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1.0 Arf!

Pug was a brief design + build sprint that we conduct to flex our creative muscle. With Pug, we sought to answer a number of questions:

1. Rather than drop people into empty rooms, what would happen if we served them content after matching them (in this case, jokes)?
2. Would it bring about a healthier culture than what developed on, say, Chatroulette?
3. Would experiencing jokes with someone else make them more enjoyable? Could it become a regular way to brighten up one's day?

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2.0 Welcome

Given that it was based on widely-known "conversational UI" conventions, using Pug was relatively straightforward. Here we use the conversational UI to onboard users.

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3.0 Friending

Simply hit Add Friend to send a friend request (and meet someone else without losing the current match). Notice that there is no "friends management" in this iteration—the list of chat rooms essentially serves this purpose.

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4.0 Lessons

A number of aspects we'd love to improve are:

1. Increase the variety of content (this was the #1 requested improvement)
2. Bring the content into the chat rooms that are created with new friends
3. Allow users to enjoy the content while waiting for a match

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