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It’s the LAST week and we are heading for the Festival! We are integrating everything together and this is a super busy week! Our Festival For festival, we opened from 6 to 10 pm and we had about 80 guests in total. We had 10 minute slots for every guest. We were able to host…

Hi all! Welcome back to Xtension!  We have decided to combine week 13 and 14 together for this post, as the two days we had for thanksgiving week were mostly used to refine the control system, namely the steering system. While we made a lot of progress in the backend, we still only have the…

On November 13th, we had Professor Ricardo and a guest, Paul, visiting our project. We discussed the innovative concept of piloting the ship using a ‘force control’ mechanism, which operates without a physical interface. The idea sparked interest in incorporating a ‘mind control’ aspect into the story, enhancing the immersive experience. Additionally, we deliberated on…

Welcome back! Last week was a busy week and so is this week! After the Playtest Day, we are still constantly testing our experience with different people, including our instructors and our classmates. Advisor Meeting & Meeting with Steffen: We had a guest playing our experience at Monday’s Advisor Meeting and the guest’s name is…

Advisors Meeting On October 30th, Monday, Professor Kelley and Professor Johnson provided some insightful feedback about the experience. One is that we can contemplate how spectators or groups could be woven into the game experience, offering a dynamic and interactive environment for all involved. We also delved into the core gameplay structure, like weighing the…

Welcome back everyone! We hope you enjoyed your refreshing Fall Break and were able to get some good rest! This week has happened a looooot!  Advisor Meeting On Monday, our team had a discussion concerning the development and technical details of a project, covering topics from game mechanics to physical setups using the Arduino and…

During the Fall Break, we got our Halves Presentation faculty feedback.  Xtension Presentation Feedback on Delivery: Feedback on Content: Product Feedback Direction: Plan: Progress: Tech Meeting With Nextiles: Also, on Thursday Oct 19th, Thomas, Sher and Harry had a meeting with George from Nextiles and here are some updates:  Technical side: Crap tons of data!…

Halves Presentation: Welcome once again! This week marked our Midpoint Presentation. Our group showcased our work on Monday morning, and below are a few snapshots from our session: Following our presentation, we met as a team to outline our post-midpoint tasks. We are expecting the arrival of Nextiles sleeves soon and plan to integrate them…

Hi everyone! Welcome back to Xtension Blog! We’re entering Week 5, and our Halves will take place next Monday! Therefore, a significant focus of this week’s work revolves around preparing for the Halves.  Advisor’s Meeting: We had our advisors’ meeting on Monday and we updated our game loop and reiterated our narrative with our instructors…

Welcome to week 5! We are now in full development phase as we prepare for our halves presentations. This week we were able to compile our ideas and put forth a complete, coherent narrative experience detailing exactly what the guests would be doing in the room. This was largely thanks to our knowledge from prior…

Welcome to Week 4! We’re a third of the way through the semester, and this week is the last week for us to explore the tech and do the fast prototyping.  This week, we’ve got our second room to experiment and work on. We are still discussing how to appropriately use the space. Thursday: Meeting…

On Friday, our team presented our Quarterly Update. We demonstrated our prototype’s progress to the faculty and received valuable feedback that we’ll incorporate as we move forward with the project. There were some questions regarding the setting and narrative of our project. (Slides of our Quarter Presentation) Here’s more detail and information about the Quarter:…

Hello Again! Welcome back to the Xtension blog! We’re on our second week of work and making good progress on brainstorming and working on getting everything set up! This week, we’ve been working on more detailed tasks and starting to make progress on different aspects, such as prototypes, visual identities, and other miscellaneous things. Team…