{"id":305,"date":"2024-04-12T18:40:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/?p=305"},"modified":"2024-05-07T07:05:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T07:05:16","slug":"week-12-refine-april-12th-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/week-12-refine-april-12th-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 12 Refine! &#8211; April 12th, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-merriweather-font-family\">(4.8-4.12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-134529-1024x207.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-134529-1024x207.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-134529-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-134529-768x155.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-134529-1536x311.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-134529-2048x415.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming back on Monday, Team Flow made further reflection upon all the feedback we gathered from the Playtest Day. We met as a team to rank the tasks priority after each individual listing their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Sc 1 waking up the spirit too long (sound + visual), limit\/ reduce interaction effort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sc 2\n<ul>\n<li>Deer crying SFX&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dancer hand particle disable (when no interaction)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sc 3\n<ul>\n<li>Add fog blocking (test in cavern)\n<ul>\n<li>Hide the firepit for previous two levels with fog, slowly appears on the Fall season (level 3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flower in sc 3? (Need texture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tree: less effort\/ less moves (limit the number of times)\n<ul>\n<li>Scale the tree smaller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VFX (fire embers ) + SFX (fire\/ wind)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dancer hand particle for all three interaction levels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update new mocap for dancer&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Falling leaves implement (framerate has to be tested might look weird in cavern)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sc 4\n<ul>\n<li>slower down overall pace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dancer falling down animation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Sc 5&nbsp;\n<ul>\n<li>Tree \/ cloud outline&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tree leaves tint yellow in Unreal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cloud level design (no cloud bus)\n<ul>\n<li>2 jumps? Add one more cloud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(or Make the cloud expand)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fire: only appears on L3\n<ul>\n<li>A little bigger&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Sc 6&nbsp;\n<ul>\n<li>Interaction\n<ul>\n<li>Firework: add some in front of the temple (test)\n<ul>\n<li>hand particle remap&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dancer revive interaction (?): have the circle on the ground first&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Hand particle add light, color change to blue&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Hand hint appears if no interaction for 10 &#8211; 15 seconds&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>BGM Fade Out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Loading time too long, reprogram Kinect so that it stays on between scenes changing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As we were still in the process of refining details, we had another demonstration to our instructor. With several implementations updated in Flow, this playtest has shown certain improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3913-1024x506.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3913-1024x506.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3913-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3913-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3913.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-small-font-size\">(The yellow outline for interactable object became more obvious)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3915-1024x496.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3915-1024x496.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3915-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3915-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3915.jpg 1057w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-small-font-size\">(The Fire only appears when guests enter level 3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3916-1024x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3916-1024x534.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3916-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3916-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3916.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-small-font-size\">(Needs more visual interaction feedback in front of the temple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<\/strong> ~ ~<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Plan for Next Week&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Soft opening &amp; feedback followup &amp; reflection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All scenes detailed-tasks list check off<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep refining! Approaching the almost-almost-perfect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(4.8-4.12) Coming back on Monday, Team Flow made further reflection upon all the feedback we gathered from the Playtest Day. We met as a team to rank the tasks priority after each individual listing their own: As we were still in the process of refining details, we had another demonstration to our instructor. 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