Tatyana iudean | graphic designer and educator

Teaching

Interactive Design Lab 1

Student: Sophya Diaz

Zum Zum app
The purpose of my app would be to allow cat owners to keep better track of their pets with the use of a cat avatar. The app has its camera, feeder, and water fountain systems that the company sells and can all be accessed through the app. You can also access the settings of all of these devices through the app. If users do not want to get these products they can still keep track of how many times they feed their cat or keep track of any other pet-related things such as vet appointments, brushing medication routine, medical records, and more. The app will notify the user (if they wish) when their cat needs to eat for example. In addition, the cat avatar will reflect its needs or wants; for example, if it needs to be groomed the cat's fur will fluff adding another layer of reminders to the owners about their cat's needs. The game will also feature mini-games to make it more interactive and you can win coins to customize your cat.

User Scenarios

1. Ania, age: 53
Bio: Ania is a full-time worker who takes care of her cat but gets home very exhausted. She has enough disposable income to get the Zum Zum feeder, camera, and water fountain, which helps take a load off. Now, she doesn’t have to worry about having to give her cat food early in the morning or at night when she gets home because she can remotely set up the feeder times through her phone. She can also keep track of her cat’s water intake and also check up on her cat when she’s at work through the app.
Goals and Needs: Ania was coming home tired and the last thing she’d want to do was another task. With the Zum Zum app and products, her life was eased and she no longer had to worry about getting up early to feed the cat and fill up its water or having to do that when she got home from work.
Story: “The app and products provided by Zum Zum make it infinitely more convenient for me to care for my cat as someone who works a 9-5.”
Main task:

First, click the “add pet(s)” button and customize your cat avatars on the home screen
Hit the back arrow button to go back to the home screen and click on the button beneath “add pet(s)” that says “Zum Zum Products”
Click on the icon of whatever product you own (in Ania’s case it’s the camera, feeder, and water fountain) and add your Zum Zum device’s unique code to link it to the app
You can label each device whatever you like
After you’ve added each one, click on each to access them (the feeder lets you input what time/quantity of food you want, the water fountain tracks how much water your cat intakes, and the camera lets you watch your cat)

2. Sasha, age: 15
Bio: Sasha is a high school freshman who downloaded Zum Zum after finding out about the feature where you can customize and play games through a cat avatar. Even though she doesn't own a cat, she loves to log on and play some of the minigames Zum Zum offers to collect coins and personalize her pets even more. She and her friends have a competition on who can make their Zum Zum cat look the best with the outfits they make.
Goals and Needs: Sasha seeks entertainment from the Zum Zun application, not practical usage.
Story: “I love how fun and easy it is to dress up my cat avatars; I’m able to make different outfits for them!”

Main Task:

First, click the “add pet(s)”
Then, choose from the various fur patterns, colors, and shapes to customize your cat avatar
When you’re finished, click the “done” button and admire your newly create pet

3. Jacob, age: 21
Bio: Jacob is a college student who works part-time and has two cats. He takes care of them as best he can but sometimes forgets when he feeds his pets last. He decides to download Zum Zum to keep better track of when he’s feeding them. The app sends him reminders for when his cats should be fed (according to what he set the times as). He can’t necessarily afford feeders and video systems but the app still helps him maintain a regular feeding schedule for his cats.
Goals and Needs: Instead of guessing when he last fed his cats, Jacob now has an app dedicated to giving him updates on when he should.
Story: “As a college student with a busy schedule I sometimes forget when I last fed my cats, now I’m able to set reminders and be confident that my pets are well fed.”

Main Task:

First, click the “add pet(s)” button and customize your cat avatars on the home screen
After your cat(s) is/are set up click the clock icon to access the timer option
Click the “+” icon to input a new timer and label it what you want
Repeat this step for how many timers you may need

Landing page for the app

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