{"id":747,"date":"2024-11-21T19:02:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T19:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/?p=747"},"modified":"2024-12-06T20:17:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T20:17:57","slug":"week-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/week-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"747\" class=\"elementor elementor-747\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59b4bcc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59b4bcc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f655d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f655d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>On week 12, the team mainly prepared for the Soft Opening. They went to their fourth playtest night on Tuesday, and also hosted a playtest event on Friday to gain more feedback.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d791afa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d791afa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-760c931 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"760c931\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Playtest Night #4<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4e3e80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4e3e80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We went to Playtest Night again on Tuesday night. Since not a lot of people showed up, we had only a few playtesters. We gained super positive feedback on our character art and animation, environment art, stylized shader, soundtrack and gameplay. Professor Michael Christel was also at the playtest and was our first playtester of the night. He mentioned it&#8217;s <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA game I want to borrow a controller from Steve to play in my office\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p>We also observed players to find areas we can improve on:<\/p><ul><li>Player sometimes forget they can flip or boost.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bounce back feedback laggy<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right joystick needs to be specified in more detail for the advanced trick tutorial<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5861c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c5861c2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebed17a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebed17a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gameplay Update<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62fa378 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62fa378\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a95cbb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a95cbb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We officially added the time event to &#8220;race home&#8221; after the performance , which means we <strong>finished the whole game flow this week (woohoo!)<\/strong> The player now can have the full experience of<\/p><p><strong>menu-&gt; intro comic-&gt; tutorial -&gt; collecting props and outfit -&gt; enter performance -&gt; race home -&gt; ending comic<\/strong><\/p><p>The full demo video shown below:<\/p><p>(The ending video is a place holder)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4879fff elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"4879fff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/OOxCr65sjHc&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e109767 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e109767\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d569491 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d569491\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Even Fancier Performance Stage!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79981da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79981da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We added fireworks and more lighting to the performance stage! There are also stationary and moving platforms to spice up the pogoing and tricks.<\/p><p>If you look closely, you can also find the water bottle, spray can, camcorder and speakers you collected near the stage during the performance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e51dcd e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e51dcd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5410b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f5410b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174923-1024x581.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-842\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174923-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174923-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174923-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174923-1536x871.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174923-2048x1162.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b793192 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b793192\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174903-1024x594.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-843\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174903-1024x594.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174903-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174903-768x446.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174903-1536x891.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-174903-2048x1188.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2325919 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2325919\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb9e9a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb9e9a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Even More UI Improvements!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c67f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42c67f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Based on Playtest Feedback, we once again updated to UI to help guide the players more. In particular, we&#8217;re giving more detailed instructions on how to obtain outfit pieces.\u00a0<\/p><p>Our first iteration:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bc098c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8bc098c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-151017-1024x554.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-862\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-151017-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-151017-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-151017-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-151017-1536x831.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-151017-2048x1108.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b5da2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34b5da2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During playtest on Tuesday, we observed that some players interpreted it as press right joystick and direction button together. Therefore we made another update:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8cee07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e8cee07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-150052-1024x673.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-858\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-150052-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-150052-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-150052-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-150052-1536x1010.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-150052.png 2024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-143168c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"143168c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77d5590 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77d5590\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Even More Environment Art!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92e46de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92e46de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We broke the fourth wall by putting <b>Pogo<\/b> <b>Fest posters<\/b> around the environment \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1476ab e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1476ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aef17c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5aef17c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter-768x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-773\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter-1536x2048.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f611904 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f611904\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter2-768x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-859\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter2-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter2-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter2-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter2-1536x2048.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f4a97c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f4a97c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter3-768x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-860\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter3-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter3-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter3-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ingameposter3-1536x2048.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40586cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40586cc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9abde86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9abde86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wall Jump<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85a4ceb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85a4ceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We started experimenting with wall jump mechanics.\u00a0<\/p><p>Initially, players <strong>must press LT<\/strong> at the right time to trigger a wall jump (or a grinding too). We later <strong>changed both wall jump and grinding to be automatic<\/strong> to make it easier for the players.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14da3c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14da3c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wallJump-ezgif.com-optimize.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-768\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce3d07a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce3d07a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb49d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fb49d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Friday Self-Hosted Playtest Event<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51cebb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51cebb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Friday, we hosted a Playtest Event for all ETC students interested in participating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We had about <strong>25 play testers<\/strong>, and almost all players made it to the end of the game without any outside instruction, which is a significant improvement from Week 10 Saturday Playtest. This proves that the changes we&#8217;ve made do help make the game more self-explanatory and intuitive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ca3f20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ca3f20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/poster-for-playtest-731x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-767\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/poster-for-playtest-731x1024.png 731w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/poster-for-playtest-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/poster-for-playtest-768x1075.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/poster-for-playtest-1097x1536.png 1097w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/poster-for-playtest-1463x2048.png 1463w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/poster-for-playtest.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a14308b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a14308b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We received overwhelming positive feedback and support for the game. We also observed some areas to improve on:<\/p><ul><li>Players have difficulty knowing where &#8220;home&#8221; is during the timed event<br \/><ul><li>-&gt; We then added a &#8220;Home tag&#8221; at the destination to guide the players<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Advanced trick registers as &#8220;finished&#8221; too late, and players tend to think they&#8217;re done with the trick and let go before it&#8217;s actually finished<ul><li>-&gt; Updated the advanced tricks to register faster<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Grinding can&#8217;t be broken out of<ul><li>-&gt; To be updated next week.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb2675d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bb2675d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c74aed0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c74aed0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244a9e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"244a9e6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-388b517 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"388b517\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Next Steps:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Brace for Soft Opening<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On week 12, the team mainly prepared for the Soft Opening. They went to their fourth playtest night on Tuesday, and also hosted a playtest event on Friday to gain more feedback. Playtest Night #4 We went to Playtest Night again on Tuesday night. Since not a lot of people showed up, we had only &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Week 12\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/week-12\/#more-747\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Week 12<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","masonry-post","lalita-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/747\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}