{"id":211,"date":"2025-03-10T18:23:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/?p=211"},"modified":"2025-05-06T03:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T03:03:11","slug":"week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/week-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7 Halves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Wednesday, February 26th, we presented our Halves presentation in front of ETC faculty and students. <em>Halves<\/em> is a mid-semester milestone where all project teams present their progress to the entire faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ETC Pittsburgh Projects, Spring 2025, Halves Presentations - Day 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nsDKK5m3Pew?start=8299&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Starting at 2:18:19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, we provided an overview of our project and its goals. We emphasized that our game is designed to spark interest in learning music within a cultural context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-4.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-4-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To help the audience understand our map and quest structure, we briefly explained the game\u2019s missions and how they align and connect to form a parallel mission structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude our presentation, we discussed playtesting feedback and the design decisions we made, demonstrating our iterative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/lost-echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Echos-Halves-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Presentation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Text went by too quickly (too much text).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Text was too small for the flowchart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Show how things come together rather than just presenting individual contributions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demo was too fast, and quest text appeared too quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Content (Things We Missed to Explain)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How do players learn music? Explain whether they need to understand pace and speed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do we want players to feel during the experience?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can players make choices and mistakes?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why is the minigame 2D instead of maintaining a consistent style throughout the game?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Goals &amp; Scope<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Camera was too far away, and the framing was awkward.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Should include metrics on whether players learn music from cultural contexts, as well as playtest goals and assessments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus on either art or mechanics\u2014scope control is important.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain the melody design (e.g., why not use &#8220;Fire Fire Fire&#8221;?).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll work on managing the feedback and work on the future tasks when we come back from the Springbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, February 26th, we presented our Halves presentation in front of ETC faculty and students. 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