Finals And with that… we’re done! It’s been a whirlwind of a semester, and we’re very happy to say that we’re finished! We’ve learned so much this semester: We learned that kids are smart. Like WAY smarter than adults. (My working theory: biases that we develop as we grow up Read more…
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 13 With one week left until soft opening, we’re implementing final details to our experience. On Monday, we met with our faculty advisors to discuss the feedback that we received last week (see Week 12 blog). Given the limited time that we have left in the semester they suggested: 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 10 After last week’s playtest, we have a long running list of changes to implement and spent most of the week just working. We met with faculty on Monday to discuss how the playtest went, and updates on our progress. The faculty advised us to be thinking about how Read more…
Week 9 After a much too short spring break, we returned to a very busy week. Between our last playtest before spring break and Monday, we implemented the following in our new build for the Children’s Museum Playtest Day: Sound effects Weather changing effects Walk animations Iconography Refined models Refined Read more…