Last week we presented our user scene for the first time. As said in our first post, our task was to explain the problem of the assigner in an understandable way. We decided to make a video, in which we would present psychosis from the psychotic’s perspective. The setting is a job interview, and the nerves that come along with it create an excess of impulses and thoughts for the psychotic. You can watch our user scene below!
The voice acting of the candidate is done by Louis, who actually has had psychotic experiences. We are very happy with how it turned out! We certainly couldn’t have done it without the help of Louis.
Scrum
We also started using the Scrum method this week. For those unfamiliar to the structure of Scrum: it is a working method in which the team works in sprints of four weeks max. After a sprint, a potentially shippable product (a prototype) is presented. In the sprint review that follows, the team examines at what aspects the prototype can be improved and which ones are to be kept. We are planning to do five to six sprints in our project, each one bringing forward a new prototype.
Assigner
We met our assigner for the first time! At Thursday we had a meeting with Arkin, the company that provides mental health care, re-socialization and reintegration in society. We showed them our user scene and they were very happy and satisfied with the end result. We spoke with them about potential ideas for the initial prototypes, and agreed that we could focus best on developing a solution for a user in the post-psychotic state, which means a person that is making a comeback from the psychotic period.
Next Friday, we will meet with them again to present our first initial prototype. Until then, we are busy doing research, brainstorming ideas and discussing them. For now, we are very happy with how our project has started and the ideas we have already shared and received. We are very looking forward to what time and a lot of work (and fun!) will bring us!