OVERVIEW OF PROGRESS
TABLE B1
What was done this week
- Starting the familiarization presentation
- Decided on roles of team members
- Looked over the Game Maker program
What is going to be done next week
- Finish familiarization presentation
- Will begin making their game
TABLE B2
What was done this week
- Started the familiarization presentation
- Decided on roles of the team members
- Looked over the program Game Maker
- Brainstormed game concepts
What is going to be done next week
- Prepare for presentation
- Finish familiarization presentation
- Start on design and programming of their game
- Start on functionality report
TABLE B3
What was done this week
- Decided on roles of the team members
- About 2/3 of the familiarization presentation was completed
- Finished research for the mustard seed
- Looked over the Game Maker software
What is going to be done next week
- Phone-in to mustard seed to ask questions about the client's and users' needs
- Finish familiarization presentation
- Start on the functionality report
TABLE B4
What was done this week
- Decided on roles of team members
- Experimented with Game Maker
- Started familiarization presentation
- Started some research for the presentation
What is going to be done next week
- Finish familiarization presentation
- Start programming their game
- Start on functionality report
TABLE B5
What was done this week
- Came up with concepts for the game
- Decided on the team roles
- Started on the familiarization presentation
- Looked over the Game Maker program
What is going to be done next week
- Finish familiarization presentation
- Start programming their game
- Start on functionality report
TABLE B8
What was done this week
- Learned how to use the Game Maker program
- Decided on the team roles
- Started on the familiarization presentation
What is going to be done next week
- Finish familiarization presentation
- Going to start creating their game
- Create documents for the game stage
MONITORING AND CONTROL
A linked Gantt Chart is presented to visually demonstrate the expected and actual progress of the lab over the past week.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
First of all, I would like to acknowledge Brenna Philley for finding a report on homelessness, in Calgary. As some lab members have noted difficulty in finding information, I hope that somewhere in this long report someone can find some relevant information. The report can be found at the following link: http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/homelessness/2008_count_full_report.pdf
Speaking with the students in the lab has revealed that some are unhappy with the current project. Some feel that it is difficult to reflect an application of engineering. Others feel that using computer games as the means to relay the information to the end user is inappropriate, and likely unappealing to those middle aged persons who will be using the software. Finally, as the lab focuses on social cues, some lab members are finding it difficult to incorporate the teaching of social interaction skills via computer games. A suggestion by this blogger would be to have the Team Management assess and attempt to remedy these issues, so as to curtail the possibility of rising dissent by lab members.
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