Debanjana
Hi, I'm Debanjana Haldar.
I'm working on UX/UI design for PowerUp Application.
I'm currently pursuing engineering in Kolkata, India. I'm on a quest to find the sweet spot at the intersection of design, technology and film. I love travelling and if I’m ever in your locality, you will find me at your nearest tea-house sipping away while doodling or rhyming words. If you ever want to geek out over something you’re passionate about or just philosophize uncertainty in general, shoot me an email! I'm also available on LinkedIn.
| Days | Hours | Meeting |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 17:00 - 23:00 IST | |
| Tuesday | 17:00 - 23:00 IST | |
| Wednesday | 17:00 - 23:00 IST | 1:1 May, 23:30 IST |
| Thursday | 17:00 - 23:00 IST | |
| Friday | 17:00 - 23:00 IST | |
| Saturday | 10:00 - 18:00 IST | |
| Sunday | 10:00 - 18:00 IST |
What have you accomplished this week?
(includes work done a couple of weeks preceding week 1)
Avatar Customization:
• Hairstyle: African
• Dark Brown Eye Color
• Face Masks: 3
• Headphones, Earphones: 6
• Clips: 6
• Wheelchair for accessibility: 16 skin tones for avatar
Avatar Dress Customization:
• Hoodies, Blouses, Skirts, Joggers, Shirts, Rompers: 6 full-body, 22 top/bottom outfits
• Outfits for avatar on wheelchair: 10 outfits
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
While completing the avatar on the wheelchair, I had difficulties in getting the correct feet position. Other than that, I was facing time management issues because I have my final semester exams going on.
Have they been resolved, and if so, how?
Yes, I did feet study and with practice, I got the correct feet position for the avatar. I made a schedule to balance study time and work time over the week for this and the upcoming week. I'm sticking to my schedule and everything is treating me well.
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• High school avatar and relevant customizations for the same.
• Usability tests for the avatar on wheelchair and final review is required.
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
I’m on schedule in terms of work expectations for the first week.
What have you accomplished this week?
• High School avatar version
• New outfits for high school avatar: 10 outfits
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
None.
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• NPCs and family members.
• Usability tests for the avatar and final review is required.
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
I’m on schedule in terms of work expectations for the second week.
What have you accomplished this week?
• NPCs - Avatar Family members - Father, Mother, Younger Sister, Older Sister
• 3 Skin Tones for each family member: 1 African American, 1 Indian/Hispanic, 1 White/Chinese
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• Other NPCs.
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
I’m on schedule in terms of work expectations for this week.
What have you accomplished this week?
• NPCs - Avatar Family members - Uncle, Aunt, Younger Brother, Older Brother
• 3 Skin Tones for each family member: 1 African American, 1 Indian/Hispanic, 1 White/Chinese
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
To improve the past designs, more research had to be done and more feedback had to be gathered to make the
designs truly inclusive.
Have they been resolved, and if so, how?
I received a lot of help from May in gathering feedback from people to understand the situation better and design accordingly. Reaching out to other Systers and getting feedback on improving the designs also helped a lot!
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• New wheelchair, work on improving the past designs.
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
I’m on schedule in terms of work expectations for this week.
What have you accomplished this week?
• New Wheelchair for avatar (electric)
• Improvements on old wheelchair (non-electric)
• Shoes for avatar
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
It was difficult to find a design for the new wheelchair which complied with latest chair designs and also looked affordable. Another issue was that the non-electric wheelchair design looked too big for the current avatar.
Have they been resolved, and if so, how?
One solution is the have two wheelchair designs – electric and non-electric as options for the user to choose from. I worked on improving the old wheelchair design by changing the avatar body to wheelchair ratio.
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• Work on NPC avatars
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
I’m on schedule as per work expectations for this week.
What have you accomplished this week?
• Inclusive outfits for NPCs
• Improvements on NPC characters – new options for NPC characters
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
Creating limited number of outfits that are also inclusive are challenging.
Have they been resolved, and if so, how?
Designing outfits that are common to various cultures resolves this.
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• Work on family avatars, other non-player items that are left
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
I’m on schedule as per work expectations for this week.
What have you accomplished this week?
• Family portraits
• Shoes for high school avatar
• New accessibility options for avatar – crutches, hearing aids
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
Creating the accessibility elements in a single layer was not viable considering that the avatar has different outfit options.
Have they been resolved, and if so, how?
The solution was to divide those items into layers which would be either above or below the outfit layer or both.
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• Mock UI screens for avatar family selection.
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
I’m on schedule as per work expectations for this week.
What have you accomplished this week?
• Mock UI screens for user onboarding
• Started going through code base and learning about integrating designs
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
Too many options for activity flow for avatar family selection.
Have they been resolved, and if so, how?
May and Tanvi helped in improving the versions of UI designs. Received feedback from them and the community that made the designs more intuitive. The designs need to be tested for narrowing down options.
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• Conduct user tests
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
I’m on schedule as per work expectations for this week.
What have you accomplished this week?
• Created click through prototype of onboarding versions
• Conducted user tests
• Familiarized with the structure of the program/code base
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
Integrating new designs like the full body avatar and wheelchair option is more difficult than I thought.
Have they been resolved, and if so, how?
Not yet, working on it. Learning more about android programming.
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• Work on integrating designs.
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
I’m on schedule as per work expectations for this week.
What have you accomplished this week?
• User tests of prototype.
• Integrated full body avatar, all new clothes
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
Remote user testing is challenging. The full body avatar looks small and out of proportion as compared to the scenario background UIs.
Have they been resolved, and if so, how?
Preparing a questionnaire which leads to a direct answer was a solution. For the avatar/scenario situation, the scenario UIs need to be adjusted and redrawn to make it in proportion to the full body avatar.
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• Work on redrawing scenario UIs to be in proportion to the full body avatar.
• Integrate it.
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
I’m on schedule as per work expectations for this week.
What have you accomplished this week?
• Redrew scenario background UIs to make it in proportion to the full body avatar.
• Integrated it and all other accessories, fixed minor layout glitch.
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
Managing all the assets can be very time-consuming, especially checking and rechecking if all of them are integrated properly. There are a lot of outfits and accessories!
Have they been resolved, and if so, how?
Needless to say, all I had to do was to keep focus! and listen to some good music while working, it always helps!
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• Mock UI screens for choosing accessibility options, College avatar, TBD.
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
There were few revisions to the schedule. I've been able to stick to it.
What have you accomplished this week?
• Worked on new inclusive accessories, shoes for avatar.
• Started working on assets for red-white-black theme for PowerUp.
• Fixed store room activity item lists bug.
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
From the feedback, the non player characters were looking inactive, they need to be more robust, and relatable.
Have they been resolved, and if so, how?
I will be working on improving them next week!
What do you plan to accomplish next week?
• Improving the NPCs, working on college avatar.
How does your progress compare to your project schedule?
There were few revisions to the schedule. I've been able to stick to it.
What have you accomplished this week?
• Worked on designs for college avatar, improvements on past work.
• Worked on NPCs.
What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?
Working towards possible positions and posture for college avatar as well as high school avatar. Deciding upon one single expression/posture for the whole game might not provide the desired user experience. This provides scope for research and future work.
Have they been resolved, and if so, how?
A possible solution is to create different postures and positions and changing the postures of avatar mid game according to her emotions. This provides scope for future work.