Completion of Installation by Danny Sharp

In the final week of making our installation and the final changes to our project we had a class visit to the Rotunda to demonstrate the game in action. Here was the last chance to showcase our project to the class and the guests from the Rotunda museum. When showing our installation we got positive feedback apart from the audio, which was yet to be finished. Little chances have been changed this week on the visuals including the timer instead of the max/msp timer to link the timer in I decided to use a sand/hour glass timer. This was to give the user more relaxation, so they wouldn't worry about the time going down. Another change I made to the installation was that whilst the game is loading there is a loading screen so the user will not be clicking on the screen not knowing what to do. This week we will be making final changes to the patch, audio and visuals so that it will be ready to hand-in for the exhibition.

These are the timers which have used instead of the max/msp timer.

This is the loading screen for the installation.

Audio Update - Andy Ayres

Now all of the audio is recorded and mixed which includes:

1) Sea Shanty Song
2) Book page turns
3) Pop up (Neptune)
4) Wrong answer
5) Congratulation/failure
6) Background sea
7) Successful answer
8) Fish catcher
9) Intro
10) Instructions

Update Saturday 6th November by Danny Sharp

Coming closer to the day of the exhibition I have been putting the finishing touches to the visuals for the installation. On monday our group had to present a demonstration of the installation to the other groups and our visitors. The visitors then gave us feedback on our project, which was mostly positive. On the visuals they commented on the text and how it wasn't as clear as it could have been throughout the installation and so to improve it i would need to change this. Also they commented on how it wasn't very clear how to play the game so I have created an instruction video to make it easier for the user to know how to play the game. For the project I have made been making videos to entice potential users to the installation and to learn more about the charms of our exhibition. During the week I have been working on the book (prepare the crew) section of the installation and I have been finalising the layouts. As a group we recorded a video to use as the book page turning, which I then had to edit to make the final product. When making this I encountered timing problems for the pages to work as i wanted them too, but with the time I put in I was able to achieved the desired transaction of the page turnings.

Audio Update - Andy Ayres

With the sea shanty song now recorded for the introduction page finished at home, i think it would be best if I record a final version at university as the quality isn't as best as it could be. Although I am happy with the overall writing of the little jingle.

As well listening to the feedback on the audio from Rob and Mark I think I will have to recorded most of the audio again as some takes to long to kick in, plus volume/timing/relevance issues also apply. As well to record it all at the studio instead of at home will be best in the long run.