All in all, I was satisfied with my results. I got good help from my aunties and uncles who showed the prototype to my cousins and got their feedback. I was happy to hear that it appealed to both my male and female cousins. This confirmed for me that it was not gender orientated. They explained that the children liked the characters in the prototype as well.
My sister informed me that the children in her class loved Gonzo’s character. It helped that she had read the story to them before and they were simply able to put a face to the name. They thought he was a funny looking dog and found humour in him. All in all she explained that the feedback from her class was positive.
A couple of my family members informed me of some small changes they would make to Gonzo, such as his shape and minor details. I have taken this on board.
In regards to the survey, everything answered was all positive feedback to me. Question 1, which asked was the prototype engaging got an excellent result of 95%.
Question 2, which was concerned with whether or not people felt the prototype was gender orientated was also successful as 90% of people said yes.
Question 3, which discussed the age group that people deemed appropriate stated that 75% of people said in the ages 3-7.
Lastly, I asked people the optional question of ‘What changes would you make to the prototype?’ This was interesting as only 4 out of 20 people actually answered the questions and two of the comments were ‘none’, one person stated they would ‘add more colour’ and another said they ‘Wouldn’t make any changes’!
Amy O' Reilly 