September 26, 2014
My group knows by now my love of charts and tables. Our advisors and sponsors suggested to make a matrix of all the possible platforms, audiences, storyline etc for our video game. I was extremely excited and we began immediately on the train ride home making categories. The matrix helped us organize all the information we have gathered from various interviews, articles, and observations. Be warned, the matrix is massive. However, we had way too much fun putting in links within the document to make it easier to navigate (we hope to add color coordination too). One of my hopes for this matrix is for it to be printed on a poster with our whale drawings posted all over it for the MQP group to use when making the video game.
The cubical where all the creativity started
Writing the storylines has brought out the creative sides of the group. Who knew we were all so poetic? Storylining, however, is much harder than we anticipated. It is easy to write a story, but it is not so easy to make it feel as if its alive. We want emotions to pour out of the words to really depict what we want the tone and atmosphere of the video game to be. It will be interesting to see what our advisors think of some of the stories we came up with.
Typical day at the office
When we discussed our introduction chapter, one of our advisers had us ponder our hopes for this video game. I think it finally hit us that our project was going to turn into something people will play in the future. I want to stay involved with this project and see it to completion. Within the next couple of years I want to be able to take my family to the aquarium to see this game (if it becomes an exhibit of course). We are adamant that we are going to make a difference for right whales with this video game.
Now for the adventure of the week! On Thursday, a few of us went to Fenway for a Boston Red Sox's baseball game! We enjoyed ourselves, and got to mingle with other groups. (We may even be in a movie!) With only a few weeks left in Boston we hope to continue these adventures.
Red Sox Game!
-Kady
