{"id":236,"date":"2016-03-05T19:47:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T19:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/true-north\/?p=236"},"modified":"2016-04-29T00:06:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T00:06:16","slug":"week-8-228-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/true-north\/index.php\/2016\/03\/05\/week-8-228-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8: 2\/28-3\/5"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225\" style=\"width: 2100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-225 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/true-north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/questions-lineup.png\" alt=\"questions lineup\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/true-north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/questions-lineup.png 2100w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/true-north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/questions-lineup-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/true-north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/questions-lineup-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/true-north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/questions-lineup-1024x731.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/true-north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/questions-lineup-1200x857.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cast of Characters, Art by Ross Houston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This week, True North worked to update and implement our assets into the prototype, in anticipation for our upcoming playtest and Halves\u2019 presentation.\u00a0 We now have the important elements incorporated within the prototype &#8211; the latest story draft, updated art assets (most environments, most characters), basic transitions and an integrity scoring system. \u00a0For this upcoming Spring Break, we will focus on:<\/p>\n<p><b>Programming<\/b>: UI implementation (from concepts and design), phone interaction, back end data collection (for choice tracking &#8211; playtest purposes)<\/p>\n<p><b>Art<\/b> &#8211; Character expressions complete, characters in scene<\/p>\n<p><b>Design \/ Story<\/b> &#8211; Ways increase player engagement in the climax scene, ways to wrap up the story for each character (using friendship score), ways to show emotional changes in characters outside of new art asset creation (simple animations eg).<\/p>\n<p><b>Sound<\/b> &#8211; recording ambient noises for the environments as well as general SFX<\/p>\n<p><b>Production<\/b> &#8211; Playtest preparation, Half Presentation preparation, demo filming<\/p>\n<p>Below lists out some additional details from our production this past week.\u00a0 In our faculty meeting this Friday, we discussed our upcoming presentation, playtest and the prototype so far.\u00a0 At this point, areas of concern relate to increasing user interaction, cleaning up &#8220;annoyances&#8221; in the visual presentation (UI concepts, for example), as well as story impact in the important scenes.\u00a0 In addition, we touched on the transmedia additions that could help bring more impact for our users.\u00a0 Examples of these would be email or texts generated from the play to break through the &#8220;4th wall&#8221;.\u00a0 Looking ahead, we will have to work hard to balance accomplishing our goals stated above despite the tough convergence of Spring Break, GDC\/SXSW Conferences and Halves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design \/ Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working on visual cues, effects for timed choices,<\/li>\n<li>UI mockups for dialogue and phone<\/li>\n<li>animation mock ups for character conversation<\/li>\n<li>Working on Climax storyboard and interactions to be impactful and a strong moment.<\/li>\n<li>Draft 7 written from Script table read feedback, with emotion tagging and preliminary point system tagged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Production<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Playtests being conducted on March 14th and 15th<\/li>\n<li>Halves preparation &#8211; 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