Geology Explorer Evaluation

Please circle a number 1 to 5.  1 being "I most strongly agree with the left-hand statement" and 5 being "I strongly agree with the right-hand statement",  3 being neutral.

The game was:
1. complex to learn	1	2	3	4	5	simple to learn

2. difficult to operate	1	2	3	4	5	simple to operate

3. too fast			1	2	3	4	5	too slow

Purchasing an instrument was:
4. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Knowing what to buy was:
5. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Moving around was:  
6. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Finding goals (rocks and minerals) was:
7. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Getting information on the planet was:
8. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Getting my score was:
9. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

I was:
10. able to keep 		1	2	3	4	5	unable to keep
track of my goals							track of my goals

11. able to keep 		1	2	3	4	5	unable to keep
track of my								track of my progress								progress

12. able to get the		1	2	3	4	5	unable to get
information I needed						the information I 
									needed

13. able to carry out	1	2	3	4	5	unable to carry
the actions I wanted						out the actions I
									wanted

14. able to get useful	1	2	3	4	5	unable to 
help about operating						get useful help
the game								about operating 
									the game
The game:
15. had a clear goal		1	2	3	4	5	did not have a
									clear goal

I had:
16. too little control	1	2	3	4	5	sufficient control over my progress							over my progress

I was:
17. able to develop		1	2	3	4	5	not able to
and implement							develop and
strategies								implement
									strategies

The game was:
18. too simple 		1	2	3	4	5	too complex

19. too difficult		1	2	3	4	5	too easy

After awhile the game:
20. lost its challenge	1	2	3	4	5	remained
									challenging

The unsolicited tutoring advice from the game was:
21. distracting		1	2	3	4	5	helpful

The tutoring advice that was available was:
22. informative and 	1	2	3	4	5	vague and
useful								useless

The actions I took and strategies I implemented:
23. had the impact		1	2	3	4	5	did not have the
that I anticipated							impact that I 
									had anticipated

The simulation of exploring a planet felt:
24. superficial/fake	1	2	3	4	5	real/tangible

There was:
25. too little detail in	1	2	3	4	5	too much detail
the game								in the game

The game was:
26. textually			1	2	3	4	5	textually dull
entertaining

There was:
27. enough textual		1	2	3	4	5	too little textual
detail									detail

The User Card was:
28. entertaining		1	2	3	4	5	dull

29. informative		1	2	3	4	5 	distracting

The plot/story line was:
30. engaging	 	1	2	3	4	5	dull

The game:
31. remained		1	2	3	4	5	became
surprising								predictable

I:
32. liked the concept	1	2	3	4	5 	disliked the
of the game								concept of the
									game

33. learned something 	1	2	3	4	5	did not learn
from the game							anything from
									the game

The game was:
34. fun			1	2	3	4	5 	not fun

I would:
35. play this game		1	2	3	4	5	not play this
again									game again

Short Answer

How much time would you estimate you invested in playing the game?

Did you find the use of objects numbers (i.e. #1776) a help or a hindrance? 
Do you feel the object numbers make the game harder to play or harder to understand? 

Please list the things you most liked or disliked about the game. What suggestions would you make?

Did you play the game until you received a SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT?

If so, did you try to complete the SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT?

If so, please list the things you most liked or disliked about the SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT