Week 10:
Team Discussion

WEEK 10 - TEAM DISCUSSION

Monday 2nd May​

 

Purpose for Discussion:

Progress check, discuss last week and to do list for the upcoming week.

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NOTES:

• Emilia on schedule to finish editing the documentary this week.

• Majority of our promotional material has been made and ordered.

• Tested the setup and gathered new dimensions - the build of panels should be underway.

• Once we have these panels, we can film the last clips for the documentary, gameplay for trailer and setup our final deliverable.

• New User Interface - after creating UI and testing with them.

• This week - should be spent playtesting and finalising promotional material/marketing.

• Kiera to finish BitShort.Studio site - I must send her week-by-week images to document.

• To work on implementing assets into the space, to create our fifth & sixth game version by the end of this week.

• Test new equipment - need to get our hands on another projector, as Adam expressed that new projectors are inaccessible at this time.

CONCLUSION

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NEXT STEPS

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• Emilia - continue editing the documentary and complete this by the end of this week.

• Kiera - Finish BitShort.Studio site

• Together to work to implement assets into the space to create our 5/6th game versions and arrange for playtesting to take place.

• We plan to test a new projector to evaluate which would work best for our final deliverable and setup at the Arcade Event.

• Contact WSA Media Stores to hire Vivitek, Short Throw Projector.​

• Attend Playtesting event - 7th May.

EVALUATION  & REFLECTION​

 

WHAT WENT WELL?

We are on track to complete our gameplay experience before the 26th May for hand-in. I have also made sure to spend a good amount of time creating promotional material, so we don't need to worry about this nearer to hand-in. The stickers have been ordered and should be arriving in the next week! Things are working out and we are getting closer to completion, with only a few tasks left to complete and final flourishes to fulfil.

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WHAT DIDN'T GO WELL?

We are worried that we are running out of time to film our Trailer, as we need clips of gameplay to put into this however, don't have the complete setup to be able to do this yet. We have been informed by our course leader that the panels/walls we need have been enquired about, however, we are still unsure when they will be available to us. The trailer is another big part of our promotional material, and ideally, I'd like to have this done before the hand-in on the 26th May.

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CHANGES WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS WEEK/NEXT STEPS:

We don't have to make any dramatic changes this week, however, we must spend our time focusing on the last refinements and carry out a series of testing to do this. We have dedicated this week to carry out playtesting, comments and feedback regarding gameplay to make the last handful of fixes and improvements to the way our gameplay and interaction process works. By the end of this week, we should have a greater understanding regarding what needs to be improved or changed to hand-in a successfully functioning game. After discussing our individual tasks, I am set to continue editing the documentary, continue with marketing and carry out playtesting. Kiera should also be working on asset implementation into two servers, ensuring each server has its necessary differences (environment, animations etc) as well as hopefully finishing our BitShort.Studio site.

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We will also be attending the playtesting event on the 7th May.

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GOALS FOR THIS WEEK

• Edit and complete the documentary

• Gather new information regarding the setup of the space

• Create 2 servers, implement assets - Game V5

• Playtest and gather feedback

• Finish BitShort.Studio site

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TRELLO - UPDATED TO DO LIST

https://trello.com/invite/b/XQyFGSIT/821d9c2572f15025b306d2268f14624a/getaway-project-management

MY PERSONAL TASKS

Completion: By 9th May​

• Edit and complete documentary

• Continue marketing/update socials

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TEAM ASSIGNED TASKS

Completion: By 9th May​

• Setup 2 servers - have V5 complete.

• Playtest and attend playtesting event on 7th May.

• Finish BitShort.Studio dev & game site.

SCHEDULE: TASKS FOR THIS WEEK

https://app.asana.com/0/1201825439767799/timeline