Prototype Video Link:

For the prototype, we created a simple Unity Game on Android. The game created involved rendering a 360 video within Unity and presenting the user with a question and a set of options to pick from.

In this video, we created a simple scenario, asking a player to buy a 2 liter bottle of Sprite. The game provides 3 options. The player use the controller to click on the available options.

  1. Go To Produce Section
  2. Go to Soda Aisle
  3. Go to Starbucks

If the player chooses either “Go toProduce Section” or ” Go to Starbucks”,  the player will be sent to that area. However, these are not the best option to get the bottle of Sprite. The message will appear on the screen “This is not the soda aisle”. After 10-15 seconds, the game automatically returns back to the main menu for the player to pick a better choice.

When the player chooses the option “Go to Soda Aisle”, the game switches to another scene with another challenge. Now, the new scene is at the soda aisle, but it tells the user “they seem to be out of 2 liter Sprite”. The game once again provides the player with different options.

  1. Talk to 2 people ( on the left)
  2. Talk to the lady holding the shopping basket (on the right)
  3. Talk to a gentlemen, who is fixing the merchandise  (on the right)
  4. Leave the soda aisle

If “Leave the Soda Aisle” is chosen, which is not one of the best answer, the message will appear on the screen “Why would you want to leave? Then you have nothing to drink”.

Then the menu scene appears again, asking the player to choose another answer. The options available are the same as the first, but giving the player another chance to make a better choice.

  1. Talk to 2 people ( on the left)
  2. Talk to the lady holding the shopping basket (on the right)
  3. Talk to a gentlemen, who is fixing the merchandise  (on the right)
  4. Leave the soda aisle

The player  can hold the controller over anyone on the game and text appears saying “Talk to this person”. Using  the Controller Pointer Click once again, they choose who to talk to.

The following choices give the corresponding responses:

a. Talk to 2 people on the left side : the message appears to explain this is not the best answer “Hmmm this person seems to be too busy”.

b. Talk to the lady holding the shopping basket: A question got prompted ” What would you like to ask them?”. There are 2 answers

i.   “I need help” : Not a very polite way to ask

ii.   “I notice you are out of sprite. Do you have anything in the back of the store” : Better choice, but not the right option because this person does not work at the store so they cannot go to the back. . The lady will reply to this choice with: “I am not the right person to ask.”

c. Talk to a gentlemen, who is fixing the merchandise: same situation as above, a question got prompted “What would you like to ask them?”. There are 3 choices:

i.   “I need help”: Not a very polite way to ask.

ii.  “I need this item”: Better choice.

iii.  “I notice you are out of sprite. Do you have anything in the back of the store”: Best choice.

Lastly, there is message “Thank you” at the end of the game. The player has to choose this to end the game.