Persona

Teresa

• 15-25 years

• Just interested in the game

Teresa is a regular student of a University. Since her childhood she likes to play games - on computer, phone, but also board games. She plays mostly mobile games to pass time, when she is on the way to University or whe she has to wait

somewhere. Normally she plays games on her computer, but when she is not at home, she likes to use her phone or tablet to play games. She likes to learn something new through the playing games and it is for her important to use her free time effectively.

Criteria for selecting game:

• Free to download and play

• Stratedic thinking needed, but not a time sink

• Easy to play

Frustrations with Games

• Cost to downnload

• Too hard to advence

• When the game is too long without any exiciting story

Felix

• 12-15 years old

• gets to play bc. something difficult happened in their family

Felix is 12 years old, and his day consists of waking up, having breakfast with his parent, going to school, playing with his friends, and studying. After school he either meets up with friends, does homework, or plays videogames at home on the sofa. But lately his routine has changes, since his parents are recently divorced, and he does not get to see one of them anymore. He is secretly angry at and blaming the parent that stayed for the whole thing, and angry at his friends, that live in happy families. He does not understand that no one is at fault. Yet.

Felix likes games that have stories in them, since it reminds him of reading. He mostly plays games alone since he has no siblings. He sits down to play in the living room or his bed and likes to play in the evening, after he finished his homework. On the weekends he sometimes gets to play during the day too.

Criteria for selecting game:

• Free to download and play

• Easy to grasp game mechanics

• Fun, playful visuals and colors

Frustrations with Games

• Too hard, gets stuck

• Takes too long to play

• Is not fun enough

Ana

• 25-40 years old

• Parent

• Plays either out of interest, or wants to learn for raising child purposes

Ana is the mother of the boy. She just divorced the father, and is still in processing her anger and grief. She is working a 9-5 Job and gets home very tired and does not have a lot of time for her self. Mainly due to housework and upbringing of her child. Ana is blaming the divorce on her self and thinks the situation will negatively influence her child. She wants to learn how to improve the situation and be a better parent in the future.

She is not a person who plays a lot of games and therefore has no skill in gaming.

She wants to play out of interest for the game, for learning purposes or for self healing.

Criteria for selecting game:

• Easy to play

• Free to play

• No micro-transactions

Frustrations with Games:

• Complicated controls

• Uninteresting story

• Pay to win mechanics