Game Log 3 – Sprint 1

1. Rough Mockup

From last sprint we figured out following elements to be our MVP elements, for the rough mockup the bullets marked with bold will be implemented

• MVP
  • Gameplay UI
    • Start button
    • Timer
  • Animation
    • Ghost
    • Ambient scary surroundings
    • Ambient sounds
    • Ghost getting closer, appearing, scares you by giving a shock
  • Gameplay interaction
    • Player has a rectangle object in front of them that dims as timer goes down
    • VR 2d Canvas rectangle where player can draw on when pinching
    • Painting affects timer positively/will stop time
    • Copying colors from real world to current pallet <- AR component

1.1 Technical Documentation

• Design and crafted our 2D sprite that we need for the ghost. 
• Experimented a bit with location teleporting but didn't get very far yet.
• Made canvas on which we can draw
• Timer was implemented aswell

2. Prototyping 

• A simple application with the different necessary game components, but not all integrated yet, aswell as physical silhouettes of the ghost for colorpicking
  • Start button
  • Timer
  • Ghost getting closer
  • Drawing canvas

3. Playtest

• What was your first impression? Why? Did the impression change as you played the game? Why
  • Very cool, stressful, drawing something quick before being caught
  • Loading bar was fine, so you can see how much time is left
• What did the game make you feel and think? Why?
  • Scared, stressed
• What do you think is the purpose and values of the game? Why?
  • Play an exiting drawing game
• What does the game tell the player about culture, cultural heritage, and values? Why?
  • Interaction with ghost from painting
• Was anything particularly empowering, innovative, or engaging in the game’s aesthetics, story, interaction, or design? What? Why?
  • The ghost
• What were your thoughts on the gameworld and gameplay? Why?
  • The painting makes it stressful
• What could make it more culturally powerful or empowering?
  • More paintings
• When and where did the game matter the most to you?
  • Being hunted
• What were the least successful, exciting, engaging, or innovative elements of the game? Why?
  • The time and button
• What could be done to improve it?
  • Where is the button
  • Make it look like a button
  • Way to practice
  • Make a stressful audio/sound
  • Clear indication of time left
  • Ghost come from everywhere, but not from behind the painting

4. Development Tasks

• Integrating drawing with everything else, maybe in a dumb way
  
• Colorpicking in a AR setting from the surrounding
• Light dimming, as ghost comes closer
• Ghost functionality
• Drawing progression
• Save player drawing