Week 4 Newsletter
Hello again everyone! This week, after many discussions with our advisers and faculty, we decided to shift the focus of our project solely toward making a music education game…
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Week 3 Newsletter
Hello again everyone! This week we focused on thoroughly defining and understanding our deliverables for our client, brainstorming and pitching our ideas to our client, and fleshing out the best ideas to prototype…
Musical Maestros
Our first concept for a musical education game offers 3 players the opportunity to play notes together in order to form a song. The notes start in the center, rotate to orient themselves toward the respective vantage point of their destination player, and then move to said player’s keyboard. Upon arrival, the player must press the illuminated key indicated by the note. Scalable difficulty options include triads, a grand staff (that can be toggled on and off) with treble/bass/alto clefs, and key signatures.
Week 2 Newsletter
Hello again everyone! These first two weeks have been quite busy for the team. We met with Dr. Todd Keruskin of the Elizabeth Forward school in order to get a crash course on our platform, discuss project goals, and clarify client expectations for our deliverables. After our meeting, we began individually brainstorming ideas on cool game mechanics that could be used to fulfill the learning objectives of our client…