want a more involved and slower experience, there is that option. For those who do not, suggest that we already have the tea made, after it's brewed have them focus on the change of taste as they read over the work. Suggest that they drink a cup of tea and contemplate the taste and experience of drinking the cup while reading the stories, so the taste of the tea and the emotions is more of the interaction.
Also, if a reader/player doesn’t like tea, the whole objective of our project is more about the experience and the feeling you get of drinking the tea. The tea doesn’t necessarily have to be “likable” and taste good to some people, because different stories have different impacts on people, which for some can be negative and “unlikeable”. The stories we are sharing aren’t perfect, so the taste of the tea might not be perfect as well.
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A lot of people seemed to like our pitch of placing bits of the stories into the tea sets, so the player/reader can read the parts of the story that relate to a step in making tea. It was something we weren't sure if we wanted to do or not, but we are almost 100% sure we are now going to run with that idea. We are currently running a poll so our classmates can vote on if they would like us to run with it.
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As for the Twine game, we did get a few mixed feedback on the setup. Some people said that we could add a bit of color and photos to the Twine game instead of it being all white and plain, but others said it would be too distracting to add anything else. Rachel and Ashley briefly talked about using some of the same colors from our website to make the project look more cohesive but still simple and aesthetically pleasing. We don’t want the Twine to look to overpowering as we want the focus to be more on the tea and the stories.
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