Vis Viva Week 5:
This week we had quarter presentations on Monday. We received a lot of good feedback from the faculty! While we had an initial tech prototype to show for our drilling mechanism, we know that we will be adding to it next week to make a complete experience. Other thoughts and concerns included how to better incorporate the careers and make them relate to each other and the content, how to make sure the goals and progress in the game are clear, and including some unexpected events or obstacles during gameplay.
On Friday we met with our client Chevron. We talked with the geologists from Chevron about how the drilling process works, what kind of tools machines and methods they use, and what they would like to see in the project. They seemed to be in agreement that they would like students to come away with an understanding of how to locate the resources using the geology of the earth and an appreciation of where their energy comes from.
We also took a side trip to the history museum to check out the Stratavator. While it was a neat idea with the elevator concept, we found it to be a bit of an information overload and not very interactive. In our project, we hope to balance the information with the gameplay and interactivity so that students don’t feel like they are just having information thrown at them.