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Sprint 6 Update (Weeks 10 & 11)

Big Pitches & Tons of Updates

Alright, so it’s been a while. Sorry for the long wait everyone, but it’s been a busy couple weeks. On Thursday, the 28th, we presented a new, longer pitch to department faculty. As you’ll see below, this won’t be our last faculty pitch by any means, but it’s primarily to...

Posted by Trent & Rudy on November 09, 2021 · 11 mins read

Sprint 5 Update (Week 9)

Sprint End, Enemy Brainstorming, Small Art Updates.

Back again for another update, folks! It’s crazy that it’s already Week 9. It feels like just yesterday that we were doing our initial brainstorming for the project. This week included the end of a sprint and the start of a new one so, as usual, we conducted our Sprint...

Posted by Trent & Rudy on October 25, 2021 · 6 mins read

Sprint 4 Update (Week 8)

Playtest, Playtest, Playtest.

This week was huge and extremely busy because both Thursday and Friday we conducted playtests. Thursday’s playtest was part of our class so most of the testers were faculty or students from other classes in the department. Friday, though, we had the chance to be a part of the Brick...

Posted by Trent & Rudy on October 18, 2021 · 7 mins read

Sprint 4 Update (Week 7)

Playtest Prep

This week went by quickly. We started off with the end of a sprint on Tuesday, so we had our normal Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, and Sprint Planning meetings. We didn’t end up changing a lot this time, but we did have a few things, mostly related to the problems...

Posted by Trent on October 11, 2021 · 9 mins read

Sprint 3 Update (Week 6)

Progress For Next Playtest, Art Updates.

Wow, we’re already done with Week 6! We’re back on track making progress this week and we’re also about to end our third Sprint. Most of our progress this week had to do with updating things and fixing things that we found were problems in our first playtest. Specifically, we...

Posted by Trent on October 04, 2021 · 6 mins read

Sprint 3 Update (Week 5)

Playtest 1, Lots of New Art, Catching Up.

Back again for Week 5’s update! Apologies that, again, this update is a bit late. We’ve been so preoccupied this week with just trying to catch everything up and keep our heads above water that some things got lost. As a result, we also don’t have as much tangible progress...

Posted by Trent on September 27, 2021 · 6 mins read

Sprint 2 Update (Week 4)

Playtest 1 Build, Big Scope Reduction, Art Updates.

Hey everyone! We’re getting this up a bit later this week than usual, but it’s been a busy few days for all of us. This Tuesday marked the end of our second Sprint, meaning we spent the past few days trying as hard as we could to finish as much...

Posted by Trent on September 21, 2021 · 8 mins read

Sprint 2 Update (Week 3)

Starting a New Sprint, Lots of Art Progress, More Detailed Boss Design.

Hey everyone! This week was a big one. Primarily, it was the end of our first (at least somewhat) formal sprint. As a reminder, a sprint (for us) is a 2 week block of work with a set goal. This means that we started the week by combining pretty much...

Posted by Trent on September 13, 2021 · 8 mins read

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