{"id":171,"date":"2015-12-01T22:27:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T22:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/lotter-e\/?p=171"},"modified":"2015-12-01T22:27:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T22:27:01","slug":"week-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/lotter-e\/index.php\/2015\/12\/01\/week-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 13 was shortened\u00a0due to Thanksgiving, but it\u00a0brought us a lot closer to our final product. \u00a0Now that we had gameplay that was widely regarded as fun, we set to work\u00a0turning the game into a\u00a0full, complete experience, both for the faculty at\u00a0softs, as well as for our final deliverable to our client. \u00a0As we’re envisioning it,\u00a0softs will actually be a good test for our final product, as we’re expecting Airsweeper\u00a0to be shown as a\u00a0brief, 5-10 minute demo after it’s delivered to our client. \u00a0As a result, we wanted to incorporate all the menus and functionality to see if it would be an enjoyable, intuitive experience.<\/p>\n

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This involved not only designing the menus, but getting in all the lottery and prize winning functionality as well. \u00a0It was a lot of work, but our team put in extra time over the break to get everything working properly. \u00a0In addition, we realized that while all the gameplay made sense to us, we’d need to introduce it more slowly so that new players could pick up and play the game without needing instructions from us. \u00a0To that end, we designed an entirely new set of levels that introduced gameplay concepts one piece at a time.<\/p>\n

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To augment this, we also created a series of instruction screens\u00a0explaining\u00a0the core gameplay concepts. \u00a0These served double duty as our loading screens, which was a nice bonus as that was another feature our game had been sorely lacking.<\/p>\n

So, with that, we have\u00a0our first complete, beginning-to-end gameplay experience ready. \u00a0It’s exciting to have something that, with a little more polish and refinement, we can hand over to our client and get out into the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Week 13 was shortened\u00a0due to Thanksgiving, but it\u00a0brought us a lot closer to our final product. \u00a0Now that we had gameplay that was widely regarded as fun, we set to work\u00a0turning the game into a\u00a0full, complete experience, both for the faculty at\u00a0softs, as well as for our final deliverable to our client. \u00a0As we’re envisioning
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