{"id":138,"date":"2019-09-27T23:49:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T23:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/?p=138"},"modified":"2019-09-27T23:49:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T23:49:21","slug":"week-5-prototypes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/index.php\/2019\/09\/27\/week-5-prototypes\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5: Prototypes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week the team made three prototypes and have iterated at least once before showing them to client on Thursday. From there the team decide to purse the route of puzzle-centered adventure game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tech side programmer have used Amazon developer console to made a prototype with audio.\u00a0Audio side we have experimented adding sound effect to Alexa. We all feel that voice largely boosts the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week our client suggest us to design while prototyping. We have made a \u201cGrow up a Sim &#8211; Branching story\u201d demo, \u201cSpice market adventure &#8211; branching story\u201d demo and \u201cThe SIMS World Adventure &#8211; text adventure\u201d demo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Demo 1: Grow up a Sim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You help a university student to make choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.etc.cmu.edu\/projects\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/grow-up-a-sim-1024x423.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/grow-up-a-sim-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/grow-up-a-sim-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/grow-up-a-sim-768x318.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Demo 2: Spice Market Adventure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spell caster puts spell on you and you need to travel to a spice market to find an alchemist. Alexa is your Simlish translator and companion.  The demo is made with Amazon Blueprints with sound effects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.etc.cmu.edu\/projects\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/demo2-blueprint-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/demo2-blueprint-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/demo2-blueprint-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/demo2-blueprint-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.etc.cmu.edu\/projects\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/spice-market-1024x418.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/spice-market-1024x418.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/spice-market-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/spice-market-768x314.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Demo 3: Text Adventure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.etc.cmu.edu\/projects\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/adventure-1024x348.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/adventure-1024x348.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/adventure-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/adventure-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/adventure.png 2030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.etc.cmu.edu\/projects\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/demo3-nodes-1024x785.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/demo3-nodes-1024x785.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/demo3-nodes-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/demo3-nodes-768x589.png 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/koe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/demo3-nodes.png 1104w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Game Flow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Our client feel all three ideas have potential. <strong>We decide to take the route of text adventure game. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we think: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. This is a direction that we all feel very excited about and would love to work on!<br>2. Compared to branching stories, puzzle-centered games can better utilize our team\u2019s strength, which is more at game design than story writing.<br>3. We agree that Idea 3 could be difficult in terms of defining the space. Luckily we have good examples that we can learn from, such as Escape the Room. We will also playtest and iterate the experience to find the subtle balance among player imagination, player memory and space complexity. It\u2019s indeed a challenge but we are willing to take because if we iterate enough and do it well, the game can be really fun!<br>4. We plan to have a list of commands of what a player can do(e.g. look at, use ..) and unfold it to player little by little as game progress.<br>5. We plan to use demo 3 as the starting point, and redesign the puzzles and the story to make the game fits in better at The Sims world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are now entering the development stage. By Wednesday of week 7 we will have a complete story script. By Tuesday of week 8 we will have a playable version on Alexa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week the team made three prototypes and have iterated at least once before showing them to client on Thursday. 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