{"id":800,"date":"2024-12-05T18:48:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/?p=800"},"modified":"2024-12-06T19:59:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:59:32","slug":"week-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/week-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 13"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"800\" class=\"elementor elementor-800\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33697b7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33697b7\" 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-4358476 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4358476\" 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 13, the team had their faculty Soft Opening as well as a playtest session with Will from Xpogo.<\/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-71271ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71271ba\" 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-3d48db5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d48db5\" 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\">Soft Opening<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76aa2eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76aa2eb\" 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 Monday, we had Soft Opening with multiple faculty members. The team received a lot of positive feedback. We also observed some areas that can be improved:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Tutorial Section<\/strong> can be overwhelming<ul><li>Mechanics are complicated and needs some time to practice<\/li><li>TODO:<ul><li>Stretch out tutorial level; twice as much space, distance, time<\/li><li>Get player used to the mechanics<\/li><li>Give easy environment first<\/li><li>Leave the tutorial question marks there, might forget the mechanics<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Communicate the launch moment<ul><li>Sound or VFX<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Confusing: what props needed coins what needed claps<ul><li>TODO: Colored UI for claps and coins and use in-game coin<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Sliding on ramps<ul><li>TODO: modify friction on material<\/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-96bcc1d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96bcc1d\" 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-a4aaad3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4aaad3\" 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\">Playtesting with Will<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49a12af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49a12af\" 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>Will from Xpogo came to ETC for a playtest session after Soft Opening. He gave some feedback from the perspective as a professional pogoer:<\/p><ul><li>Rephrase Performance to \u201cFree Style Competition\/Run\u201d<\/li><li>Some other suggested tricks:<ul><li>Barspin, frenchie, superman, wrap-around, underleg barspin, scissor kick, no-foot cannonball, airwalk, mandy<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81d6558 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"81d6558\" 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=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-140431-1024x764.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-813\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-140431-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-140431-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-140431-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-140431-1536x1146.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-140431.png 1671w\" 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-8956a82 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8956a82\" 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-5a5c879 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a5c879\" 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\">Animation Update<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae85737 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae85737\" 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=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-135807-1024x255.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-812\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-135807-1024x255.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-135807-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-135807-768x191.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-135807-1536x382.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-135807-2048x509.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-1731098 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1731098\" 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 Will&#8217;s suggestions, we added four more pogo tricks in game (woohoo!) &#8211; bar spin, wrap around, superman and underleg barspin (ULBS).<\/p><p>To avoid making the mechanics more complicated, we decided against letting the player &#8220;switch to a new set of animation&#8221; by pressing a button. Instead, <strong>each classic tricks button maps to two tricks of the same category<\/strong>, and the two tricks will alternate automatically.<\/p><ul><li>Button A &#8211; Peg Grabs (No hands peg grab; one foot peg grab)<\/li><li>Button B &#8211; Underlegs (ULBS; wrap around)<\/li><li>Button Y &#8211; Air Tricks (B-spence; superman)<\/li><li>Button X &#8211; Stick Tricks (Stick flip; 360 bar spin)<\/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-638c440 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"638c440\" 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-50ed9da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50ed9da\" 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\">Bigger and Better Tutorial Level<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a035592 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a035592\" 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 <strong>separated the tutorial section into a new map<\/strong>. The new tutorial level is also a lot larger, giving the players more time and space to get familiar with mechanics.<\/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-0056b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0056b6d\" 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=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-142101-1024x335.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-815\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-142101-1024x335.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-142101-300x98.png 300w, 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Soft Opening On Monday, we had Soft Opening with multiple faculty members. The team received a lot of positive feedback. We also observed some areas that can be improved: Tutorial Section can be overwhelming Mechanics &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Week 13\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/week-13\/#more-800\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Week 13<\/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-800","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\/800"}],"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=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/800\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/gravitrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}