Week 5 Developments

I changed the look of the last car icon because it didn't give the look of the app, I gave it a more sporty look.

I also rejigged the menu to look more interesting, eventually using the camera mode as the background and only using the lower half of the page. The last one is where I settled, liking the style with the opaque black backdrop to the menu bar.

I also designed the camera map view mode as well as it with a popup overlaid. I used the same style as the menu page.

From there two videos where made to explore the usage of the current style, their stills are below.

The style wasn't used as much as was necessary in this video but the use of the hand was good. When we are going to use the hand we need to use of phone footage (being able to see the outside of the phone and maybe slightly the background) instead of phone footage (as if the viewer was looking through the phone, no outer) which is used here.

This video uses the style more but still doesn't completely work with it and the fictionality doesn't look right. Work needs to be done but we will write up a shot for shot list to work and film from which will help.

Interim Results

The style of the interim presentation video and pdf was all over the place and we need to narrow it down more to one effective style.

This screen isn't a good looking or useful home screen and I need to revise it. 

The video needs work too, it does not express the intent of the application. Below are stills from the video presented. The style is starting to develop but it is still all over the place. The phone takes up too much of the screen and is just replaying the same video as on the outside. I am going to redesign the whole look to make it seem a whole.

Week 4 Development

The starting point for the menu/home page that contains options to go to the map, settings, my car and the party features. I experimented with the colour of the background, and the font, settling on a dark blue background and a serif type face. 

Week 3 Development

Menu page that includes the map, my car, settings and all the party features.

The party leader can choose where the party destination will be set, this is a mock up of the screen they will see when they go to choose the destination. It can be entered through the keyboard typing or through speaking to the app.

Two different mockups of the camera view of the road and the relationship between the map, settings and where the other party members are.


Mock ups of "my car". Means that you can upload a photo of your car and all the information about the car. This will also be a place for the user to choose a username.


Mock up of the parties in your area. This is connected to the party button on the home screen and allows the user to find parties in their area to join.

Week 2 Concept Development

We decided to focus on the GPS aspect of Roadie so that it could be used by anyone, not specific to any type of person. 

The user/driver can choose which map view they feel more comfortable with, between a camera view with a overlay of a green line/arrows or the usual top down view that shows the route as a whole.

We wanted to concentrate on having safety features as an integrated part of the app. So that when the accelerometer on the phone is above a certain speed then the app is locked to one of the two map views so that the user cannot fiddle around with it, causing crashes. 

We wanted the user to be able to to switch between the two map views using the least dangerous way, and we came to the realisation that using a wave to the left or right will be the easiest and least distracting way to achieve this.