{"id":203,"date":"2024-10-02T19:47:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/?p=203"},"modified":"2024-10-08T20:06:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T20:06:06","slug":"week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/week-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For this week, we are mainly focusing on achieving our half&#8217;s goals by adding pick-up function and scheduling playtests to gather feedback. And we have started drafting our presentation slides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This week\u2019s tasks:<\/strong><br><strong>Tech:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Implement pick-up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implement environment to Unity scene.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Height calibration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add ambient sound to Unity<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Game design:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New game idea: pick up mushrooms and stack them on head as mushroom hats.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summarizing design progress &amp; adding it to half of the presentation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Playtest with students, faculties, and alum. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adjust the environment scene.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add textures to the main mushroom, bamboo, and bamboo shoots.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Character finish topology &amp; texture.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Tech:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, we implemented the pick-up function and adjusted the scale of the environment. After the users&#8217; collider touches the mushroom&#8217;s collider for 2 seconds, the mushroom will be automatically collected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we playtested with 5 students on Friday. Here are some of the suggestions and feedback we got:<br>1. Playtesters wants to walk into the positive space (inside of the screen).<br>2. It would be better if we can add feedback telling people that the mushrooms were picked up.<br>3. Some playtesters thought they stepped on the mushrooms instead of picked them up.<br>4. Playtesters like the sound effect when they picked up the mushroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/7e093eb184855194d7d571a8dd17db2e.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Game design:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We met Christine Barnes this Wednesday and playtested our prototype, and here are some feedback we got from her:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Laggy environment:<br>Solution: because the bamboo and grass took up too much GPU, we reduced the polygons of our models and decided to add a 2D picture to replace the background.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May consider a time limit for levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design a voice guidance to tell players to pick-up mushrooms.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tasks we want to complete before half presentation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have a complete and playable scene for phase 1, includes\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The complete environment with decorations and proper background<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interactable mushrooms along the road<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The player will now be slowly moving forward from the beginning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SFX attached<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some signs of the environment change for phase 2 of the game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A 2D demo\/draft of the start and ending animation\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>E.g moles to start migrating, moles put up mushroom hats, moles wave to winning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phase 2 of the game will be demoed by pictures(for now)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Art<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We tried solving the laggy problem by reducing the amount of polygons (especially grass and bamboos). Also we finished most of the textures for the assets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.42-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.42-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.42-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.42-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.42-1536x856.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.42.png 1770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.57-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.57-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.57-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.57-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.57-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-13.59.57.png 1772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/hycave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1728081513709133.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this week, we are mainly focusing on achieving our half&#8217;s goals by adding pick-up function and scheduling playtests to gather feedback. And we have started drafting our presentation slides. This week\u2019s tasks:Tech: Game design: Art: Tech: On Thursday, we implemented the pick-up function and adjusted the scale of the environment. 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