Matthew Napolillo | Week 7: Express Train to Designville

Matthew Napolillo | Week 7: Express Train to Designville

WEEKLY NARRATIVE

This week we reorganized our design schedule to fit better with the weekly class schedule! So now we're going to plan on getting design sketches approved by Tuesday, have the final design done by Wednesday, the model done by Thursday, and the implementation done by Friday. Then the art team can spend the weekend and the first few days of the next week to texture and decorate the scene. We also figured out which designs we need to prioritize to get the MVP by the end of the term.

The rest of the week was spent primarily on design and modeling. I modified the Scanner Challenge 02 design after receiving recommendations from Tony, then designed and modeled the Library Atrium, and the Scanner Challenge 01. Matt Wagar designed a new challenge for the Library Wing, then Eric Lee and I workshopped it. The Library Atrium and Matt Wagar's new challenge were brought into the game this week, they just need to be textured and decorated. 

Lastly, I also worked on a few small things here and there; fixed a bug with the way doors were functioning, and moved some of Jimmy's lights into the Dash Tutorial. 

CONTENT WITH HOURS

• Design Layout Creation (6 hours)
• Design Meeting (2 hours)
• Team Meeting (1.5 hours)
• Modeling Library Atrium (2 hours)
• Modeling Challenge Design 01 (3 hours)
• Fixing Door Issue (1 hour)

WORKFLOW EXAMPLES

Scanner Challenge 02 (Modified)

Library Atrium Design

Scanner Challenge 01 Design

Modeling Library Atrium

Modeling Scanner Challenge 01

Fixing Doors in Unity

POSITIVE OUTCOMES

• Created a new challenge layouts
• Took care of suggested changes
• Lots of fixes in game and the new designs are moving forward
• New organization/prioritization of design flow

NEGATIVE OUTCOMES

• Things taking longer than hoped as always

NEXT TASKS

Work on Hero Room design and more challenge designs. 

TOTAL HOURS LOGGED THIS WEEK: 15.5  hours