Call of Duty: Player Ratings & Teams

Project Description

In partnership with Activision, my team designed a player ratings system for the COD companion app.

Problem

Activision challenged us to create an engaging social feature for the Call of Duty companion app that helps players connect with one another. In Warzone, knowing your teammates’ play styles contributes to a fun and successful team experience, which is difficult if you are playing with people you’ve never played with before. A major challenge for this project was combining multiple ideas into one streamlined system that works in conjunction with each other while keeping the solution focused.

Insights

The lack of information about other players can make it difficult for players to find the right type of people to play and successfully communicate with mainly because of the varying, and often conflicting, play styles of Call of Duty players. There should be a way to get matched with players that have certain traits or roles of one’s choosing so that they can have better success and more fun together as a team. Players tend to gravitate toward certain roles when placed in a team; Some are natural leaders that like to direct and strategize while others enjoy more of a supportive position. It’d be helpful for players to see what roles their teammates prefer before a match begins so that they can plan and adjust accordingly.

Solutions

We developed a new function in the COD companion app that helps users find their role in a team through a player rating system. Users can rate their teammates from the last game they played with tags that represent various roles and traits. Through this system, users would be able to see the types of tags that their teammates have prior to the start of a match, which communicate roles and play styles, contributing to a more positive and successful play experience.