Blog Status Report for Orange Lab C - Week of April 8th

The Lab:
Accomplished:
· Chose games plans for the program levels
· Decided on a basic design for the poster
· Discussed plans for the open house (formal presentation, what to talk about at the booth, etc)
To be Accomplished:
· Complete the prototype
· Assign group members to the presentation
· Check that all the requirements have been met
C1
Accomplished:
· Started working with Construct
· Went through online tutorials and figured out the software
· Split up work between ourselves and C9, 1 level + interview for us.
· Created specific work packages for the weekend and going into the week
· Set specific deadlines, i.e. game is to be built by Thursday
· Done most of the tiling and backgrounds
· Scripted basic interaction events and, a skeleton dialog
Too be Accomplished:
· Test the game and find any bugs
· Troubleshoot the game, fix any problems
· Make last minute adjustments
· Work on the poster and design manual
· PM meeting on Monday
C2
Accomplished:
· research for eye contact and posture
· assigning tasks for final prototype
· finished game plans for final game
· assigned tasks for final report
To be Accomplished:
· assign tasks for poster
· Put poster together
· complete final report
C5
Accomplished:
· Over the last week we presented the programming groups with the information about facial expressions and conversation skills that they requested of us.
· We started to identify the conversation between characters in the game that we need to create.
· We worked on supporting the programming groups with whatever materials that they needed to be successful in these initial stages of the development.
To be Accomplished:
· We would like to have the Final report ready to hand in by Thursday of next week so as to not have to work on it during the weekend.
· We need to meet with the programmers and create the actual dialog between characters in the game.
· We need to get the test results from the group of people who test the program before the open house, as we do not expect that we will be part of this step.
C6
Accomplished:
· assigned roles for final report
· completed questions with explanation for interview process
· implemented select tests for engineering requirements
To be Accomplished:
· final report write up and compilation
· input ideas for the poster/design manual
· sketch interface of program at different stages
C8
Accomplished:
· all tiles were worked on and completed
· the overall layout of the program was decided
· programmers have started the program and my group has compiled layouts
To be Accomplished:
· the program needs to be completed and final report should be started
· the program should be presentable and every lab member should have played it.
C9
Accomplished:
· finalized the overall theme, integration and work packages for the lab
· general theme of construction
· three levels -> parts of a construction site
· goal is to get to the other end of the level using a combination of interviews and character interaction dialogues
· finalized technical aspects and requirements
· each level will be developed in a top down grid plan view
· each tile in the grid will be drawn partially from the side to suggest a 3D environment
· each tile will be 100 x 100 pixels
· scale: characters will occupy 1 tile each, buildings and construction equipment will occupy more than one tile
· programming team responsibilities
· Taylor: characters and sprites
· Cesar: level 3
· Cody: level 1
· Qin: tiles
· programming support:
· Derek: level 2
· Juna: interview sessions
· level development: Sarah, Mitch, Byron
· interview development: group OC6
· Dialogue development: group OC5
To be Accomplished:
· all tiles and sprites need to be finished by Friday
· initial level layouts should be programmed by Friday
· levels should be finished on Saturday
· Program manual should be done by Monday
· Poster should be done, minus screenshots, by Monday
· Management group should nominate members to be responsible for the presentation.

The Schedule for the Project: