This Friday, ETC Silicon Valley campus had Soft Opening Showcase at EA Redwood Shores Campus. The showcase started as people watching us play, but soon they started to play with us. The game got a lot of positive feedback, especially from those who have been to our progress presentations. They told us that the game is more polished than they expected. It was really great to see professional developers enjoy our game, Continue reading
Category Archives: Newsletters
Newsletter Week 14: Polishing
After the busy week in Week 13, now the team entered the finishing stage of the project.
This week, we have been focusing on refining the hardware, getting last pieces in, and fixing small problems that we found out earlier.
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Newsletter Week 13: The playtest week
This week, Team Crescendo Encore has be working in a super fast pace. DoReMi Pets’ second music piece–Cancan– is coming online for playtesting at the CMU West Carnival. The interactive tutorial has been continuing. So far we have Clarinet and French Horn’s art assets ready, and our programmer is working on getting them in game as soon as possible. The game flow is completed (except for the tutorial part).
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Newsletter Week 12: Wires are encased
In week 10, the team prioritized tasks for the rest of the semester, this week we have been accomplishing well in getting more complete game flow into the game. We now have the summary screen which will show players’ individual performance, their rewarding titles, how well the team collaborates, and the accuracy comparison between the current performance and the history record.
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Newsletter Week 11: The first playtest with children
By having majority of the art assets implemented, our game, DoReMi Pets, has a more complete look and feel than ever before. Three instruments –Timpani, Clarinet, and French Horn–are already fully functional in the game. Violin’s prototype is finished, and it’s going to be implemented real soon. By the end of next week, Crescendo Encore’s all four instruments should be available for playing the game with.
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