{"id":239,"date":"2026-02-27T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/?p=239"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:20:06","slug":"devlog-week7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/devlog-week7\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7 &#8211; Halves Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Simply, this was halves week, we finished halves with our demo, and had a hearty meal unwinding, and played a narrative puzzle board game our instructor recommended us to play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Halves presentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During halves, we went over our fundamental goal: to define and create for a novel medium that utilizes tech that is very ubiquitous &#8211; the phones. Inspired by ETC founder Randy Pausch&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20011218064743\/http:\/\/www.alice.org\/stage3\/whystage3.html\">Stage 3<\/a> concept of creating content for a new medium with the goal of inventing idioms for a new interaction paradigm, we also structured our presentation with that same 3 stages: Exploration, Adaptation, and Innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This exploration then includes defining our exploration space (phone repositioning game references), and outlining techniques that would help us achieve what we want (blend screen contents together as if border-less), such as taking inspiration from Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. Then, we described what initial gold spike prototypes we underwent in order to detect the foundational limitations of our tech, from pinching to connect, and experimenting with different 3D perspectives and deciding what we&#8217;re choosing. Finally, ending the exploration discussion with the fundamental mechanics we&#8217;ve discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a572271d0943&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a572271d0943\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2282\" height=\"1285\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-62.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-62.png 2282w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-62-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-62-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-62-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-62-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-62-2048x1153.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2282px) 100vw, 2282px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-20.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 1-20.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-74101d69-65b2-4d36-b91f-014dc35e2b7b\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/big-picture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-20.pdf\">1-20<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, we went on to adaptation! We described our script -> comic -> puzzle pipeline and crystalized it to our creation of the demo, and the 2D with 3D integration art style. Finally, innovation, a stage we have not fully moved into but have distilled certain insights, were presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Narrative Scheme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subject, environment, catalyst is a framework adapted from traditional cinematic and comic art, describing that in our medium, how a narrative beat would progress is through the introduction of a subject (on the phone), contextualized in an environment (in another phone), encounters a catalyst (another phone), which combines into a result. In fact, the order of how the phone connects matters, with only 1 specific sequence leading to our intended linear story progression, and the others into Easter Egg or lore moments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a572271d0cd9&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a572271d0cd9\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2275\" height=\"1272\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" 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