Think-aloud template

The invigilators were to complete this table during the think-aloud. Alternatively, the think-aloud could be recorded and the recording could then be used to fill out this table afterward.

User's name:

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List of tasks and SUS statements

After the completion of each task, users will respond to the task's SUS statement with one of the following options: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree. Once again, this activity only adapts the SUS format and does not use the standard SUS questions.

1. Find cow food and feed a cow

This task tests how difficult it is to acquire food to tame animals and how difficult it is to understand how to feed them.

SUS evaluation statements:

• It was easy to obtain cow food.
• It was difficult to feed a cow.

2. Tame a chicken

This task is to test whether the chicken's running speed is too quick for players. It also tests the taming mechanism and whether players understood the green ring around an animal indicates its being tamed. It also tests how players respond to the randomised taming mechanism.

SUS evaluation statements:

• The chickens are too fast to catch.
• It was easy to understand taming and identify when an animal was tamed.
• It was difficult to tame a chicken.

3. Kill one of each hostile

This tasks tests the difficulty of hostile combat, how difficult it is to identify hostiles, and if the hostile spawn rate needs to be changed.

SUS evaluation statements:

• It was difficult to differentiate hostiles from passive fauna.
• The combat was dynamic and fun.
• The game would benefit from higher hostile spawn rates.

4. Eat an animal

This task tests how easy the dropping mechanism is to understand for players and tests whether they found the food to integrate well with the hunger system. It also tested whether players like the passive fauna drop rate.

SUS evaluation statements:

• Obtaining food was intuitive.
• It was easy to find an animal that dropped food.
• The food made sense relative to the hunger system.