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[kycd]

Amazing LED scarf.The technology used on the garment in my view is a fashion not be regarded as a cloth under any conditions,however this trend has been accepted by more and more designer.It is unable to be washed and we need to consider the circumstance of people getting sweated.Hopefully,on some day,the LED garment can be widely tried it on body.

[stasiaalbct]

Creative Technologies Studio II: Week Four Reflection

Week four was all about play-testing and feedback. The play-testing was a lot more harder than I thought it was. Because our game required players to go out into Auckland CBD, most of the play-testers did not want to bother. As a result, we decided to make the game environment a whole lot smaller allowing players to play inside the studio only. Players played for about thirty minutes, and gave their feedback afterwards. 

Overal feedback:  They said they had enjoyed the game, and it was very different from the other ARG they had played. Also, they mentioned they enjoyed the intensity of it, as it had made the game a lot more competitive than they thought it would. Social media was a big thumbs up by them as they liked the website and the online clues as it made them feel more intrigued by the game and the clues given. However, they did complain about the clues as well. They did say that the clues were difficult to find and they would have preferred it if the clues were in more obvious places. “I didn’t really want to go on a whole researching spree just to find a website that is inactive (talking about Evelin’s personal Tumblr page which is inactive by her)”. 

With the play-testing, we had left it too last minute therefore with the feedback given, we could not do much about it but to change it in our heads. We had tried play-testing after but there was just not enough time, therefore we could get feedback about the game in whole. Next time we will have to work at a faster pace just so we can play-test preferably in week three, and not the last week. 

In the future, if we ever get a chance to develop the game, I want to use a video to introduce the game to the players rather than a huge paragraph on the website. With a video instead, I believe players would be more intrigued rather than reading. It is also more exciting too as the adrenaline builds up. Also, in the future it would be cool to develop ‘Day of the Dead’ on apps too for Apple and Android phones and tablets. With this, players can easily access the app on their phones wherever they are as long as they have internet access. 

[kycd]

Reflection of ARG outline

The ARG has finished with the end of the presentation.Overall,the whole project we did very well,every team member contributed to it with a number of great ideas.For my key learning,I would like to say is the team work which helps us a lot to make the game achievable,because everyone came up with different ideas from the story,puzzle and everything about the game such as logo,timeline and the character.At the beginning,the divergence is we all have the different ideas and we want my own idea as the major of the game,so it caused us a lot of time on the thinking and wasted a few time,but after the careful discussion,we all have the blueprint in common from the story to the puzzle.On thing that went well to be mentioned is the part of puzzle,the puzzle seems to be very simple to make as a result of our creative people,those puzzles did show the creativity by experimenting.By contrasting,the one advantage we have is the physical puzzle that can makes the game understandable:in other words,player will be more engaged to play the game.For the whole game,to myself,I think I am very passionate about it,I had a lot of great ides on the story and the puzzle despite some of them are not be used in the game.On thing I would improve during the game is the decision making,sometimes,I will get very hesitated on the choice making of which story is best fits for the puzzle and how can I make the all elements connected to each other.but I would not be worried about it ,which can be easily solved it by discussion.Finally,this is team project,if we can get a good feedback everyone should be happy about it because we took a lot of time of it and we deserve a good result.

[kycd]

Introduction to ARG

ARG(alternative reality game) according to my own understanding is the game that designed for player to play in real world instead of fantasy world.It also can helps people to efficiently solve the problem.The most important element for ARG I think is the story.The story can instructs the player to play the game with the goal and make the whole game interesting.During the game play,something bad will be set:for example,the game designer can create the enemy role to make the game harder,interesting and the puzzle can be available for the enemy.If the story dose not exist,the people only need to solve the puzzle,this is not the ARG,if any important element is not exist. .Nowadays,the ARG has been widely accepted in entertainment TV shows,it is so fascinating and interesting that popularity is going up gradually,so far some ARG games have been built for commercial purpose,which means people can pay the money for the game.ARG,that is opposite to the traditional game played on the screen can possibly help people solve problem of life in a game way.