This week, we focused our efforts on preparing for our first official playtest.<\/p>\n
We started the week with a conference call with Greg Trefry from Come Out and Play Festival, which is a large outdoor game festival that occurs in New York and San Francisco every year. \u00a0He gave us some very helpful insight into running a live game with a large number of people outside in New York City.<\/p>\n
Our tech team focused their efforts applying GPS functions to our game. \u00a0The first thing we wanted to test was whether the game could tell when you were in one location versus another. \u00a0There was much testing. \u00a0Ken and Alex were constantly running outside in the cold to test.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, we tested this first iteration as a team \u00a0The test included only one location mapped by GPS. \u00a0We tested to see if the other phones could recognize and respond to the location we set. \u00a0After this test, the tech team began working to implement more GPS locations, and also began positioning them to real world locations outside of our building. \u00a0They also created a GPS accuracy test, which we sent to Tim\u2019s friend in New York City. \u00a0She and another person walked around Washington Square Park and the test recorded their accuracy. \u00a0There were two phones used in the accuracy test, an iPhone 4S and a Samsung Galaxy SIII. \u00a0We discovered that the Samsung Galaxy\u2019s GPS is far less accurate than the iPhone. \u00a0Using the information gathered from this test, the tech team could more accurately position the GPS markers so that they not interfere with each other.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Jack was creating the assets for our first iteration of the User Interface. \u00a0After our first iteration test, we made some changes to the User Interface. \u00a0Jack then dove in to create new assets for the next playtest. \u00a0The research team continued to do more research into the issue as well as researching the emotional tone of other games about social issues.They met later in the week to discuss their findings. \u00a0They created a list of events and obstacles to be included in the game based on the research they had done.<\/p>\n
After our client meeting on Friday, we are pushing hard through the weekend to have a playable prototype. \u00a0We are planning on having a playtest on Monday, outside of the ETC. \u00a0We also plan to start preparations for Halves Presentations next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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