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| Aspect | Basis heuristic (Table 2) | Question |
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Interface | UI1 | (Q1) Graphical elements are consistent and adequate? |
| UI3 | (Q2) Screen space is well distributed (each element has enough space)? |
| UI4 | (Q3) Font size for roma-ji is adequate?
(Q4) Font size for Japanese characters is adequate? |
| UI6 | (Q5) Interaction mode is adequate to the audience? |
| UI9 | (Q6) Access buttons for different functions and features are easily identified?
(Q7) Menu division is adequate? |
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Education/pedagogical | ED1 | (Q8) Learning goals are clear? |
| ED2 | (Q9) Gameplay is incentive and engaging? |
| ED4 | (Q10) Is it possible to obtain new considerable knowledge about Japanese language by just playing the game? |
| ED9 | (Q11) Does the game provide choice of difficulty level?
(Q12) The difficulty levels are adequate, that is, too easy/hard, or discrepant? |
| ED10 | (Q13) The game suits to different learning paces of the students? |
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Content | CO1 | (Q14) The content is presented in gradual and coherent way? |
| CO3 | (Q15) Is it easy to access support content, that is, stories? |
| CO4 | (Q16) The educative stories bring the content in a comprehensive way?
(Q17) The educative stories do provide enough background for the player to win the game? |
| CO5 | (Q18) Is it interesting/engaging to learn through the stories? |
| CO6 | (Q19) Is it clear for the player the content to be learned along the game? |
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Multimedia | MM2 | (Q20) The multimedia elements (e.g. sounds, images, and text) are in the context of the game? |
| MM3 | (Q21) The presentation of multimedia content follows an adequate flow? (Is there too much or a lack of multimedia) |
| MM4 | (Q22) The use of the following multimedia elements is adequate?
Images in the stories
Text in the stories
Ambient music
Sounds (e.g. laser, shot, and explosion)
Images in level transitions |
| MM6 | (Q23) The multimedia elements are significant for the gameplay and learning (or are dispensable)? |
| MM7 | (Q24) The quality of multimedia elements is acceptable? |
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| Playability | PL3 | (Q25) The game flow is adequate? |
| PL4 | (Q26) The controls of the game are adequate (or are tiring, hard, non-intuitive)? |
| PL5 | (Q27) Is it easy for the player to perceive or access the current status in the game at any moment? |
| PL7 | (Q28) The challenge level is adequate to the audience, that is, not too easy and not too difficult? |
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