Week 14

(24/2/14)

So base on last week comment, I refine or you can redo the whole game. From three stage i combine into one stage. And refine the game play.

After finish coding i need to add in video files before the game play and after the game to show the intro and ending of the story.

Then the sound effect and background music is a bit weak so i ask Angela to go back record again then i will just replace it .

So basically i finish most of the coding in monday and tuesday morning so that night i am able to test out arduino.

We plant to design the booth so we went out daiso to buy a bit of material but is abit out of budget.

booth design. So Angela went back to her place to check out the material but end she straight away buy everything without showing us first. When she upload the photo after she buy, i first comment and ask her why she buy already only show ? And this is what happen.

(25/2/14)

Today i finish compile the Flash Files but suddenly when i try to troubleshoot there some error which cost 2 to 3 hours to solve out the error. But successfully try out the arduino but at that time we find out the we cannot share arduino for two different action script, that me i cannot use the same interaction for the start page and game page. We had consulted with Jam but the solution that Jam gave dont really help so i design to create a fake button which inside is a mouse so that user can interact the starting page with the button(fake button).

So that night i double check the level see whether can make it more simple because afternoon we try is a bit too hard. So refine to make it simple because we are trying to show the poem not the game play. After that i make the button for the front page.

(26/2/14)

Today is the final day. Gerry wake up me before he go to school. He went early to set up. When i wake i saw he forget to bring the stand for mouse. I prepare and bring the mouse stand over. When i reach there i get the music from angela and wilson to replace in to sound manager so the music can loop.

Due to everyone didn't sleep well everyone is in the zone that when trigger it will explore that kind of situation. I done all the coding then I transfer to Gerry laptop to try out the arduino and proxy. But when everything is ready we find out the are some error. The arduino is no working like yesterday. We try out few way like remove the map to make it more sensitive but it still cannot. After a few check we realise that one of the flex sensor had broken just now. Gerry ask me to find Jam for soldering machines but during that hours is lunch time so we need to come out a solution fast. Meanwhile wilson is trying the best to stick it back. That i decide to forget about the pause menu and game sequence. I ask them to remove the one of the flex sensor and check whether the game still can continue. So we try and the game still can play. Because there are not much time to waste. We try a few time see it is work and can we complete the game. So that we can show the whole sequence throughout the presentation. 

So i ask gerry and wilson to be tester during the presentation so nobody will find out the second flex sensor had broken to fake during the game play. It works and during the presentation no people realised it. And we consider is success.

I am also the photographer for the exhibition.

And is some photo during the exhibition.

Week 13

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(17/2/14)

This beta week base on last week comment we start to correct and finalised our job scope. I bought some of the material to make the projector stand stronger. We are making more support in between to make it more stable.

Jazmi advised us to spray the projector stand into black so it look nicer.

So i focus on coding more because this week is beta week. To make the game more user friendly we need add in timer and when the timer is counting and people interact with the mouse deer it will auto restart.

(18/2/14)

Today is one day before beta so we gather up to set up at iis to make sure during beta nothing went wrong. And basically focus on logistic. So at the same time i continue to refine the coding.

Wilson is refining the User Interface and make the story intro video and ending video.

And Angela need to voice over the poem.

We end and 6 then we head back home. I am suppose to change ui and design few more stage to continue the poem but turn out wilson send me the files and 10 pm so i need to rush out the stage overnight.

Due to the design have slightly different so basically changing the whole files is faster than replace one by one then copy over the coding. So i start over a flash to import the design files over. When i realise i finish one stage is already 3 am . Then i continue create the pause page and main page. Then i went to sleep and wake up early to continue.

(19/2/14)

Today is beta test due to overnight i wake up slightly late. When i reach i continue to my code. And the time is rushing and other are busy setting up. Although Angela want to help me but if i explain the coding and the structure to her will just waste the time of coding so i just do it myself.

After finish the stage almost beta test. Then i create the sound manager to play music. Thank to leon for helping me out. After when i think everything i correct that time. Proxy that connect AS3 and arduino have some error that make our coding when wrong. We tried to fix but due to the time we cannot do much so first come to my mind is to ask Jam to help. Jam show up on time and help us solve the code. But the still got some error. I try to fixed the error and the member is very nervous and rushing me. And say just show first. But i say cannot because if show also need to show one stage that are complete. So i use all the time i have to fixed it.

Although I cannot complete the stage but there are still some outcome for the beta test. For the part that are still unable to test out i use computer to show how it work and how is the game play look like.

And these are feedback we get after the beta test:

beta 19/2/14
1. how many min for the whole game play? too long?
2. can save the game?
3. gt 2 main purpose: folktale, teamwork, try make it more focus
4. a bit too monotonous, cz just 1 interaction (jump) only
5. can try to tilt the carpet
6. graphic is unfinished, typography
7. the green dots on the kancil's body like kena virus
8. the star on top of kancil is ambiguous, star indicates some positive meaning but actually is the kancil life -1, maybe can make it like turning in circle
9. game stage background can try to make it more graphical, like different level showing diff time (day/night) or (cold to warm), can refer to Badland graphics
10. the design of booth can make it into a cave
11. carpet to shoe?
12. for the intro, certain text at the side cant read, maybe can make it smaller font and change the color of font, or make the middle part very bright so that is like people are flashing a torchlight in a cave
13. ending movie
14. destination, stop few frame then continue
15. documentary video

Week 12

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(10/2/14)

Today me, gerry and jeremy have plan to buy pipes after submission of assignment. So we head to jeremy house area, the a shop that sell pvc pipes so go there and did some calculation of how many pipes we need and how are we going to construct the project stand. Then we buy the pipes and the pipes joins and cutter. And we head to jeremy house to start out construction. But due to jeremy have some activities, he fetch us back and we build at our house.

Then i go back to code the tutorial stage.

Angela also send the request letter to the script writer to get approval.

(11/2/14)

Today Angela post that we get approve from the script writer. And i am still coding for the trial page.

Then Angela start to find sound to compose the background music.

Then me and gerry is discussing how to make the place to put the projector and how to make the projector stand more stable. So we decide to buy two piece wood and screw under and on top so that we can place some weight on it.

So Angela will go to buy woods.

(12/2/14)

Before the class we gather at my place to finalised some coding and design and also screw the wood into the pvc pipe to make it stronger.

Today class i continue to refine code and add in more condition like pause and the flow of the game to make more user friendly. And i also try to link to arduino to check whether the coding work with the flash files.

At the same gerry and other are setting up for the alpha test and creating a platform for the flex sensor so user can jump on it .

Then we had our alpha test with the lecturer. we explain how is the game play and why we use two player the reason is simple because deer got four leg so we use four leg to represent the mouse deer. The lecturer give us some advices to refine the graphic and sound and try no to forget the purpose of the game is to understand the poem and the story of san kancil