Week 23 - Creating Game

Our team supposed to meet John at 10 AM, and this week is crucial because, we have to catch up with any lapsing works by the end of this week. Me and Callum arrived at right time, Andy came in 15 minutes late, and Stephen came in at almost end of the session. Basically, John want us to upload all the paper works in to our late panda website, and the individual blogs need to be completed as well by the end of this week, the latest for marking. Since, he played and enjoyed our working game last week, and today, he is up and ready for marking the game at any time. John told us to complete the player feedback analysis by today. The Player feedback analysis worth of 25% mark, and that is 1000 words only report. To equalise the marking and team member effort, John suggested each member to write 250 words of the total report. So everyone gets the same mark for the equal effort, and also based on the quality as well. If any member fail to write a 250 words, then simply he loose that 25% mark, as simple as that. That is a fantastic deal John offered us. We promised John that we will complete all the pending works in order for the marking by the end of this week, so that he can mark it and give us feedback in next week. :D

We back in the lab and allocated 250 words each, and what each person writes about. I chose to write about, "What we ended up doing" based on our quality and assurance plan. I have completed it in the lab only, and also uploaded in to our Facebook group page that, so any team member can view it.

Andy, Stephen, and Callum also provided their 250 words of feedback analysis. Andy put them all together and made one single document of 1000 words. Andy also combined both scanned feedback forms and electronic feedback from the website to make it a single pdf file. Until now every documents are completed and uploaded in to our Late Panda website. All we have got left to complete is updating our personal blogs. We are aiming to finish it off by this Friday, and hopefully John will mark everything and provide the feedback by next Wednesday

This will be the last blog entry for this academic year, and thanks everyone for reading.

Week 22 - Creating Game

As per the schedule, after Alistair's lecture on Monday, Andy and Stephen took part in game testing and feedback session. Me and Callum never participate because, Stephen told us that we don't need to come. Later evening, I came to know that the testing and feedback session went well, and seven students tested the game and provided feedback. There are several people played the game on-line also provided the feedback electronically. We gathered that feedback in our late panda weebly website

During the meeting with John, we provided him the game testers feedback forms and he commented, "It look very constructive". Later he took his time to play the game with Andy' help, especially the navigation scheme. He was  so happy with the end product and it's performance. He said, "You have a game to play!"

He asked us to upload every documents in to our weebly website in two weeks time for the marking. As he seen and played the game already, the score is already in his mind, I believe. But, we have to wait couple more weeks to know the mark. He also suggested us to think about our honours project for the next year from this point onwards.

John was eager to know our future plans with this game and game studio after the completion of this academic year. Andy, Stephen, and Callum will be staying as a team, and decided to continue building this game in to next level. Since, I decided to take my ordinary degree, I am almost at the edge for saying good bye to my team. Honestly speaking, it was a great pleasure to work within this team, and of course being part of this game development.

Week 21 - Creating Game

Al right we are back from Easter holidays. We team catch up in the lab prior to going for the meeting with John in his office. Andy showed me the official feedback sheet with 10 questions in it. Now it looks very professional with a panda logo on it, which easily identifies our game studio.

Around 11 AM, we went in John's office for the meeting. Andy showed him our new looking feedback sheet. He quickly gone through the questions, and then appreciated the professionalism behind this work. We requested him to arrange a testing session today afternoon with some 2nd year students, if it's possible. Shockingly,  he revealed that he had spoke with DR. John Nixon last week, and arranged few 2nd year Computer Animation students for the testing session on last Monday. We thought it was for today that he agreed. It was so disappointing and we believed there was a bit of communication error between John and team. But anyway, he asked us to go and see John Nixon to schedule another time slot with the testers at some point next week.

After the meeting, I had to stay in John's office for an enquiry regarding transferring the degree program this year. I decided to put a stop to this current degree program. I told John that I wish to take the ordinary degree and leave, then thinking of undertaking another computing degree. We had a discussion about this matter for a 30 minutes.

By the time I finished conversation with John, my team mates were already seen John Nixon, and booked a time slot for the game testing on next Monday.