Week 15 This week at Entertainment Technology Center we had an Open House which allowed outside visitors to come into our building and experience all of the exciting work students have developed over this semester. We had our digital prototype up and running allowing new guests, visitors and our faculty Read more…
Week 14 We got a lot of helpful feedback from faculty during soft opening. Overall, most suggestions were nitpicking items that will help bring our experience to the next level. Most faculty felt that our world was really cute and alive, and the art style was appropriate for our audience. Read more…
Week 12 We had a short week with Carnival occurring on Thursday and Friday, but that doesn’t mean that we stopped working! After ETC Playtest Day, we had a TON of changes to implement (see Week 11 blog) that we started to work on. We also invited faculty to stop Read more…
Week 11 We spent this week preparing for ETC Playtest Day. We continued to implement changes from our last playtest, working on adding in sad and happy animations for characters and more sound reinforcements. On Monday, Heather gave our artists feedback on their models and animations. She recommended meeting with Read more…
Week 8 And we’re done with halves!!!!!!!!!!!!! We presented first on Monday afternoon, had a little bit of clicker difficulty, but overall we were very happy with our presentation (mostly to be done with it…)! Watch a recording below. During halves we were asked about: Whether we needed a digital Read more…
Week 7 With halves just around the corner, we spent the week putting together our slide deck. But that doesn’t mean that work stopped for this team… After building out our third iteration, we decided to change the flower interaction to only serve as a subliminal counter for acts of Read more…
Week 5 On Monday, we went to the Children’s Museum for an observation visit. We spent time watching how children and caregivers interact with the exhibits, and coded for different types of interactions. We found that caregivers often interceded in play, explaining to children how the exhibits worked. When children Read more…