{"id":608,"date":"2026-04-24T10:25:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/torchbearer\/?p=608"},"modified":"2026-05-03T14:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:26:39","slug":"week-14-april-24th-were-finally-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/torchbearer\/week-14-april-24th-were-finally-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 14 &#8211; April 24th: We&#8217;re Finally Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Sun rises, as The City comes to life<br>And the people leave their houses.<br>Yet for us, the job was done&#8230;<br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I apologize reader, but, as with most of these blog posts, the publication date is a lie. Our final presentation for this project happened yesterday, April 28th, yet I have set the publication date of this post to the 24th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But&#8230; we&#8217;ve reached the end of the semester! This last week has mainly been four things: filming and editing our video, building and writing the documentation for our two demos, creating a package to extend the Spelunx toolkit with our technique, and creating and rehearsing our final presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was our final presentation, on the Tuesday after this week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Torchbearer Final Presentation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XCWSTko3W6k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And here&#8217;s the trailer that played at the beginning of the presentation, by itself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"M\u00e9rida Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MyQRYiruwAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s our final video, which we made out of the same footage. I&#8217;ll be putting this on the front page of the website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Torchbearer Final Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cQx8iRMS7PI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And then finally, as promised last week, a full playthrough of M\u00e9rida!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"M\u00e9rida Full Playthrough\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xv3z6NVVTjM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, we&#8217;ve accomplished our two goals I think. We made proved that Steve&#8217;s idea for a multiplayer CAVERN was possible, and saw where it worked and where it didn&#8217;t. Hopefully our demos help future teams in that experimental phase, so they can push even further on the design than we did! What I really want to come out of this project is for the design space of the CAVERN to widen. I want more than two players, more complex interactions, more dynamic and physical movement. And I hope a team in the near future does just that! I&#8217;ll come by to check it out when that happens. Maybe it&#8217;ll even be one of the first-years on our team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of, as we finish out the semester, I need to acknowledge everyone on the team one more time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team has worked so hard, and so efficiently over this semester that I&#8217;ve hardly had to do anything to make all this happen. Everyone consistently made a serious effort to push for our project goals, beyond just trying to get some task list done. It really helped the process, and without that level of initiative, we wouldn&#8217;t have gotten nearly as far. I&#8217;d also like to thank our advisor, Drew, for encouraging us throughout the semester, and our advisor\/client Steve, without whom we wouldn&#8217;t even have a CAVERN to work on. I also need to thank Steve for fixing the CAVERN when it broke due to a Windows update in the morning right before a playtest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But&#8230; that&#8217;s all! The package should be next to the Spelunx toolkit in the ETC&#8217;s package server (ask Steve if you need help with that), the demos should be on the CAVERN&#8217;s computer, with instructions on their purpose and how to use them, so I think we&#8217;ve done it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been following along, I&#8217;ll thank you for reading as well, and hopefully, I see you sometime in the future! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has been Team Torchbearer,<br>Signing off!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sun rises, as The City comes to lifeAnd the people leave their houses.Yet for us, the job was done&#8230; I apologize reader, but, as with most of these blog posts, the publication date is a lie. 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