Development Blogs

This is our final week! We presented our project, and the feedback was very positive. It was great to see people understand what we built over the semester. This project went through many changes, but we’re really happy with where it ended up. Thank you to the whole team for all the work, effort, and…

Development Progress This week, we finalized and polished our VRChat worlds. In addition to visual improvements, we implemented several key functionalities: These features help make the experience more interactive and allow guests to explore content more easily. ETC Virtual Spaces The whole experience of this project is shown in the video below: Next Steps For…

This week was a very busy and productive week for our team. We conducted two playtests: Softs and Alumni Day, which gave us valuable feedback from different audiences. We also made significant technical progress. We successfully unlocked VRChat world upload access, which allowed us to enable a real-time multiplayer experience. Based on feedback, we refined…

Development Progress This week, we continued working on the experience, focusing on placing materials and adding decorations to different scenes. On the technical side, we worked on setting up portals between spaces and experimented with the video feature to support content display. Plan for Next Week Notes This Thursday and Friday are CMU Carnival, so…

Major Project Shift This week, our project went through a major shift. Rec Room announced that due to financial issues, the platform will shut down on June 1: School’s Out for Rec Room Starting immediately, Rec Room no longer supports creating new accounts or adding friends. This has a direct impact on our project. Since…

Progress This week, our environments reached a higher level of completion. Lobby Gallery Park (space for conversations) Playground (still in progress to add textures) Quasi Icons (easter-eggs in playground) Challenges We encountered a number of issues while working with Rec Room, especially around asset uploading, platform restrictions, and technical stability. Because of these issues, we…

This week, we continued refining our environments based on feedback and testing. Challenges Plan for Next Week

GDC Week This week, most of our team attended GDC, where we had the chance to meet and talk with many ETC alumni. These conversations gave us additional perspective on alumni expectations and how people connect within the ETC community. During this time, we continued thinking about how to improve our experience based on previous…

Progress This week, we continued building and refining our four main spaces, along with some assets. We also made a demo video for halves. More information is in the halves presentation slides below. Plan for Next Week

This week, we started preparing for halves and focused on gathering feedback from alumni. Alumni Interviews We interviewed several ETC alumni to better understand their memories and what they would like to experience in a virtual reunion. Some key takeaways: Overall, the feedback aligns well with our current direction. Our focus on social spaces, light…