I'm
Daniel!

I was simultaniously desigining this project as a  study that needed IRB approval, a capstone for Interactive Media, and I was going to be a team lead. I started by creating limitations for the experiment, then I started making limitations in human captal and time. After I found my limitations I started desigining one-pagers, flow charts, and a wiki for my developers to look at.

I would design a one pager and look for issues. If non were found I would make a flowchart outlining the gameplay loo
ps and experiment criteria, if I found issues I would return to step one. Eventually I landed on a 2 v 2 concept involving easy to use console controllers. Rounds would last 2 minutes and data would be collected as players selected emoticons. Throughout development we would do QA testing once a week on gameplay mechanics and UI interaction. This data would be used to iterate a prototype that was made every 4 weeks and tested by students in the major.

To get approval for this project I needed funding, approval for research, and approval to host a development studio, traditional reserved for MFA students. I started by contacting professors in both the Psychology and Interactive Media Departments. After arguing the value of the project I was able to obtain the chair of psychology and the director of the MFa program as my advisors. We designed a direted study that would allow me to apply for a grant, craft and honors proposal, and create a greenlit studio proposal.

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