This week we continued to work on our current prototype. We have a placeholder model for the NPCs with 2 eyes. We are currently working on quest prompts, dialogue system and room api. On Friday, we playtested with high school students from Indiana, PA. We have gathered useful feedback from them. We spent the rest of time working on our ½ presentation.
Playtesting
On Friday, we had 7 playtesters from a high school in Indiana, PA. 6 of them are students age 17, and 1 of them is their teacher. We tested with our tech demo. The NPCs have 1 eye, and when players look at them, the NPCs will blink. Here is our findings:
- We were able to elicit some reactions of “creepy” and “being judged”
- Playtesters were projecting their feelings onto the floating eyes. Even though the eyes are static, the playtester felt as if they were being stared at by a lot of people
Placeholder assets
Agenda for next week
- ½ presentation
- Continue working on features