Summary

We had a soft opening week with ETC faculty playing with our experience and providing feedback for further enhancements. Currently, the emphasis is on refining details and ensuring the game achieves a sense of completeness.

Narrative

We continually refined the narrative for clarity, making changes to prevent grammar errors. Additionally, we assigned genders to each of our characters.

Art

The character animations are now smoother and more natural. Our playtests garnered positive feedback on both the animation quality and facial expressions.

UI

Introduced a ‘New’ label for newly encountered individuals or learning moments. Unlocked individuals in the People Panel upon meeting them. Enhanced the visual layout of the People Panel. Simplified and improved navigation in the Email UI. Added back and next buttons in the Learning Panel for seamless UI navigation. Implemented a ‘Wrap Up the Day’ UI feature to trigger the next episodes in the game.

Programming

We persisted in playtesting, identifying, and addressing minor bugs in our game, ensuring a continuous process of refinement.

Sound

We continued looking for better sound effects and ambient audio clips.