IGNIS

Abstract

The process of research and development, which DRACO IGNIS structured to reach the plug-in based high fidelity prototype named “IGNIS”, will be shown at the redaction of this paper. The purpose behind the creation of “IGNIS” was to find solutions that could decrease at a considerable percentage the number of antisocial, also known as “toxic”, interactions around multiplayer video games and online communities. Throughout the past 4 months, work was based on user-centered design methodology which consists of working with a context, the pains and goals, solutions and evaluations focused entirely on the user. This can be summarized in the following path we took: pointing out the main causes of antisocial interactions and personalities around gaming communities, getting to know the user and their environment through secondary research and approaching them through design methodologies, interacting with professionals and experts on topics of user and community interactions, finding out the best ways to solve the problem, proposing user-based design principles and complementing it with theories inside and outside of the career realm that may solve their frustrations, and finally, reviewing different stages of the prototype, from concept testing to user testing. As of now, IGNIS is a high fidelity prototype that interacts with teen gamers in their favorite online video games, with the main goal of giving an accompaniment for new or recently arrived young gamers who are barely interacting with online communities. IGNIS keeps disruptive and negative interactions out of daily gaming sessions by teaching through the promotion of self reflection and motivating users to keep the healthy and respectful ways of communicating with others