Score board (list of opponents, improvements, VPs)

[johnsillings]

As a player, I should be aware of my opponents' VPs, cards in hand (both resources and dev cards), progress toward key objectives (like longest road and largest army), turn order, and whose turn it is currently. I should also be able to refer to the score board to know which player is which color.

Steps

• [x] Look at other turn-based multiplayer strategy games and collect examples in both video & screenshot forms
• [x] Brainstorm and list multiple designs that meet the acceptance criteria of the task to a satisfactory level.
• [x] For each design rate values below from 0 to 5
  • Clarity: How clear is it: https://www.liamcharlton.com/post/signs-feedback-and-the-ux
  • Ease of use: Number of needed interactions with the UI, complexity of interactions, number of hands needed to complete the actions, thumb zone etc.
  • Acceptance criteria met:
• [x] Implement changes to update the rating values of the above designs
• [x] Identify any new player issues that may arise from each of your rough designs and the potential for them to be mitigated.
• [x] Decide on 1-2 designs that have the greatest potential to work by analyzing the results from previous steps.
• [x] Share all your results from the previous steps with the team in a table containing concise information; It’s important to also show your thought process for the design decisions you have made.
• [x] Get the greenlight from project owners to start work on a detailed Figma prototype for one of the high potential rough designs.

Acceptance criteria:

• [x] Score board should list important information about opponents and game state, especially if it's not obvious from the board itself:
  1. VPs
  2. cards in hand (both resources and dev cards)
  3. progress toward key objectives (like longest road and largest army)
  4. turn order
  5. whose turn it is currently
  6. which player is which color
• [x] Score board should be designed with limited screen space in mind. There is a great deal of information to convey, which is not a problem on a computer, but can be problematic on a phone. There should probably be a "small mode" and a "large mode" or a "hidden mode" and a "show mode."
• [x] Players should be able to clearly understand what the different icons on the score board mean.

[johnsillings]

Monopoly scoreboard: https://imgur.com/b8U4yty

This may be out of scope for now, but one thing Monopoly does really well here is they make it really easy to differentiate the players, because they use:

1. Avatar / figurine
2. Color
3. Ribbon shape

In Colonist, "johnsillings" is the "blue player."

In Monopoly, "johnsillings" is purple, the diagonal ribbon, AND a car figurine.