iRok2 survey results - what works and what doesn’t

We recently sent out a survey to ask players which features they enjoyed most on iRok2. You responded, we collected, and now we want to share what we learned.

What’s the best thing about iRok2?

(top categories based on open-ended text responses, will not add to 100%)

• Unlimited songs: 74%
• Generating tracks: 17%
• Fun: 13%
• Guitar connection: 8%

The majority of you clearly like iRok2 because you can play anything you want. Comments like this were common: “I love being able to pick practically any song on YouTube”. It’s also encouraging that a number of you find track generation to be compelling. At iRok2, we love finding great videos and making new tracks to play along with! The ability to connect a game guitar means everything to some of you.

Rate the following

(summary of results for fixed categories, based on number of people who “love it”)

Highest rated (80+%)

• Ability to play any song

Higher rated (50-80%)

• Playing along with the music
• Finding and collecting tracks

Highly rated (50+%)

• iRok2 donates to artists
• Generating new tracks
• Competing on leader boards
• Ability to connect a guitar

There’s nothing too surprising here. You love the ability to play along to any music. None of the categories received poor ratings; even the lowest ranked, “ability to connect a guitar”, was loved by over half of you.

Optional suggestions to improve iRok2

(top categories based on open-ended text responses, will not add to 100%)

• Better tracks: 17%
• Song/track lag: 8%
• Easier guitar connection: 7%
• Other: 12%

The most requested feature continues to be improved track generation. Lots of you said something like this: “make the strumming and notes more real and on time”. We hear you and will continue to improve the quality of our tracks as well as update the entire catalog when the algorithm changes. While this is a critical component of game play that’s core to the iRok2 experience, it’s also an exciting area of development that we are anxious to pursue further.

A number of you continue to experience lag so we’ve begun aggressively tuning the code to handle a wider range of computers and internet connections. While the number of people who use a guitar is relatively low, we consistently find that these players strum through way more tracks than keyboard players. As you would expect, we’ve got lots of guitars in the office to play - which we do, a lot - but we also love being able to just jump into a game with the keyboard without having to reach for a guitar first. We’re committed to making both peripherals easy to use so if there are ways to improve our guitar connectivity we want to hear about it.

Thanks to everyone who filled out our survey! This information is critical to prioritizing our ongoing development and we really appreciate you taking the time to help. What do you think of the results? Do you have a different opinion on priorities? Let us know in the comments.