Level 3 Team Project - Summer Post II

As the summer is nearing an end with work kicking off again at the end of this month, I've decided to upload finished versions of two pieces of research I have completed during the break.

After having a chat with the team, we've contemplated combining Milestone II and Milestone III into one, larger milestone. The original tasks set for both of these milestones will still be valid and ongoing, however we feel that merging the two milestones into one will help us easily get back into the swing of work once returning to University. Due to this, the change could possibly lead to our testing phase (Milestone IV) becoming slightly shorter than originally planned. This is something we feel would be a sensible and beneficial change, as it gives us a greater amount of time to perfect our NPC and testing level.

We plan to engage in further discussions regarding the change once back at University, as all team members will be able to easily get in contact with one another. Summaries of all meetings will be posted on the Team Fable group blog.

- "01. Human Emotion - Empathy and Sympathy", click here.

- "02. Human Emotion - Empathy, Chivalry and Sympathy", click here.

To view the Team Fable project blog, click here.

To view all of the Team Project diary entries, click here.

Level 3 Team Project - Summer Post I

As the Milestone II deadline hits in three weeks time, I have decided to post an entry previewing my work completed during the summer break so far. The work shown here is still yet to be completed, however all documents will be finished come the Milestone II deadline on the 26th of July.

During the first half of the summer break, I have been performing research into human emotion. So far, two of four documents are nearing completion, the first of which discusses Empathy and Sympathy (the differences, outcomes, and importance), while the second talks about Chivalry in regards to empathy and sympathy (the definition, what it entails, where it is used and the importance.) The remaining two documents will study the effects of Ingelligence on Empathy and the effects of Similarity on Engagement.

I find it interesting to look into human emotion and also feel that by creating these four documents it can help us better understand them, something that will greatly aid us during the creation of our test NPC. With a better understanding of human emotion, we will be able to create a more realistic and belivable character, something that in turn will hopefully leave us with a more engaging NPC.

To read a preview of the first document, click here. To read a preview of the second, click here.

To view the Team Fable project blog, click here.

To view all of the Team Project diary entries, click here.

Level 3 Team Project - Summer Plan

As the summer break has now begun, weekly journal updates will be postponed until the first week of October, 2010.

Work completed over the summer will be posted to both my team and individual blog upon completion. Find below a link to the teams 'Summer Plan', of which was presented to Brian, Phil and Claire the last week of May. The Summer Plan contains a more in-depth overview of what work will be completed over the course of the summer, with the specific individual tasks each member is to complete.

Click here to be taken to the Team Fable 'Summer Plan.'

To view the Team Fable project blog, click here.

To view all of the Team Project diary entries, click here.