{"id":195,"date":"2016-02-20T00:10:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T00:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/true-north\/?p=195"},"modified":"2016-04-29T00:05:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T00:05:57","slug":"week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/true-north\/index.php\/2016\/02\/20\/week-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 6: 2\/14-2\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Screen grab from Prototype #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This week, True North integrated new assets into the prototype, continued story iteration with a new draft of the script, conducted a paper playtest and continued work on the art assets of the project. \u00a0After receiving our Quarters review feedback, we challenged ourselves on how to push our parallel work schedules to focus even more on implementation of design plans and assets.\u00a0 This is necessary to get a read on what\u2019s working and what needs to change.<\/p>\n

\"Proto-2_priya\"
Screen grab from Prototype #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the new prototype, we implemented the second scene of the current story draft, complete with the framework for how the underlying scoring system for integrity and friendship will play into how the story branches. \u00a0In looking at the new compositions of the prototype, we continued to brainstorm on how to make the existing character poses more dynamic, with eye contact, body direction and group layout.<\/p>\n

For the story iteration, we\u2019ve settled on a framework for the structure.<\/p>\n

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Storyboards, Design by Sarah Keller (Morality Play Class Team)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The story has 3 decision moments for \u201cacademic integrity\u201d, one moment for \u201cpersonal integrity\u201d and 3 aside moments to reinforce the story and give added depth to the characters. \u00a0We\u2019ve iterated on the ending to add the added depth of allowing all the choices to play a role in the player\u2019s consequences. \u00a0Moving forward, we\u2019ll be focusing on the characters a bit to orchestrate their own story arc as you play through the experience. \u00a0We also have a skeleton storyboard, courtesy of our partners from main campus, who have also helped with art assets and playtesting.<\/p>\n

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Playtest 2\/17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Playtest 2\/17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Playtest 2\/17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the playtest, ETC and MP class members interviewed 18 students,and focused on testing the moments of \u201cacademic integrity\u201d decision making. \u00a0Overall, we saw that the characters did not come through as sympathetic (not a surprise given any development was cut) from these moments. \u00a0We also noticed that the \u201cbad ending\u201d was chosen quite frequently, due to a mix of people who were truly unknowledgeable on the code as well as people who objected to it as a rule entirely (which is another conversation). \u00a0It also led us to alter the endings a bit to make the player feel their consequence was based on more than that last integrity decision, and therefore more \u201cfair\u201d.<\/p>\n

For the art, we\u2019ve been integrating the class into the pipeline a bit, and we look forward to seeing their UI concepts next week. \u00a0We have almost all the interior environments done, and are well along for the line-art in the character emotions.<\/p>\n

As a final note, we played an academic integrity game produced by Simcoach, and noticed that they tackled many of the same story points and issues we\u2019re trying to in our game. \u00a0We plan to follow up with this, and see if there are any lessons there that might help us in the design and production process.<\/p>\n

Below are some detailed updates from the week. \u00a0Looking ahead, we will be continuing to iterate on the story for character relatability, and continuing to implement assets into the prototype so design innovatio n can become more integrated with our existing work.<\/p>\n

Design \/ Story<\/strong><\/p>\n