{"id":82,"date":"2015-12-05T20:31:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T20:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/?p=82"},"modified":"2015-12-24T09:48:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T09:48:18","slug":"week-14-30-nov-6-dec-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/index.php\/2015\/12\/05\/week-14-30-nov-6-dec-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 14 (30 Nov &#8211; 6 Dec 2015) &#8211; Softs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-193\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_SoftsJohnAndDrew.jpg\" alt=\"ETC Faculty John Dessler and Director Drew Davidson play our game and give feedback at Softs.\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_SoftsJohnAndDrew.jpg 960w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_SoftsJohnAndDrew-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_SoftsJohnAndDrew-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ETC Faculty John Dessler and Director Drew Davidson play our game and give feedback at Softs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>ART<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Character<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Art assets for Final Puzzle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New UI<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>DESIGN<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I spent the majority of this week making changes to the game based on feedback we received at softs. The bulk of these changes involved changing the level geometry to make the platforming portion of the game much easier. Another major wrap up task is getting the final scene into the game. To this end I\u2019ve met with Kshitij and Akshay to plan out the final scene and create a task list to complete it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PROGRAMMING<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrated Sound Manager<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imported audio assets <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created logic for final puzzle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fixed collision bug with the first explodable container<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound Manager plays random BG tracks one automatically but keeps track of played tracks. So songs do not repeat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Got UI particle container transfer working in the final puzzle for PC and iOS<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleaned repository because we were having issues with version control in the main scene<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PRODUCTION<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We had Softs this week on Monday, which was tough, as although we received a lot of useful feedback, I feel that our product could have been further along. \u00a0The team being separated during Thanksgiving and without a strict production structure it seemed that we were falling behind with much of our work. \u00a0We had one playtest at Elizabeth Forward High School, where we observed reactions to the new collection system and additional puzzles. \u00a0We also had a visit from Mr. Botzer and his students from Trinity High School, where we observed Mr. Botzer talking about the game with his students and took them on a tour of the building. \u00a0Production, while slow, looks to ramp up with my renewed efforts at organisation to give the team motivation towards the finish line. \u00a0We also need to think about end-of-term tasks like the finals presentation, archiving, postmortem, video and self-assessments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest14_1.jpg\" alt=\"We invited students from Trinity High School to the ETC for our final playtest, and Mr. Botzer conducted some great class discussions based on our game.\" width=\"960\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest14_1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest14_1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest14_1-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We invited students from Trinity High School to the ETC for our final playtest, and Mr. Botzer conducted some great class discussions based on our game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-195\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest14_2.jpg\" alt=\"Clearly, Mr. Botzer's favourite part of the tour was trying out the cockpit that the first years are using with their virtual reality game for festival.\" width=\"960\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest14_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest14_2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/entropy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Entropy_Playtest14_2-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clearly, Mr. Botzer&#8217;s favourite part of the tour was trying out the cockpit that the first years are using with their virtual reality game for festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ART New Character Art assets for Final Puzzle New UI DESIGN I spent the majority of this week making changes to the game based on feedback we received at softs. 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