Youth Education Tundra Initiative

Weekly Newsletter 8

Project Newsletter 8 (10/20 – 10/24)   Week Overview This week the team spent the beginning of the week focusing its efforts on preparation for the midterm presentation, and utilised the time remaining in the week to work on revisions from the playtest and move forward with backlogged production tasks.   Production James had outlined the structure for our half semester presentation at the end of last week, and setup.. Read More

Weekly Newsletter 7

Project Newsletter 7 (10/13 – 10/17)   Week Overview This week the team focused our efforts on analyzing the data and observations we gained from our playtest, extracting action items informed by the results, and making revisions based on the feedback.   Production Alongside coordinating with the faculty advisors and external contacts, this week James worked with Christian to go through the playtest surveys and dig into the data for.. Read More

Weekly Newsletter 6

Project Newsletter 6 (9/29 – 10/03)   Week Overview This week the team worked hard to do the necessary preparation for our playtest, and we were rewarded with a successful playtest on Friday.  We gained a lot of information, both from structured feedback and from observing the players,  and we had the satisfaction of seeing the game we had been working on in the hands of the players.  We visited.. Read More

Weekly Newsletter 5

Week Overview This week the team went over the faculty feedback from quarters walkarounds, gleaned some key takeaways, and focused in on the goals and implementation of a testable prototype for our first organized playtest next Friday.  We have spoke with our client, and are set to make a trip next Friday and  put what we have been developing in the hands of our end users, the students of Mountainview.. Read More