Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Angela Buchanan, Week 1 PPJ, Blog Post 1, GMAP 378

Mock-ups, Flowchart, Organization

The two teams are integrating into one giant team relatively smoothly. It's nice to have some fresh ideas suggested for the game. 

Organization for the art side of things caused some minor confusion as to where to put files onto perforce. Hopefully new organization will be easier to understand and navigate.

As for work, last meeting we discussed the integration of a slot machine. I based my mock-ups around the idea of having a slot machine for our game selection and came up with an interface built around it. Because the slot machine was implemented, I also modified the flowchart from last term to include the slot machine.

It hasn't been a particularly active week for me, but I expect to see more action from myself next week


Positive Content   
- Teams have merged relatively well
- Flowchart reflects new changes in the game
- Organization is being improved

Negative Content
- Organization was a minor problem in beginning 
- Phone had some issues sending/receiving slack messages (the issue should be fixed now though)
- Cat has an ear infection :(

Work and hours

Flowchart (1.5 hr)

- I used the basic frame of last terms flowchart and added in the slot machine mechanic.
I expect some changes to be made in the future, but this functions as a good rough-draft of how the slot machine will function.

Slot machine mock-up screen (4 hr)

- A potential layout for the slot machine. I stuck with one row to keep things simpler, but this may change based on team feedback. I also incorporated a potential "time bar" to the right based on feedback from last term.

Organization update (1 hr

-Major changes made in art organization on perforce. One change includes splitting ArtAssets (In game art) and ConceptArt (design aids) into their own folders. 

Organization has been improved significantly, though still not complete. I plan on addressing the art team for some organization decisions. 

Total Hours: 6.5 hrs

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