This week I looked into how movement and pathing work for tactics/strategy games. I learned about something called Breadth First Search, which is an algorithm used to search graphs. I suppose that it works in this case because the board is a grid, and so it can be used for determining positions, and then it… Continue reading Snyder Research Update 3
This week, much like the weeks previous, I have spent researching the Unity development platform. Much of my research into Unity entails working to create smaller micro-projects that serve to cement a specific aspect of the program. Scripting here, animation there, each project helps a little more with my research. I do realize that in… Continue reading Albright – Research Update 3
I further prepared my demonstration material including visuals, music, and the means of controlling all of this. When preparing the Zwobot visual effects, I quickly found out that Ableton Live’s macro controls are limited to how many parameters can be mapped at once without grouping groups of video effects adding eight more macro controls each… Continue reading Kenny’s Research Update #3
This week’s research has been the most frustrating, as I have finally undertaken art research. Thing’s are not looking great and I am becoming more accepting of the fact that my game will be laden with what is known as “programmer art”. In other words, art that is not exactly visually appealing but art that… Continue reading Chad’s Research Update #3
While writing my songs I have ran into some difficulties figuring out how I want to write them. So I did some research on songwriting and I found an AMAZING tip. The tip was to write from a unique perspective. Initially I was going to try and write the whole thing from my perspective, but… Continue reading Rashid’s Research Update #2
This week, I have discussed my thesis with Kel, a professor I had IMM130 which focused on HTML. As mentioned before, Kel is a very perfect outside resource other than online tutorials or documents. Discussion with Kel focused on making looking at what type of users would be interacting with the page. User stories are… Continue reading Research Update #3
I dedicated my first research to finding different film techniques in visual albums. I found a few examples that peaked my interest. The first of which is from Frank Ocean’s video album, Endless. This video used a very different technique that I hadn’t seen before. There were 4 cameras used for the video. One camera… Continue reading Rashid’s Research Update #1
This week I decided to focus on researching the technical side of creating a visual novel. I read through the Ren’py tutorial on their website and tried out most of the basic commands to get a feel for what actually programming a visual novel will be like. For the most part, the commands are… Continue reading Aaron’s Research Update #2
Major changes. This week I spent a lot of time continuing my research, and meeting/chatting with people from the Small Business Development Center and the Sustainability Institute. Based on my research and meetings (and as we discussed during our 1-1) I made a change to the presentation of my final project/model. Turns out I can’t… Continue reading Jamie’s Research Update #2
Over the past week, I’ve looked into what components would be necessary when building a website. I want to ensure that it is easy to look around and quick to navigate around. I’ve looked at other Marketplace websites and how each other differs and what are some similarities. One thing that stood out from last… Continue reading Research Update #2