AMAZON ALEXA SKILL | Choose Your Own Math Adventure
Pushing past visuals to design for the next phase of user experience: voice
WHAT IS IT: A "choose your own adventure" style game for the Amazon Alexa platform that utilizes voice commands in an interactive educational story, teaching math skills to ages 5-8.
PROJECT TERMS: Original design by a two-member UX + Developer team at the official Amazon Alexa hackathon in NYC
MY ROLE: UX Designer; Copywriter
Challenge: Design a voice-only app that users would actually want to interact with
Considering the user scenario: why would someone use a voice app over a visual app?
Recognizing a user base with lots of time, intrigue, and excitement for tech: kids.
Designing to be engaging and useful.
Content Strategy: Decision tree-style game to engage kids and utilize Alexa's command style
Final Deliverable: A fully interactive app, available soon in the Amazon "Skills" store