Status Report for Orange B Lab - Week of March 29 - April 2

ACCOMPLISHED THIS WEEK:

Team B1:

• Creation of the first room of the platform.
• In this room there are 6 individual platforms, and we have also included our sprite, that should be consistent throughout the whole lab.
• Testing the platform, and so far it runs quite smoothly, except that there is one corner of the room that the sprite gets stuck permanently in if the sprite goes to that corner of the room. We are currently trying to fix the problem.

Team B2:

• Further investigation into how Game Maker works.
• Background chosen and converted into proper format.
• Initial development of the game has begun.
• Discussion of the Design Manual, and the required components.

Team B3:

• Learned a little how to use the program Game maker 5 .
• Continuation of the making of the game.

Team B5:

• Tested our first sample of mini-games. Found many did not meet the end users needs.
• Finalized new mini-game ideas.
• Started creating new mini-games.

Team B6:

• Decided on specific game design and implementation.
• Distributed tasks for the next week, including final report.
• Further familiarized with Game Maker 5.

Team B8:

• Majority of the organization mini-game finished.
• Seconds game idea thought up.
• Implementation of the second game completed.
• New levels were though of.

MONITORING AND CONTROL

The above Gantt chart shows the progress made thus far in the lab. Check marks indicate completed tasks while the black bar indicates progress on uncompleted tasks.

TO BE ACCOMPLISHED NEXT WEEK:

Team B1:

• Create next four games of platform game, for a total of five.
• Test all five rooms for glitches.
• Begin adding the mini-games.

Team B2:

• Continue to develop skills with Game Maker 5.
• Complete development of mini-game.
• Complete the team's portion of the Design Manual.

Team B3:

• Do research to figure out how to do some features of our game with the program.
• Confirm work distribution for Final Report.
• Start working on the Design Manual.

Team B5:

• Final testing of mini-game.
• Commence working on Final Report.
• Merge mini-games into our final section.
• Start work on Open House poster.

Team B6:

• Program the mini-game.
• Write Final Report.
• Organise and prepare the presentation.
• Complete portion of the Lab Manual.

Team B8:

• Finish first mini-game.
• Finish second mini-game.
• Obtain/create game sprites and backgrounds so every team will have the same basis for the mini-games and overall game.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Progress cannot be made on Final Report until development of mini-games are finalised and nearly complete.
• New levels need to be introduced.
• Difficulties need to be set.