{"id":45,"date":"2015-10-11T15:29:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T15:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/?p=45"},"modified":"2015-12-24T08:27:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T08:27:20","slug":"week-6-5-oct-11-oct-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/index.php\/2015\/10\/11\/week-6-5-oct-11-oct-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 6 (5 Oct &#8211; 11 Oct 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>ART<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Made first pass for the character &amp; its animations <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worked on art assets for the Puzzle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explored how to implement in-game feedback VFX<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_CharacterModelDraft.jpg\" alt=\"Kshitij's character model.\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_CharacterModelDraft.jpg 960w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_CharacterModelDraft-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_CharacterModelDraft-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kshitij&#8217;s character model.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>DESIGN<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, I started building levels in earnest. I tuned the jumping so that the game was more playable and worked with Akshay to get our movement controls more usable. I designed and built the base level geometry for Charles\u2019s Law island and put in the Charles\u2019 Law jump puzzle. Cheryl-Jean and I also drove down to Washington, PA to visit the Trinity School. We were very pleased with their level of excitement about the project. They were very cooperative and offered many opportunities for us to test with their students. This turn of events has caused Cheryl-Jean and I to fast track the design of our evaluation methods. This week I was frustrated with the amount of time I had to spend on non-project work. I feel like Charles\u2019 Law island could be farther along. Next week I\u2019m looking forward to getting a lot of different physics puzzles into the level and begin polishing the gameplay. I also hope to work with Akshay to get our version control working for Macs. This will allow us to build to the iPads more quickly as well as allow me to work on the project from my laptop.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PROGRAMMING<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Akshay)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implemented heating character ability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Added Kshitij\u2019s art assets into the game &#8211; container, cylinder, piston, connector, gate, etc\u00a0<\/span>and got them working with the existing code.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tweaked our particles to look better and similar to Kshitij\u2019s concept art<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Handed off physics tools to Julian, so he can drag and drop the prefabs into the scene and they\u2019ll work as intended<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created our first physics puzzle, the piston jump puzzle with these tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve been using JIRA every day, creating and managing my tasks so we can all be on the same page in terms of organization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Had our first build day (to test the first Charles Island level) and hopefully received some helpful feedback from everyone.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PRODUCTION<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday, we had our first retrospective and began to nail down sprint planning. \u00a0Retrospective gave us a good insight into what we struggled with in the past weeks, and I am working towards solving these problems throughout the semester. \u00a0Organisation has proved more important than we previously planned. \u00a0Sprint planning gave us concrete goals for up until quarters, and I tried a new method of doing this using the whiteboard to list and break down stories into tasks. \u00a0Team buy-in has definitely been a challenge with using JIRA, but I continue to try and show its effectiveness at keeping us all on the same page. \u00a0With Akshay\u2019s build meetings, I hope the team is better able to see our progress more concretely. \u00a0The biggest success this week for me was the teacher meeting with Trinity High School, which was very productive. \u00a0Our school contacts there are very excited about the game and have provided us with numerous insights about using technology in the classroom, evaluating students, facilitating discussion and even provided lesson plans. \u00a0It is fortunate that we have found experts who are engaged and enthusiastic about the work we do. \u00a0I hope to foster this partnership and playtest regularly at their school.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Week6SprintPlanning.jpg\" alt=\"Sprint planning for week 6 on our whiteboard.\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Week6SprintPlanning.jpg 960w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Week6SprintPlanning-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Week6SprintPlanning-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sprint planning for week 6 on our whiteboard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ART Made first pass for the character &amp; its animations Worked on art assets for the Puzzle Explored how to implement in-game feedback VFX DESIGN This week, I started building levels in earnest. 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