April 06, 2005
Meeting with Nick
Met with Nick today. Here are the notes from the meeting:
1. Importance of adding "rituals" into the game. Rituals can be used to emphasize certain things in the game, as well as make it a more interesting experience. For example when boxers touch gloves signaling the start of a game adhering to good sportsmanship etc.
2. Photo Issue: Juges vs. Referee. Originally I thought that just simplifying the point system for the snapshots and by having the referee give the final judgement on the snapshot points would be best. However, giving the resposibility to the referee to judge the snapshots and give points would unnecessarily pull the ref out of the action of the game. Having a seperate judge could work better than giving all the responsibilities to the Red. And here the judge can be part of some ritual.
3. Judge/Scorekeeper. Giving the judge the resposibility of adding scores on top of determining the snapshot score is efficient.
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March 03, 2005
Second Meeting with Nick
Met with Nick last Tuesday. I showed him the video from the playtesting and he gave me the following advice:
- color coding boundaries to make more obvious to players
- diameter probably needs to be larger
- think about Hit = n points and also Photo = n points
- when strategy is limited it is usually because the goals are limited
- make goals different (placement of buttons, boundaries etc...)
- barefoot, slippers, mats
- possibility of players getting hurt
- Prithvi and Jenks becoming speciliazed players who try to break the game
- men and women playing (sexual harassment, size/strength)
- idea of ritual (later)
- hardware issues MUST be figured out early on
For next meeting:
- rules that stop people from getting hurt
- redesign hat with slant
- make camera work so that point stuff can be figured out
- Point question (encouraging more strategy, using photo...)
- when above stuff is figured out, then playtesting!
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February 16, 2005
First Meeting with Nick
I met with Nick today. He gave suggestions on what to do next. Here are the notes from the meeting:
-- Play test, play test, play test, even if it's a hack test (without the tech part). See people's initial reactions to the game. Try out different ideas and constraints (tennis serve, lasertag examples). Think about playfield, time, points, etc. People who know how to play vs. people who have never played.
-- Look into sports like fencing and sumo. Check out laser tag.
-- Hoods and hardware need to be unbreakable: simple buttons, affix camera, secure mechanism.
-- be over cautious about safety. goggles.
I will try to get some people to play test this weekend with me. I hope to video tape them. I should research some of these other sports/games in the meantime.
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