{"id":345,"date":"2022-11-14T03:13:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T03:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/?p=345"},"modified":"2022-12-04T17:58:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T17:58:31","slug":"week-10-november-11th-2022-preparation-for-late-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/week-10-november-11th-2022-preparation-for-late-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 10: November 11th, 2022 &#8211; Preparation for Late Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"345\" class=\"elementor elementor-345\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1288ed0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1288ed0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6b0224\" data-id=\"d6b0224\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c135e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c135e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.7 - 20-09-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Hello!<\/p><p>This week we started discussing what the rest of the semester needs to look like in order for us to reach our goals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65b1bd1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65b1bd1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb1a25c\" data-id=\"eb1a25c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-731ede6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"731ede6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.7 - 20-09-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Finale vs Character Exploration<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4b4237 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4b4237\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9e8221\" data-id=\"f9e8221\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-927d777 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"927d777\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most of game falls into one of two categories: attempting the Finale or exploring the environment\/talking to other characters. For a long time, those two parts have been in conflict, competing to try to attract the player&#8217;s attention. We recognize that in order for our game to be successful based on actual helping our audience approach racial bias, we can&#8217;t have the gameplay purposely remove the user from this goal.<\/p><p>We want the Finale to feel like a culmination of efforts, both the player&#8217;s and the NPCs. The player should feel proud to overcome the challenge because they were able to connect with our NPCs. Moving forward, we want to ensure that the relationship to the NPCs and the context of you completing the Finale are very much connected to the rest of the game.<\/p><p>Some of our plans for approaching this are to:<\/p><ul><li>Make sure the Finale includes NPC input<\/li><li>Simplify the Finale to ensure gameplay complexity is appropriate<\/li><li>Not try to pull player attention away from communicating with characters and exploring the environment<\/li><\/ul><p>Most of these plans we believe can be accomplished by ensured Finale design decisions are not made in a vacuum and instead are made with the entire context of the experience in mind.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8441ad0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8441ad0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14dac80\" data-id=\"14dac80\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a96515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a96515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Expanded Dialogues<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db86e97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db86e97\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0240214\" data-id=\"0240214\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c680e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c680e43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We recognize that a large chunk of our intended experience revolves around talking with NPCs. Up to this point in the semester, we have had approximations as to what those individual chats looked like, but moving forward we want to ensure those dialogues are fully implemented so that we can receive feedback on them. Our hope is to consistently update the dialogue as we get feedback and by ensuring we have our current states messages in game will be paramount to allowing us to receive feedback. We recognize that our advisors, consultants, client, and experts will be able to give us additional perspective IF and only if we have content to put in front of them.<\/p><p>As we begin to approach the end of the semester, we believe ensuring our educational content is landing and communicates a solid message is crucial to our project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bdcade9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bdcade9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b74b4d\" data-id=\"1b74b4d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3add8f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3add8f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Consistent Builds<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bda656e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bda656e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cb419b\" data-id=\"2cb419b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41275da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41275da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the previous point in mind, we want to ensure we are frequently putting out new builds with current state information. Previously we might have made multiple builds within a week, but we were not consistent. Now our goal is to regularly put out builds and try to make our changes very accessible so that we can gain feedback as easily as possible.<\/p><p>As of this point in the semester, we will post our updated builds to the following link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hjwang.itch.io\/power-core-values\">https:\/\/hjwang.itch.io\/power-core-values<\/a><br \/>That link requires a password to play, which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>stemspire<\/strong><\/span>. If at some point later in the semester we are using a different URL, I will add an addendum to this post.<\/p><p><strong>ADDENDUM:\u00a0<\/strong>Future builds will be posted to <a href=\"http:\/\/powercorevalues.etc.cmu.edu\/\">http:\/\/powercorevalues.etc.cmu.edu\/<\/a><\/p><p>The individual builds will start featuring a version number on the main menu screen, which should be an easy way to keep track of how recently it has been updated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-139613e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"139613e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96c9504\" data-id=\"96c9504\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0bd86c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0bd86c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Future Advising<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10fc624 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10fc624\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b97824\" data-id=\"3b97824\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3cb33f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3cb33f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of our advisors, Mike, has a meeting with members of our advisory panel on Wednesday of next week. We want to ensure that we have a build with reasonable educational content for them to go over. These people are not game creators. If we want to get great feedback based on their expertise, we need to have suitable content for them to analyze. Our goals for the first part of the week are ensuring that we have a build that we look forward to getting in front of them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a4d18c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a4d18c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68f11f5\" data-id=\"68f11f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63f6e4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63f6e4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Moving Forward<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d028c14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d028c14\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4197ac2\" data-id=\"4197ac2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3ab784 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3ab784\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our individual responsibilities will likely change moving forward. We ideally have many of the assets we will want and additional attention can be focused on refining dialog, improving the user experience, and preparing for our mock workshop on December 2nd (more on that in a later post). We have a lot on our plate but at this current time have no reason to believe we will be unable to reach our goals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1b2cb3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1b2cb3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2be18f9\" data-id=\"2be18f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3975cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3975cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">Thanks for reading,<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">James from STEMspire<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! This week we started discussing what the rest of the semester needs to look like in order for us to reach our goals. Finale vs Character Exploration Most of game falls into one of two categories: attempting the Finale or exploring the environment\/talking to other characters. For a long time, those two parts have &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/week-10-november-11th-2022-preparation-for-late-semester\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Week 10: November 11th, 2022 &#8211; Preparation for Late Semester<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/stemspire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}