campus life presentation 1
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Team Awesome
Brian, Tiffany, Jamie, Jessica, ScottApprox. 30 min.
Today:
• Introductions• Scope• Personae• Gameplay• Testing Strategy• Website• Branding• Game Engine
Scope
First year students at UWAcademic and social lifeServices and activities
Easy learning atmosphere
Personae
• Marie– Excited– Concerned about
balancing academic & social stress
– Very social– Positive outlook
Personae
• Stanley– Nervous and anxious– Not very outgoing– Wants to be social &
join clubs– Needs to learn basic
skills:• Cooking & cleaning
Game Play• 3D World• About living on Campus• Tasks:– Residence (Village 1)– PAC, Turnkey, Used
Bookstore, SCH– Needles Hall– CECS
Game Play
Residence (Village 1)• Get your keys• Move-in• Set-up Internet / Phone• Meeting the roommates• Meet your don• Mealplan• Laundry• Games/Activites• Hygiene/Sleep…
PAC, Turnkey, Used Bookstore, SCH
• Buy books• Buy food• Add money to WAT
card• Buy academic supplies• Apply for a job• Buy giftshop items• Buy Cineplex/Bus
tickets• Book a study room…
Needles Hall• OSAP Pick-up• Counselling Services• Registrar’s Office• Buy Food• Washrooms…
CECS• Meeting with CECS• Services• Branding• Online content• Integration with Campus Life
So far, any feedback?
Testing Strategy
• Display a slideshow describing our game on our website
• Following the slideshow we’ll ask them to fill out a survey.
• The survey will be made up of a combination of multiple choice and open ended questions
• We are going to use the Snowball sampling technique
• The goal is to get a general idea of how students feel about the game concept and to target areas for improvement
Website
• Testing Strategy Technical Details• www.scottmeadows.net/campuslife• Content Overview
Branding
• Logo• Colour Scheme• Both Important because of the scope of our
project– Selling the concept
Game Engine
• Irrlicht Engine (http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/features.html)
• Ear-licked?• Open-source• Cross-Platform
• Keeping in mind we’re building Sims-type game…• Thoughts?
Game Engine Cont’d
• From an investment standpoint?– Open Source vs. Commercial
• Other options?
Summary
• Scope• Personae• Game Play• Tasks
• Testing Strategy• Website
Comments? Suggestions?