{"id":12,"date":"2024-09-06T19:35:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T19:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2024-09-11T14:14:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T14:14:52","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-503 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/special-thanks\/\" target=\"_self\" >Special Thanks<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-12-15T01:02:25+00:00\">December 15, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We are incredibly grateful to the following individuals and organizations who supported and inspired us throughout our journey in creating the Hygiene Hero Cup. Your insights, guidance, and contributions have been instrumental in shaping this project: Grace International Preparatory School, Ghana Evans Deladem Yevu \u2013 Teacher Mr. Ruben Ocloo \u2013 School Director Matthew Atokple \u2013&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/special-thanks\/\"><em>Continue reading&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-443 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/post-mortem\/\" target=\"_self\" >Post Mortem<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-12-13T04:08:39+00:00\">December 13, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Overview Our team is made up of six second year students. Eva Chang producer, Anna Kim narrative and level designer, Lawrence Luo 3D artist, Regina Xia 3D artist, Yawen Xiao UIUX designer, and Tyler Yang programmer. Charles Johnson and Heather Kelley are our project instructors.&nbsp; Our client is the World Shoe Fund, a social enterprise&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/post-mortem\/\"><em>Continue reading&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-438 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-weekly-blog\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/week-14-its-festival\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Week 14 &#8211; It&#8217;s Festival!\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2-1.png 960w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2-1-768x430.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/week-14-its-festival\/\" target=\"_self\" >Week 14 &#8211; It&#8217;s Festival!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-12-10T22:30:47+00:00\">December 10, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">It&#8217;s the time of the year! ETC Festival!The ETC Festival is an annual, invitation-only event hosted at Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), where interactive experiences, games, student projects, and short films created by graduate student teams are showcased for guests in a carnivalesque atmosphere. The students are all excited to show what we\u2019ve&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/week-14-its-festival\/\"><em>Continue reading&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-436 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-weekly-blog\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/week-13-soft-opening\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2737\" height=\"1542\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-9.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Week 13 &#8211; Soft Opening\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-9.png 2737w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-9-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-9-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-9-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-9-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-9-2048x1154.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2737px) 100vw, 2737px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/week-13-soft-opening\/\" target=\"_self\" >Week 13 &#8211; Soft Opening<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-11-27T04:35:53+00:00\">November 27, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Soft Openings The team returned from Ghana just in time to dive into Soft Openings. In the theme industry, this phase is referred to as a &#8220;soft opening.&#8221; In theater, it&#8217;s called &#8220;previews,&#8221; and in software development, it&#8217;s known as a &#8220;beta release.&#8221; No matter the terminology, the meaning is clear: the project feels ready&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/week-13-soft-opening\/\"><em>Continue reading&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-408 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-weekly-blog\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/week-12-the-golden-coast\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Day2_Playtesting-2-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Week 12 \u2014 Landed in Ghana\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Day2_Playtesting-2-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Day2_Playtesting-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Day2_Playtesting-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Day2_Playtesting-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Day2_Playtesting-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Day2_Playtesting-2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/step-up\/week-12-the-golden-coast\/\" target=\"_self\" >Week 12 \u2014 Landed in Ghana<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-11-23T20:51:33+00:00\">November 23, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This week, the team landed in Ghana for an exciting and eventful trip! 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