Meet the Wizard

Name: Walter Occupation: Magic Man Likes: Spells, The Supernatural, Earl Grey Tea Dislikes: Being Called a Hippie
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Apr, 01, 2013
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Meet the Beautiful Fairy

Name: Fae R. Pixieton Occupation: Mystical Guide Likes: Flying, Sugar, Sparkly Things Dislikes: Being Mistaken for an Insect
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Mar, 25, 2013
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Week 9: Halves
Week in Review For our team this week started with a big event: Halves. On Monday afternoon we presented our project, our work to date, and our plan for finishing on time with a great project to program faculty and other students. As one of only two public presentations of our work, it’s kind of a big deal. Since our project, […]
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Mar, 22, 2013
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Meet the Pirate

Name: Percival B. Hooksworth Occupation: Privateer Likes: Pillaging, Sailing the High Seas, Booty Dislikes: Swabbing the Poop Deck
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Mar, 18, 2013
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Meet the Alien

Name: ~||#>~ Occupation: Intergalactic Troublemaker Likes: Riding Space-Bikes, Space-Puppies, Space-Hats Dislikes: Space-Naptime
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Mar, 11, 2013
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Meet the Superhero

Name: Hero Man Occupation: Indestructible Vigilante Likes: Flying, Fighting Crime, Justice Dislikes: Bad Guys, Long Lines at Starbucks
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Mar, 04, 2013
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Week 7: Overcoming Obstacles
Week in Review Thanks to faculty input, this week we leapt over an obstacle that might have put us in a lose-lose scenario, helping us lock down other design choices and putting us on track to have a prototype ready for half-way presentations. To meet our client’s goal of having kids feel inserted into the stories they’ve created, we had planned […]
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Mar, 01, 2013
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Final Physical Design

Big news: we’ve finalized the build design! Our final build, complete with fully framed-out CAD and tech drawings, has been approved by the client and sent out to the fabricator. The layout consists of a “desk” structure composed of stacks of books which supports the touchscreen monitor. This desk is designed to the specifications of a […]
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Feb, 28, 2013
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Meet the Haywire Robot

Name: Sparky Occupation: Assembly Line Industrial Robot (Rogue) Likes: Killing All Humans Dislikes: Humans, Water, Short Battery Life
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Feb, 25, 2013
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Week 6: Going to Texas
The Week in Review We spent most of sixth week in San Antonio, Texas, where had an opportunity to run three playtests with different demographics. After three days of Texan warmth, we returned to Pittsburgh with a better understanding of what our interactive storytelling experience is really about and a taste for springtime. We began our trip with a tour the […]
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Feb, 22, 2013
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