Date : 4/29/2015
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning”
-Winston Churchill
This week the team geared towards preparing for softs opening which is on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. A completely new environment, new game map, a updated tutorial mode and also, all the animations were added in the game. We conducted a playtest on the 17th and the 18th April, 2015.
During the softs the team received valuable feedback and required some work around. The most important feedback were 1. the tutorial needs to be explained properly, 2. the game requires sounds and effects as they would affect the game and make it more fun. Also, sounds and effects will help distinguish between the minions and their functionality properly, 3. make the player move around to experience AR at its best.
So, after softs, team started working on these tasks. The programmers updated the tutorial mode and added a proper flow explaining why we have each feature. Our sound designer worked on adding background music and sound effects to the game. We also added new User Interface, for the players to select either tutorial/main game play mode. The player can now be a host or join an existing game. We are also working on adding effects into the game, but due to the resolution issues of the camera, the details of the effects are not visible. The team is trying to find solutions for the same.
For the coming week the team is heading towards preparing for final presentations which are on 6th May, 2015. We are making some small modifications in our tutorial, will also update the game map. We would also add in effects and more sounds to the game. At the same time, the team will send 2 glasses to Pittsburgh so that the faculty can try our game and give us feedback.