Final Prototypes

Hello readers, this is Gerrit reporting in on the progress of Memorial Day week.

Wednesday felt like a slow day. Everyone was given time to work on their projects and spent most of that time working on the final details of their game. Me and Josh Harris spent that time working on what type of topics we can use for our game Mosaic while Puzzle Defenders talked about the rules of their game. Things really got interesting when the Slug Races brought in their big wheels for painting. Everyone on their team and me got to try riding the bikes before they painted them. However, I did not regret changing to Josh's team that day, since Josh was really enthusiastic about his idea and I thought it was great.

When Friday came around, all the teams had a concrete idea of what their game would be. Me and Josh presented first with the core mechanics of Mosaic by letting everyone play the game. Everyone seem to like it, except they believed the topics were a little too hard. However, Josh told the group that the intent of this game was giving the players high level topics, producing a variety of drawings for one play session. Someone also came up with the idea of a kids version for the game, since most kids wouldn't understand some of the regular topics. Puzzle Defenders talked about how they were going to put puzzle pieces in balloons and place them around open studios. They seem to have a great idea, but they still require the materials for the game. Some of the students explained that they would be presenting the shadow block game designed a couple months back. However, instead of using one type of block, they would use some of the glued block and soft blocks, providing different game play and strategies. Finally, Slug Races explain that they were going to set up the track around or inside the building, depending on how open studios was set up. Since all the other teams would be set up outside the classroom, the class decided that the track would be inside the classroom. The rest of the time was spent working on the games. Puzzle Defenders set up a shopping list, Mosaic started writing down topics, and Slug Races continued to work on the big wheels.