{"id":42,"date":"2015-10-04T17:02:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T17:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/?p=42"},"modified":"2015-12-24T08:31:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T08:31:48","slug":"week-5-28-sep-4-oct-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/index.php\/2015\/10\/04\/week-5-28-sep-4-oct-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5 (28 Sep \u2013 4 Oct 2015) &#8211; Quarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>ART<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Made art for the first Prototype<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>DESIGN<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, things have become more concrete. My focus has shifted from designing mechanics to creating actual level geometry and testing. I\u2019m having to brush up on level design process so that I can create levels that meet learning goals in a timely manner. The feedback for interacting with thermal systems have to be stressed this coming week. Next week I want to meet regularly with Kshitij to get feedback designed and give art passes on levels I\u2019ve designed. I\u2019m happy we have a plan and I want to make sure everyone is communicating and using the organizational structures Cheryl-Jean has set up. We sometimes ignore organization and it is to our own detriment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-140\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_DesignGoalsSketches.jpg\" alt=\"Displaying our design goals for the game as a whole and design sketches for level elements.\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_DesignGoalsSketches.jpg 960w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_DesignGoalsSketches-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_DesignGoalsSketches-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Displaying our design goals for the game as a whole and design sketches for level elements.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>PROGRAMMING<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deployed our platformer prototype on the iPad 3 and 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Handed off some level building elements to Julian so he can mock up some levels<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tweaked controls for the mobile device<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worked on some basic jump control, camera follow, tiling and parallex effects for the art layers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Constrained the physics system to 2 containers for now, will work on gas splitting later<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PRODUCTION<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We spent a lot of time this week preparing for quarters, and a large part of that for me was trying to get communication going so that the prototypes could be built in time, as well as working on the slides and practising. \u00a0We had some underlying production issues that came to the surface, as we hadn\u2019t been communicating much and we had been neglecting daily meetings due to our busy schedules. \u00a0So, we had a full team \u201cintervention\u201d meeting on Wednesday where we each voiced our concerns and got back on track with standups, goals and tasks. \u00a0It looks like next week, I need to hold a workshop for teammates to better understand JIRA. \u00a0Some changes that came out of that meeting include a mid-week full team update meeting, a deeper commitment to daily meetings\/project management and a build day (Thursday) and build meeting (Friday) for Akshay. \u00a0I have learned that too little structure for this team can be a recipe for disaster. \u00a0During quarters, we got a lot of useful feedback, mostly centred around getting the look of the game to match our design goals. \u00a0I will be typing out this feedback for the team and we\u2019ll be acting on it next week. \u00a0I am also still in conversations with schools and have set up a meeting with Trinity High School for next Thursday. \u00a0Most of all, I am happy that my team seems to be re-motivated due to quarters and on the same page again, and I hope to keep fostering communication and organisation as I have seen what happens when we take it too lightly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-139\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_RoadToQuarters.jpg\" alt=\"Planning our road to quarters.\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_RoadToQuarters.jpg 640w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_RoadToQuarters-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planning our road to quarters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ART Made art for the first Prototype DESIGN This week, things have become more concrete. 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