West-Turn

Final prototype version is out!

By ETC On December 10, 2012 · Add Comment

Prototype Version 5 is ready. We have tested and debugged many parts of the game to make the game more stable. Bugs are often included in a game by its nature, but we have eliminated those that harm the gameplay. Invited to Showcase Game! We found a great opportunity to showcase our prototype to the [...]

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Finished Prototype V4

By ETC On December 4, 2012 · Add Comment

Prototype Version 4 was a version that included much of what we’ve wanted. It had a feature that allowed players who had accidentally disconnected to reconnect. Furthermore, it featured all the design features, and displayed great game balancing. It was wonderful to see everything working in a single complete build. Presented at Softs On Wednesday, [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

By ETC On November 28, 2012 · Add Comment

We have a whole prototype running very well on the iPad and iPod/iPhones. On Monday and Tuesday, the team did a quick internal play testing to find any small problems in the game. We came up with over 20 things to fix, and we fixed them. For example, we simplified the user interface used for [...]

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Completed the Game Experience

By ETC On November 24, 2012 · Add Comment

This week, we finished the all elements of the game experience. We’ve implemented all three unique phases for our first level, with block sets of obstacle patterns that have been methodically designed to provide the maximum amount of fun for players. We’ve also added all the obstacles for each of these phases. Finally, we have [...]

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Playtest with High School Students

By ETC On November 13, 2012 · Add Comment

Developed Prototype V2.2 We implemented several new improvements to our game. Now, when cars are paired, arrows appear above them indicating the gesture that each individual car has made. This should make it easier for paired cars to sync their gestures. In addition, we’ve added power-up tiles – when players pass through them, they get [...]

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Half presentation with new demo

By ETC On November 6, 2012 · Add Comment

Team West-Turn gave a presentation for Halves about our progress and exhibited a live demo of our game. After the presentation, many artists, programmers and designers visited our demo booth. Artists gave great feedback about colors, objects and theme. Programmers talked about Bluetooth connection, plug in and Unity. Designers talked about the jump system, elimination [...]

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Development and public playtest

By ETC On October 27, 2012 · Add Comment

After a successful playtest, we marched on to iterate designs and make a better version of the prototype. We changed many things. For example, players now are encouraged to hold the controller in portrait mode and place the iPad in the same orientation. Players who perform poorly are now eliminated from the game, and players [...]

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Playtest

By ETC On October 12, 2012 · Add Comment

Developed First Prototype We worked hard this week to finish development of our first prototype. This prototype includes all the basic mechanics including avoiding obstacles, pairing, and shakedowns. It also includes the basic art layout such as the road, cars, as well as randomized obstacles and stock music with audio effects. Playtested Prototype We held [...]

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Detailed game design – Prototype

By ETC On October 7, 2012 · Add Comment

Finished Detailed Game Design Document This week, we wrote a detailed game design document and came to a consensus on the finer details of the gameplay. We presented this to our Smilegate which was impressed with the quality and level of detail of this document. As a team, we also came up with additional ideas that [...]

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Presentations and Great Feedback

By ETC On September 28, 2012 · Add Comment

We presented our team project and progress to approximately 20 Electronic Arts employees, as well as the rest of the SV-ETC. We received a great reception from the audience, many of whom were excited about the game that we are building, saying it reminded them of fun racing games they played as children. One audience [...]

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