Design Pivot This week, the design team made some changes to the game. Since the original design relied heavily on musical communication and music language, we introduced a new mechanic: scroll puzzles. In these puzzles, players must decipher music notes and melodies to solve challenges, allowing them to progress to the next step. Successfully solving…

Paper Prototype & Playtesting This week, the team worked on the papar prototype and brought the boardgame version of the game to the 1st Playtest Night. Playtester 1: Playtester 2: Work In Progress Next Steps

Quarters Presentation This week, we finished the quarters presentation to ETC faculties to gain feedback on our future development and help us clear our proejct goals. After the walkarounds, we summarized all the notes we got and figured out what to follow and what are out of scope in this list. Team Bonding! After the quarters…

This week, we focused on refining our project goals and aligning them with the cultural and educational aims of Echoes to better prepare for the Quarters presentation: Research Next Steps Compile a list of resources and references and prepare boards for the Quarters presentation.

At the start of the semester, our team gathered in the project room to discuss plans for the months ahead. We began by sharing our individual career goals and what we each hoped to learn and achieve during this semester. Following that, we defined our project roles and finalized key project details for faculty and…