GameJam BostonJune2007 JudgingData

Judging data is presented here in csv format.

Data by game

Game,Judge Number,How was the game introduced? (Demonstration/No introduction),Did your child request support prior to initiating the activity? (Yes/No),"How would you rate your child's initial interest in the game activity? (First 3 minutes) (1=disinterested, somewhat disinterested, somewhat interested, 4=interested)",Did your child recognize the gaming objective prior to time expiring? (Yes/No),Did your child accomplish the gaming objective prior to time expiring? (Yes/No),"How would you rate your child's lasting interest in the game activity (4+ minutes)? (1=Disinterested, Somewhat disinterested, Somewhat interested, 4=Interested)","How difficult was it for your child to put down the game when the evaluation period expired? (1=Easy, somewhat easy, somewhat difficult, 4=difficult)",Other comments/observations (optional)
Etoys,14,,y,1,n,n,1,1
Flowers,7,N,,,,g ,,,Did not have instructions and no one knew how to play
Flowers,15,n,y
Flowers,11,n,n,3,n,n,3,1
Flowers,1,n,n,1,,,,,Game frozen - we walked away
Flowers,10,n,y,3,n,n,3,3
Hungry Space Cat,16,D,N,4,y,n,4
Hungry space cat,10,d,n,2,y,y,2,1,too easy
Hungry space cat,14,d,y,3,y,y,3,2
Hungry space cat,5,d,y,3,y,y,3,1,Annoying sound
Hungry space cat,6,d,y,3,n,y,4,4
Hungry space cat,8,d,n,2,y,y,1,1,sounds are annoying to the parent
Kuku Anakula,7,N,Y,3,y,y,2,2
Kuku Anakula,16,n,n,4,y,y,4,4,This is a great game for 2nd to 3rd graders.
Kuku Anakula,4,d,n,2,y,y,2,2
Kuku Anakula,19,d,d,1,y,y,4,3,judge felt game was boring.
Kuku Anakula,15,d,y,3,y,n
Kuku anakula,13,n,y,4,n,n,3,2,child easily gives others turn
Kuku Anakula,10,d,n,3,y,y,3,1,Harder math!
Kuku anakula,12,n,n,3,y,y,3,1
Kuku anakula,14,n,n,3,y,n,3,2,Make the question in larger font
Kuku anakula,5,d,y,3,y,y,2,1
Kuku anakula,6,d,y,3,y,y,3,2,math was too hard
Kuku anakula,3,d,y,1,y,y,3,3
Labyrinth,16,n,n,4,y,y,4,4
Labyrinth,4,n,n,,y,n,4,1
Labyrinth,19,d,y,3,y,y,4,3
Labyrinth,15,d,y,4,y,y,3,2
Labyrinth,11,n,y,3,y,y,3,1
Labyrinth,13,n,n,4,y,y,4,2,speed of char. moving
Labyrinth,10,n,y,4,y,y,3,2,"Longer, harder levels"
Labyrinth,12,n,n,3,y,y,2,1
Labyrinth,14,n,n,3,y,y,3,2
Labyrinth,6,d,n,4,y,y,4,2,child returned to play again
Labyrinth,17,n,n,3,y,n,2,1
Poblano,10,d,y,1,n,n,1,1
Poblano,6,d,y,3,y,y,3,2
Poblano,8,d,n,4,y,y,4,4,"gameplay described, not shown [for ""how was the game introduced""] good one. great strategy game. rating 7/10"
Pong3d,16,N,y,2,y,n,3,1,It was hard for [child]
Pong3d,4,d,y,2,y,n,1,1
Pong3d,19,n,n,4,y,y,4,4
Pong3d,15,n,n,3,y,y,4,4,Liked this game a lot
Pong3d,1,d,n,4,y,y,4,3
Pong3d,10,d,n,1,y,y,1,1,dumb
Pong3d,12,n,n,3,y,y,3,2
Pong3d,5,d,y,4,y,y,4,4,"very interesting to [judge] - ""3d pong is awesome"" ""oh yes, I scored another point"""
Pong3d,6,n,n,2,y,y,2,1
Pong3d,8,n,n,3,y,n,1,1,"""sometimes when I hit it, it said it didn't"" rating 5/10"
Pong3d,3,n,n,4,y,y,2,2
Pythagoras,11,n,y,3,y,y,4,2
Pythagoras,13,d,y,4,y,n,4,2,"[child] is already [older], stops easily in situations like this."
Pythagoras,14,d,n,4,y,y,4,3
Pythagoras,2,d,n,4,y,y,4,1,best intro of the session
Pythagoras,3,n,n,3,y,y,4,3
Pythagoras,17,,n,3,y,y,3,2,"introduction [for ""how was the game introduced"" - probably refers to verbal but not demonstrated]"
Reversi,4,d,n,4,y,y,4,3
Reversi,19,d,y,4,y,,4,4
Reversi,11,n,n,3,y,n,4,1
Reversi,1,d,n,4,y,,4,2,Only easy to leave because it was a 2 player game and the game ended. [child] said it was awesome.
Reversi,10,d,n,4,y,y,3,2
Reversi,5,d,n,4,y,y,4,1,very absorbing
Rollin,16,d,y,3,y,n,2,1,It was hard to figure out!
Rollin,4,d,y,4,y,n,3,3,"[child] went over the star and it didn't say ""win"""
Rollin,1,d,n,4,y,n,,,"Parent requested support for child as it wasn't clear how the game worked, and it seemed to freeze up; crashed"
Rollin,10,n,n,2,y,y,1,1
Rollin,8,d,y,3,y,y,3,1,game required noah to try several times to get it loaded and running. crashed. crashed. unstable. rating 2/10
Rolling,12,n,n,1,n,n,1,1
Sort,7,N,Y,2,y,n,$1,$1,"Boring, mouse did not work"
Sort,15,d,y,2,n,n,2,1,Didn't understand this
Sort,11,d,y,4,y,y,4,1
Sort,13,,n,4,y,y,4,2
Sort,5,d,n,4,y,y,4,3,"keeps getting messed up, glitchy"
Sort,6,d,n,3,y,y,3,2
Sort,8,d,y,2,,,,,ran out of time. rating 4/10
Sort,2,n,n,3,n,,3,1,"help was needed to restart the game, objective was unclear, ""confusing,"" ""didn't really get it"""
Sprayplay,4,d,n,4,y,y
SprayPlay,19,d,y,4,y,y,4,4
Sprayplay,11,n,n,4,y,y,4,1
Sprayplay,10,d,y,4,y,y,4,1,good
Sprayplay,12,n,n,4,y,y,4,2
Sprayplay,8,d,y,4,y,y,4,4,"this one was interesting in its use of classic ""shoot em up"" with good physics. rating 10/10"
Sprayplay,2,n,n,4,y,y,4,4,"[judge] really liked it - ""it was really fun"""
Sprayplay,3,d,n,4,y,y,4,4,[judges] said best game yet!
Sprayplay,17,d,n,3,y,y
Tetris,1,n,n,3,y,n,3,1,"Did not accomplish objective because judge gave it to another kid, probably would have"
Typeblocker,4,n,,,,,,,couldn't use. developer was not available. we could not figure it out.
Typeblocker,15,n,y,1,n,n,2,1
Typeblocker,1,d,n,,,,,,crashed
Typeblocker,13,n,n,4,y,y,4,2,[judge] will easily let others have a turn. we've played this game before. it is addictive. hard to stop.
Typeblocker,10,d,y,2,y,y,2,1,Topy (? illegible)
Typeblocker,12,n,n,3,y,y,3,1
Typeblocker,8,,,,,,,,rating 3/10
Typeblocker,2,n,n,,n,n,1,1,frustrated
Typeblocker,3,n,n,1,n,y,1,1
US Space Invaders,1,,,,,,,,Game didn't work - no one around
US Space Invaders,10,n,y,4,y,y,4,1
XO Easel,2,n,n,,n,n,,,frustrated - didn't understand how it works

Background of judges

Judge number,7,16,4,19,15,11,1,13,10,12,14,5,6,8,2,3,17,18
Age range,6 to 8,12 to 14,6 to 8,6 to 8,9 to 11,12 to 14,9 to 11,12 to 14,9 to 11,6 to 8,6 to 8,9 to 11,6 to 8,9 to 11,9 to 11,9 to 11,6 to 8,6 to 8
Gender,Male,Female,Male,Male,Male,Male,Male,Female,Male,Female,Male,Female,Male,Male,Male,Male,Male,Male
My child uses computers in school,Y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y
My child uses computers in school in the classroom,Y,y,y,n,y,y,y,y,y,n,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,n
My child uses computers in school in a computer lab,Y,y,y,y,y,y,y,n,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y
My child uses computers in school during free time,N,y,n,n,y,y,y,n,y,n,y,n,y,y,y,y,y,n
My child uses computers at home,Y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y
My child uses a shared family computer at home,Y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,n,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y
My child uses their own computer at home,N,n,y,y,n,y,n,n,y,n,y,n,y,y,n,n,n,n
My child uses computers at home for homework,N,y,n,n,y,y,y,y,y,y,n,y,y,y,y,y,y,n
My child uses computers at home for playing games,Y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y,y
My child uses computers at home to search for information,Y,y,y,n,y,y,y,y,y,y,n,y,y,y,y,y,n,y
My child uses computers at home for chatting with friends,Y,y,n,n,y,y,n,y,y,n,n,y,n,n,n,y,n,n
How old was your child when they first started using computers?,0-4,0-4,0-4,0-4,0-4,0-4,0-4,0-4,5 to 8,5 to 8,5 to 8,0-4,0-4,0-4,0-4,0-4,0-4,0-4
Have they programmed before?,N,y,y,n,n,y,n,y,n,n,n,n,n,y,n,n,n,n
"If they have programmed before, what have they programmed?",,windows xp,"scratch, video editing",,,"actionscript, flash",,"somewhat, not a whole lot"
My child plays console video games:,"Nintendo, Playstation",,Nintendo DS,Xbox,Playstation,Wii,"Nintendo, PSP",,"Nintendo, Playstation Xbox, Wii","Nintendo, playstation",Playstation,,gamecube,wii,playstation,playstation,nintendo,nintendo
"If they play console video games, how often do they play?","Weekly, 1-2 times",,"Weekly, 3-5 times","Weekly, 3-5 times","Weekly, 3-5 times","Daily, 3-5 hours","Daily, 3-5 hours",,"Daily, 1-2 hours","Daily, 1-2 hours","Weekly, 3-5 times",,"Daily, 1-2 hours","Daily, 3-5 hours","Weekly, 3-5 times","weekly, 6-10 times","daily, 1-2 hours","weekly, 1-2 times"
"Other comments
",I know you all had more kids than expected and the computers and games seemed cool but there [were] no instructions and all the students we asked said it was not their game and they did not know how to play it or the computer did not work.