Overview
This week was all about preparing and delivering our Halves presentation. At the same time, Halves also became an important checkpoint for us to review the project’s progress and make scope decisions for the rest of the semester.
Weekly Focus
- Prepare for and deliver Halves
- Review the project scope based on current progress
Progress Update
Tech
- Provided materials and demo build preparation needed for Halves presentation
Art
- Refined visual materials and assets for the Halves presentation
Design & Production
- Prepared the Halves presentation
- Reviewed the current state of the project through the milestone
- Decided to scope the project down from three sections to two sections
- Began planning a pilot playtest for Spring Break / GDC weeks using an early build based on the first graybox prototype
- Started considering what design details needed to be rearranged under the new scope
Notes
Week 7 was less about making new content and more about presenting the project clearly and evaluating where it stood at the midpoint of the semester. Halves helped us confirm what was working, but it also made it clear that our original three-section plan was too large for the time we had left. As a result, we decided to cut one section and rethink the design details. Furthermore, we decided to move on with a pilot playtest to test our early design choices and implementations during the upcoming break and GDC week, when much of the team would be away
Next
- Prepare the pilot playtest build and supporting materials
- Rearrange design details based on the new two-section scope