We are Mic Check, a graduate student project team for Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Masters program. The team consists of six members; Candice (Hongxian) Li a sound and game designer, Hazel (Qiutong) Yu our programmer, Kesha Bagadia, our narrative and technical designer, Emily (Yiran) Zhang a game designer and 2D artist, Isabella (Xihe) Chen a 3D and technical artist, and finally, Samantha Trimboli our producer. The Rap Battle Bot project was originally pitched by our two project instructors; Mo Mahler and Jonathan Walton. Our project aims to leverage Generative AI through the medium of rap to empower players to express themselves creatively. To achieve this, we are creating a game where the player competes in a Rap Battle against AI opponents to emerge as a rap legend; a Rhyme Rider!
