Mobile App Development Project: Word Game App Project Plan

This project plan outlines the development of a word game app for both Android and iOS platforms, aiming to enhance vocabulary recall among students. It includes a justification for the app, a competitor analysis of similar games like Apples to Apples and Text Twist 2, and details the app's mandatory and bonus features. The plan also specifies key milestones, such as project creation, layout design, and application testing, along with detailed design specifications for various screens like the main screen, player board, and settings. Furthermore, it covers data management, API structure, and required resources for the project, providing a comprehensive roadmap for the app's development. Desklib provides similar solved assignments and study tools for students.

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WORD GAME APP
PROJECT PLAN
PLATFORM: [IOS | ANDROID]
PREFER: [ON- CAMPUS | CLOUD]
By Student Name (SID:)
Student Email
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Location of Institution
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Table of Contents
List of Figures..................................................................................................................................3
1 Justification...................................................................................................................................4
2 Project Overview..........................................................................................................................5
3 Competitor analysis......................................................................................................................6
3.1 Apples to Apples (Board Games)..........................................................................................6
3.2 Text Twist 2 (PC Games)......................................................................................................7
3.3 Hasbro Electronic Catch Phrase (Handheld Games).............................................................9
3.4 Hasbro Scrabble Upwords (Board Games)..........................................................................10
3.5 Hangman (iPad)...................................................................................................................11
4 Features.......................................................................................................................................12
4.1 Mandatory “Must Have” Features.......................................................................................12
4.2 Bonus “Would Like” Features.............................................................................................12
5 Milestones...................................................................................................................................13
5.1 Creation of the project.........................................................................................................13
5.2 Main app layout and Functionality......................................................................................13
5.3 Design of the Rules Screen..................................................................................................14
5.4 Design on the Player Board.................................................................................................14
5.5 Running of the basic Application........................................................................................15
6 Design.........................................................................................................................................16
6.1 Main Screen.........................................................................................................................16
6.2 Player Board........................................................................................................................17
6.3 Settings Screen.....................................................................................................................18
6.4 Instructions Screen...............................................................................................................19
6.5 Leader Board Screen............................................................................................................20
6.6 Social Network Screen........................................................................................................21
7 Data.............................................................................................................................................22
7.1 Runtime Variables...............................................................................................................22
7.1.1 HighScores class...........................................................................................................23
7.2 Permanent Storage Data......................................................................................................23
8 API / Class Structure..................................................................................................................25
9 Required Resources....................................................................................................................25
References......................................................................................................................................27
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List of Figures
Figure 1: Apples to Apples..............................................................................................................7
Figure 2: Text Twist 2 PC Game.....................................................................................................8
Figure 3: Hasbro Electronic Catch Phrase.......................................................................................9
Figure 4: Hasbro Scrabble Upwords..............................................................................................10
Figure 5: Hangman Game..............................................................................................................11
Figure 6: Main Menu Page............................................................................................................16
Figure 7: Player Board Screen.......................................................................................................17
Figure 8: Settings Screen Design...................................................................................................18
Figure 9: Instructions Screen Design.............................................................................................19
Figure 10: Leader Board Screen Design........................................................................................20
Figure 11: Social network Screen Design.....................................................................................21
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1 Justification
Critical Information Summary
Student Name
SID
Overall Mark Aimed For (%)
Criteria
Presentation Grade
Justification
Rich Text Grade
Justification
Textual Content Grade
Justification
Competitor Analysis Grade
Justification
Features Grade
Justification
Milestones Grade
Justification
Design Grade
Justification
Data Grade
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Justification
API Grade
Justification
2 Project Overview
This is a word game specifically designed to test the ability of the student to recall the learned
unit using keywords. In this game, all the keywords in the current unit and the other previously
learned units are captured. After each lesson's competition, rarely do students go back and read
the provided notes. In this regard, the game, therefore, provides an opportunity for the students to
enhance comprehension in both the spoken and the written vocabularies. The main objective of
this plan is to develop a word game that can run both in android and IOS. The platform mentions
above can be easily developed using the Visual Studio IDE and Java Programming Language,
Brown, Neli and Amjad Altadmri (2017). The program will have three sections, the welcome
screen where a player can select the challenge, this is generally the subject to handle, a second
section which is the main page, words are provided randomly from where the player can make
sensible words from them and finally a section showing the help where tips are provided in case
a player gets stuck in identifying the word. Apart from the gameplay dashboard, there will be a
section showing the settings, game rules and a social link to connect to other friends.
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3 Competitor analysis
3.1 Apples to Apples (Board Games)
Overview:
Apples to Apples is generally a wild infamous card game that includes some features of a party
game with a player range of between four and ten players, Yu, Saddler and James (2017). The
main trick in the game is to package the cards accordingly. A player selects some cards from a
given box and then compares it in turns with the other players. A winner comes out immediately
the moment his or her card matches the card provided by the judge.
Pros:
a) The player board well organized with cards for every player
b) Users mention the sound music in the background to be great
c) The tips easily allow the player to make nice guessing.
Cons:
a) Most users complained about the app asking for the access permissions
b) Delays in loading the start game. Users complained about the add popups which
makes the general user interface seems boring.
Charges:
The application is sold at $22.
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Screenshot:
Figure 1: Apples to Apples
3.2 Text Twist 2 (PC Games)
Overview:
This is a windows platform game running on Windows Vista, Mac OS and Windows 7 just to
mention a few. A single player can easily play the game, Dulin (2015).
Pros:
a) The application provides three modes of play: the daily word, lightning and the
crossword operations.
b) Users praised the app because of its bigger word dictionary of over 25,000 words to
select from.
c) The display is of higher definition which is compatible with most screen types.
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Cons:
a) Users are not interested with the fact the application is windows based, could it be based
on either Android or IOS then most users could be appreciative.
b) Even though the background sounds are something to enjoy in a game, users mention that
there are sections that need the most silence to allow the player to think well of the word
letter to choose.
Charges:
The game is free of charge though there are in-app purchases for upgrades to newer levels
Screenshot:
Figure 2: Text Twist 2 PC Game
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3.3 Hasbro Electronic Catch Phrase (Handheld Games)
Overview:
This is an electronic game where users make successive guesses constantly timed. It has some od
rules and the units for each trial. Picking a buzzer turns in on and this means you must carry on
the whole process before the game ends hence earning you points, Rampa (2015).
Pros:
a) The timer helps in calculating the word intervals
b) The app in instant since its electronically operated
Cons:
a) Only for the fast players otherwise, you will end up being caught
Charges:
The application cost $39.95
Screenshot:
Figure 3: Hasbro Electronic Catch Phrase
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3.4 Hasbro Scrabble Upwords (Board Games)
Overview:
This is a 3D game where players are required to spell out some words to their opponents with
letter stackable in nature. The individual tiles on the gameboard are arranged either across the
board or downwards to earn points.
Pros:
a) Allows users to operate in turns
b) The tiles are stacked five high hence allows easy winning with more points
Cons:
a) The 3D plan makes the game more challenging hence many users cannot make faster
moves to the fining mark.
Charges:
$43.73
Screenshot:
Figure 4: Hasbro Scrabble Upwords
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3.5 Hangman (iPad)
Overview:
This is an app with great offerings of good heart words that helps in building user vocabulary. It
allows users to have a at least six to seven settings which guarantees a bigger player number all
competing together. Indeed, its nice game both for building grammar and the sentence structure.
Pros:
 Allows user to continue from where he or she last left it
 Nice sound effects.
Cons:
 The application has a lot of banner adds
 The game is very addictive
Charges:
The application is offered freely to the general public yet there are some in app purchases.
Screenshot
Figure 5: Hangman Game
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4 Features
4.1 Mandatory “Must Have” Features
These are the features that I believe I must achieve before the completion of the learning seasons,
Wray, Kahler, Simpanen and Operario (2019). The mobile application will work best with the
following features well attended to:
a) Action screen: this appears immediately after the welcome screen from where the player
can perform some actions. It has buttons that navigate to specific class where some more
operations can be performed. It has four buttons, for instance, the play button which
opens the play dashboard, a setting button, rules and instructions button and finally a
button to connect to the social world.
b) Hint icon in the play dashboard: this will be allowing the user to request for a word hint
in case of difficulty in identifying the word
c) Settings Screen: this display the settings that can be updated within the app. The main
target is the sound music where a player can either mute or allow the background music.
4.2 Bonus “Would Like” Features
With consideration to the time-factor, the following features can be achieved as a bonus in
addition to the stated main features:
Specific sounds effects:
o When a player selects a letter as the first letter but does not match
o When a user selects a letter that is not among the letters making up a word
o When a user selects an already selected letter within one word
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