{"id":191,"date":"2016-02-15T05:36:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T05:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/joule\/?p=191"},"modified":"2017-06-28T00:04:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T00:04:31","slug":"week-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/joule\/index.php\/2016\/02\/15\/week-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Week 5 was a busy week, which unbelievably already marks 25% on the way to the end of the semester.\u00a0 With that landmark came what we call Quarters presentations, a chance for us to introduce our project to the entire ETC faculty.\u00a0 We had our meetings on Monday and got a lot of interesting feedback from many diverse perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Partially due to that feedback, we pointed ourselves towards getting a functional UI designed to guide our players through the experience, something we aim to playtest next week.\u00a0 We also got a lot of feedback about our scoring system\u2014which in our presentation was just money\u2014and while we were happy to see that the faculty generally seemed supportive of our plan to add a happiness or comfort scale, we still have some thinking to do about exactly how that will manifest itself in the experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-196\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/joule\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-15-at-12.35.40-AM-1024x580.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-15 at 12.35.40 AM\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/joule\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-15-at-12.35.40-AM-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/joule\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-15-at-12.35.40-AM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/joule\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-15-at-12.35.40-AM-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/joule\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-15-at-12.35.40-AM.png 1604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also saw a lot of excitement (and demand for) an experience that a) provably taught and changed the habits of students and b) provides something beyond a one-time experience in a science center could provide.\u00a0 We have been developing a 9-week educational plan to tie into the 9-week practical science course taught at Elizabeth Forward, which will definitely provide something beyond the other Energy Lab experiences, and we\u2019ll be seeking a lot of feedback on that over the coming weeks.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, Andrew met with Elizabeth Forward on Thursday to begin to refine that very plan.\u00a0 We also presented the school with a preliminary mock-up of our kiosk design:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-194\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/joule\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/KioskConcept1.0048.png\" alt=\"KioskConcept1.0048\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/joule\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/KioskConcept1.0048.png 960w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/joule\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/KioskConcept1.0048-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/joule\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/KioskConcept1.0048-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we had some important design realizations as we reviewed our upgrade and habit choices in the game: it seems that in reality, the bulk of the power in the game rests in the habit changes, not in the upgrades.\u00a0 This throws the balance of our game in a bit of a different direction, but it\u2019s not one we\u2019re unhappy about at all.\u00a0 On the contrary, one of our main goals is to show 7<sup>th<\/sup> graders that they can have an impact, and this revelation will definitely help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We hope that next week will gain us lots of insight as we put our digital game out into the world for the first time.\u00a0 Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Team Joule<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 5 was a busy week, which unbelievably already marks 25% on the way to the end of the semester.\u00a0&#8230; 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