{"id":69,"date":"2026-01-29T15:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:11:01","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Week 14 \u2013 What’s Next for Us?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 13 \u2013 Soft Opening!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 12 \u2013 Full Refinement Mode<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 11 \u2013 A Restructure for a Tight Narrative<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 10 – A Functional Full-Pass for Playtest Day<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 9 – Creating the A\/B Tests for Navigation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 8 – Big Picture Studio at GDC!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Spring Break – GDC Preparation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 7 – Halves Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 6 – A Fundamental System for Our Medium<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Week 5 \u2013 1st Playtest Reveals Opportunities for Player Experience UX<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 4 – Learning about puzzle design: Script -> Comic Art -> Mechanics Translation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a><\/a>Week 3 \u2013 Narrative-Driven Puzzle Development Pipeline & Quarters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Week 2 \u2013 Aligning Design Assumptions through Worldbuilding and Tech Gold Spike<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 1 \u2013 We Need a Game Design Document!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pitch \u2013 Vastly exploring everything that is cross-screens<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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