{"id":214,"date":"2026-03-14T20:28:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/?p=214"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:44:07","slug":"week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/week-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-bottom:0;margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0105-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0105-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0105-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0105-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0105-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0105-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0105-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Focus of the week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First flowerbox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GDC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Began assembling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More narrative design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week marked our return from spring break, with some team members already making great progress during the break on building physical components such as the flower boxes and other hardware elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215054552.RAW-01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215054552.RAW-01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215054552.RAW-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215054552.RAW-01-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215054552.RAW-01-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215054552.RAW-01-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215352172.RAW-01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215352172.RAW-01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215352172.RAW-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215352172.RAW-01-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215352172.RAW-01-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260306_215352172.RAW-01-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was also GDC week, with half of our team traveling to attend the conference. While part of the team was away, the rest of us stayed on campus and continued pushing the project forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image0-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image0-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image0-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image0-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image0-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image0-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, our long-awaited materials finally arrived. We began assembling key physical components of the installation, including the entrance arch and the garden tables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0037-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0037-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0037-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0037-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0037-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0037-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0036-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0036-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0036-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0036-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0036-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0036-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0047-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0047-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0047-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0047-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0047-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0047-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In parallel, we continued refining the narrative design and integrating it more closely with the overall experience flow. One key idea that emerged was using a day\u2013night cycle to represent the progression of the experience. Each \u201cday\u201d introduces variations in how interactions respond, reinforcing the idea that no two days are the same in the process of caregiving. This system allows both the emotional tone and gameplay feedback to evolve over time in a subtle but meaningful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further narrative and design decisions will be finalized once the full team is back together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0073-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0073-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0073-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0073-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0073-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/remnants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0073-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week marked our return from spring break, with some team members already making great progress during the break on building physical components such as the flower boxes and other hardware elements. 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