{"id":64,"date":"2015-10-31T23:56:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T23:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/?p=64"},"modified":"2015-12-24T08:57:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T08:57:42","slug":"week-9-26-oct-1-nov-2015-halves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/index.php\/2015\/10\/31\/week-9-26-oct-1-nov-2015-halves\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 9 (26 Oct &#8211; 1 Nov 2015) &#8211; Halves"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_HalvesCDR-e1450946918475.jpg\" alt=\"Our halves presentation is ready to go.\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_HalvesCDR-e1450946918475.jpg 960w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_HalvesCDR-e1450946918475-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_HalvesCDR-e1450946918475-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our halves presentation is ready to go.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>ART<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worked on new character design. Texturing + Animation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Made &amp; implemented new art assets for the level <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created feedback UI<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Made feedback VFX<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepared for the halves presentation<\/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 I worked with Akshay and Kshitij to integrate art and new puzzles into our halves build. I\u2019m cautiously optimistic about our halves performance and am looking forward to hearing the faculty\u2019s feedback. During the ETC playtest day, we got so much great feedback from the kids that came to play. The findings from this playtest are the thing informing the design for this coming week. I\u2019m really excited to improve the game based on this feedback and playtest again! We are hoping to have two playtests at Trinity next week which makes me tired just thinking about but also excited to get more feedback.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest3_1.jpg\" alt=\"Kids enjoying our game at ETC Playtest Day.\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest3_1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest3_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest3_1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Middle school kids enjoying our game at ETC Playtest Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>PROGRAMMING<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imported new character model and got animations working for running and jumping<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Changed heating and cooling effects to use particle systems instead of sprite sheets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Added the character ability animation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Added cave art assets, changed the level geometry to the new assets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Changed gas flow logic to use the new discrete system. Also, gas can now flow into empty containers and change color according to the container. This should open up some possibilities for some new puzzles <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Added some constraints to the zoom functionality. Still need to add positional zoom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Added feedback for when a container is doing work <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Got gameplay demo ready for presentation at halves<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PRODUCTION<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Majority of this week was spent preparing for our presentation. \u00a0Despite being out of town, I was able to create and iterate on the slides without too much hassle, and found that my productivity actually increased being physically away. \u00a0We still had Scrum over the phone and kept each other updated through the online group chat. \u00a0On Thursday night and Friday morning, we rehearsed for halves with the new art and design in the most up-to-date build. \u00a0I am happy with our halves presentation and aware that we still have a long way to go, so keeping everyone enthusiastic about the game will be important. \u00a0I feel quite excited about the project, and energised to keep working on it. \u00a0I am really grateful to my team for being such superstars, covering for me, keeping communication open, and working with me when I was away, making remote production go more smoothly than I had anticipated. \u00a0They are the best! \u00a0On Saturday, we had ETC Playtest Day with 12 groups of kids throughout the day, which presented us with lots of useful feedback. \u00a0Straight after playtest day, we met as a team and defined some tasks for next week as we head into our iteration, playtesting, polish and assessment phase and main development comes to a close.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest3_2.jpg\" alt=\"At ETC Playtest Day, we had generally positive reactions to the game, with lots of useful feedback for iterations post-halves.\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest3_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest3_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest3_2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At ETC Playtest Day, we had generally positive reactions to the game, with lots of useful feedback for iterations post-halves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ART Worked on new character design. 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