Friday, March 12, 2010

Lab A Status Report 1


Accomplished This Week

The lab as a whole accomplished generally the same things:
  • Researched information for familiarization presentation and split up End-user Needs
  • A1: Dyslexia
  • A2: Addictions, Self-confidence (lack)
  • A3: ADHD
  • A4: Lack of resources due to homelessness
  • A5: Autism
  • A6: Interpretation differences, Visual Perception issues
  • A7: Brain damage/ Maturation lag
  • Decided that the default software used to make the game in the lab would be Gamemaker
  • Assigned individual mathematical areas to each team in the lab
  • Brainstormed components to be included in game
  • Decided on a common theme for the labs product (an intern at a new company doing different small jobs for his boss)
  • Completed both individual team contracts as well as a lab contract

To Be Accomplished Next Week
  • The familiarization presentations are to be prepared, practiced and performed
  • The lab is to go into depth about what is to be incorporated in their particular section of the game
  • Lab groups are to look deeper into the GED requirements and begin to prepare strategies for setting up questions, etc.
  • One or two programmers from each lab group are to begin looking into Gamemaker Tutorials and other resources available to help with the actual game-making process
  • Prepare basic algorithms for required tasks and begin working on these tasks
  • Prepare a few basic creative ideas on how to approach the creating interesting questions
  • Look into techniques to keep user interested
  • Ask the lab about any theme or story to be incorporated into the game

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