Weekend Assignment

When I first read the assignment for over the weekend, I was kind of annoyed that I had to download an app on my phone. I hate downloading unnecessary apps because I don’t have that much storage on my phone, but for the sake of the assignment I sacrificed some pictures and downloaded the game. Since I was situated and comfortable in the heart of College Library (the third floor of course), I made the executive decision I wasn’t really going to move.  I then created an account and clicked on “playable anywhere” location.  To my surprise, there was a game that consisted of visiting two floors at College Library, I allowed myself a few minutes to recuperate and take a break from my studies, and sat out to “explore” College Library.  My “exploration” consisted of me walking down the stairs and attempting to figure out how to play and operate the ARIS app. Safe to say, I never figured it out and anyone who says millenials are completely tech savvy are false. I pride myself on how good I am at playing with things to figure them out, but this game was confusing to me. It showed me a map of where I was in comparison to College Library, except I was in College Library and it said I wasn’t. Also, when I went to press “quests” it said I completed one “Visiting Memorial Library,” which I haven’t done today except for pass it on my way over to College. When I went to click on my “active” quests, the “Visit the College Library- Go to the College Library and visit at least 2 floors.” It wouldn’t let me click it and see what I had to do.  I’m not sure if this is more complicated than I made it out to be or that I just have no patience in general, but I found it to be confusing. When I walk places, I like the destination aspect of it, not the observing the path idea and as I read from previous posts it seems that the game connects the user with his/her surroundings, something I really don’t care for. I agree with Connor, I really don’t think this game will gain popularity, it doesn’t have a pointless concept or strong addictive concept like Flappy Bird, and in today’s world that is what’s popular in the world of Apps.