Data collected from the questionnaire

The amount of questionnaires collected was 41, with a fair selection of both female and male respondents, as well as older respondents.

Question 1) What is your sex?

Majority of respondents were male, some female.

Male: 27

Female: 11

I’d rather not say: 3

Question 2) What is your age?

Largest amount were 36-45 (parents of friends)

16-25: 13

26-35: 4

36-45: 21

46-55: 3

56-65: 0

Question 3) Have you ever played a space simulator game?

Larger number hadn’t played a space simulator.

Yes: 18

No: 23

Question 4) Do you know what one is?

Many respondents had heard of one.

Yes: 15

No, but I’d like to know: 7

No, and I wouldn’t like to know: 1

Question 5) If you answered yes to question 3, did you enjoy it?

Many had enjoyed it.

Yes: 14

No: 4

Question 6) If you answered yes to the previous question, which aspects did you enjoy (Circle those that apply)

Exploration and Combat were very important, as well as Trade and Ship customisation.

Trade: 10

Exploration: 13

Combat: 16

Politics: 3

Production/Mining: 5

Ship customisation: 10

Micromanagement: 2

Question 7) Would you be interested in a sequel to the critically acclaimed game Elite?

Many people who had never played a Space Simulator game had never heard of it, or didn’t know what it was.

Yes: 21

No: 2

I don’t know what that is: 18

Question 8) What platform would you like to see it on the most?

Was nearly a tie between PC/Mac and the Tablet/phone devices.

PC/Mac: 22

Tablets/phone devices: 18

Consoles: 1