tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900186601661215466.post1997934431340153573..comments2023-10-20T02:35:54.385-07:00Comments on Erik McClure: We Aren't Designing Software For RobotsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13838708587730716493noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900186601661215466.post-81739982528519896272015-06-20T03:54:12.557-07:002015-06-20T03:54:12.557-07:00Hi! So I got to thinking about this article, and t...Hi! So I got to thinking about this article, and thought of sharing a way I think it relates to me.<br />I've been working on a game mod that, up until recently, was playing itself for the most part. It didn't account for the user at all, it just went about a perfect set of instructions and provided no challenge, depth, or hardly any time in the experience with all the events zooming by. I had to, in a way, dumb it down to wait for the player to progress or provide choices which I as a designer had to get creative with. The most meaningful or logical point of view I have can be biased by my view as the creator, and I have to remove myself from that perspective in order to improve the product. Or get some testers, that helps.<br />This might be seen as off-topic, since I delved into talking about a video game mod on a software design article, but I hope my points still came across. To me, I see it as an example of what you're talking about here, but I might be coming off as weird.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326541361824499992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900186601661215466.post-59298746809434754182015-06-15T16:18:10.294-07:002015-06-15T16:18:10.294-07:00I wonder how your design compares to YAGNI?
Two ...I wonder how your design compares to YAGNI? <br /><br />Two customers could have differing opinions on multiple features of a program. With M customers and N features you might want to prune their options drastically to what can be tested and maintained - is this the restriction you see as trying to impose one's own workflow?Paddy3118https://www.blogger.com/profile/06899509753521482267noreply@blogger.com