Lab A Weekly Update - Week 3

PROGRESS SINCE LAST WEEK

A1

• Met with content creation team A on Sat. Mar 27 from 11am - 3pm
• Shoot video clips of mock interview (actress Brenda Bartos)
• Video download, troubleshooting video edit software, video editing
• Graphic design work for level
• Completed level 1 intro screen
• Built gameplay portion of Facial Expressions level
• Finalized code for application shell, title screen, main menu and credits
• Updated framework code for level creation adding new narration related methods
• Wrote unit tests for critical objects and interactions in main application code - all tests passing (see Figure 1)

Figure 1: Main Application Unit Testing Results for Critical Objects & Interactions

A2

• Finished audio scriptng
• Finished video recording and worked on format conversion/editing
• Graphics have been worked on and Title screen and crossbow is done
• Converting files to flash format has been completed

A3

• Imported images
• Recorded sound files
• Created images
• Drew sprites
• Decided a couple of sprites had to be redone

A4

• Background screen
• Title screen
• Crosshair(aim)
• Sound effects
• Buttons(A B C D options)
• Feedback screen
• Lock(for main screen)
• Main screen background
• Houses for each level

A5

• Finalized idea of the game and divided up tasks for content creation
• Karim worked a bit with flash to figure out the graphics/drawing tools
• Drew a few trees which will be used in the background of the game
• Refined the questions, recorded the audio for the intro to, how to section, the questions and answers and all the explanation
• Also finished the drawing for targets
• Kevin and Jerry from time to time to work on making the level
• Kevin worked on making the game itself, while Jerry made all the necessary screens

A7

• The whole content creation group was divided into four groups.
• Each group was responsible to finish their assigned work by Sunday

Figure 2: Project Progress Chart

PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK

A1

• Finish video editing
• Finish graphic design tasks
• Completing development requirements for game level
• Complete instructions for level
• Complete programming for interview skills level

A2

• Finish all graphics for the game
• Finish video editing
• Integrate video and sound
• Group meeting to write final report

A3

• Import sound files
• Finish creating and importing images
• Import buttons from content creation
• Begin testing
• Finish sprites

A4

• Test level
• Start working on final report

A5

• Finish drawings for background: buildings, trees, cars, sidewalk, grass
• Write up the technical details for our game, as well as writing up details we're responsible for to be included in the manual

A7

• Start thinking our final report
• Make sure the component work with appropriate quality