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23/10/24
Meeting goals - Distribute roles within our group as well as preparation for the presentation. We looked over al the work had had so far for the game as well as discussing any issues we had during this phase.

1/11/24

This week we discussed the storyboards we might include for this project on top of that we considered the mechanics we could put into our game to make it more interactive. On top of that we looked into what is and isn't feasible to do in Ren'py.

13/11/24

We did some consolidation of the plot to shorten the total run time of the game and to reduce the amount of assets we would have to create.

22/11/24

During our lesson this week we had a talk about the rough outline of the story and developed anchor points for us to latch onto in terms of writing the script. 

I was given Monday which consisted of the main character unpacking and introducing themselves to their flatmate.

Seb chose Tuesday which is the Lunch scene and the induction day.

Kenny got Wednesday which is the first day of actual lessons where the main character gets stressed out through the day and contacts their childhood friend

Niamh is on Thursday which is when the main character picks an outfit for an upcoming party while on call with their childhood friend.

Pantelis is on Friday which consists of some lessons then the party with different endings based on previous choices.

At this point we had quit a long break between as we were focusing on the business and admin side of this project as well as the Christmas break

31/1/25

This week we delegated some slightly new roles because some of us would've been lacking in things to do for the project as a whole if we continued in these roles because those aspects had been completed. On top of that our 2D lead gave us characters to focus on and produce assets for - i was given the childhood friend. Part of the way through this meeting we pivoted to the topic of Ren'py, Kenny was the most adept and confident in coding so that task was left to them to test and code while we developed assets.



7/02/25
This week we discussed the future of our game as well as future roles we may be able to pursue in the development of our game along side that we also talked about what other asset types need to be developed e.g. the UI design and the final character designs. We looked through what had already been produced and went from there. We also went through how we could improve our design pipeline of character design with the guidance of Niamh our character artist.

This week we are continuing our asset development and some alpha testing our game so far. Each of us by next week will have alpha tested the game and hopefully come back with our feedback for Kenny our programmer to alter anything they can.
During this meeting my role has been updated so that I will be in charge of the UI design after the script has been polished and finalised.

14/02/25

We didn't discuss much during this lesson but we did go over the feedback for Kenny and all of the kinks that needed to be ironed out. Other than that we continued creating assets and prep for our submission

21/02/25

This week we had a quick demo with our music student collaborator. During this demo she gave us a run down of the type of tracks she has made so far and asked us what kind of sound we would like going forward as well as how we can solidify a consistent motif to give the game sound more of an identity.

28/2/25

This week we introduced a new member of the team to our project, they are essentially functioning as a freelancer and QA tester. 

7/03/25 
Not much discussion happened this week it was mostly asset creation and some polishing. I started the production of a background image for the start of the game.

14/03/25 
Again not much discussion for this week - we just got on with work and I started to fill in some gaps in my blog mostly on anxiety research and redoing some benchmark games research as our vision has shifted slightly.

21/03/25

This week we continued production - I finished the introduction background and started producing more choice screens

4/04/25

During our meeting this week we once again discussed whether to feature our main character in the game visually as well as whether we've already come too far to change it. We have also added in some more complete assets and have a better grasp on what still needs completing - I now also have some UI tasks to complete those being the sliders in the menu and put the new text boxes in the most recent build of the game as well as having a look at the other UI images that might need tuning.

25/04/25

This session consisted mostly of production however we did discuss how we could convey 
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