Beat the Buzz

Currently making the 3d scene for the beat the buzz mini game and tweaking my final presentation for media project.

3d animations

Currently rendering a 3d animation in 3d studio max and have completed 3 in that last few days.
i have archived my blog thus far and will continue to so so until the final presentation.
here is a screenshot of the 3d scene I have been animating.

Sketches

Here are a few sketches I drew up of GUI's and some ideas on how to implement game logic.

3D Animations

Currently working on a test render of a 3d animation I made in 3dsmax using a model I downloaded off turbo squid. This will be a visualization of what one of the 4 games will look like as a final product.

Prototype Feedback

The following is feedback received from my latest presentation and will be take in to account for the final presentation.
Don't include the date of left handers day in presentation.
Go in to further detail of how my website is made.
Make the finished game a clearer goal and focus more on its creation.
Split main and deliverable aim in to different slides with more detail.
Show examples of content made for left handers day before and explain what I think of it.
Test.
Don't rely on notes.

It has been far too long since I posted something with substance.
I have since handed up my final proposal and am currently working on a prototype for the prototype presentation on 20/11/2014.
I am making my prototype in flash. the purpose of my prototype is to show how the user will use the games several  screens.
Below are several screenshots of progress and coding used. Note there is no graphics here since i didn't want to add anything that will be in the final project. Also several pages will be blank since they will be 3d animations on the final project.

Currently working on making Proposal 1.4 after mounds of feedback.
research and development presentation due this Thursday the 28th of  October.

After figuring out the aim of my project and after tackling several idea I am most fond of the idea to use a virtual reality simulator like the Oculus rift or the project Morpheus to put right handed people in the shoes of a left handed person. Though the Virtual reality simulators offer no means to mimic hand movement there is a peripheral piece of technology that was demoed at E3 in 2014 called "Control VR" that can mimic hand movements and allow developers to augment and edit that feature.
My plan is to use this to showcase how normal everyday acts can become monotonous or aggravating if you had to be left handed.

Kickstarter for Control VR- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/controlvr/control-vr-motion-capture-for-vr-animation-and-mor

E3 Demo- http://youtu.be/7A21Y6nVHZM

After feedback and a week of deliberation I have decided to change the day i will be using for the final project.
I will now be using Left Handers Day on August 13th.
After researching left handers day I learned it was created to promote the inconveniences faced by left handed people everyday, it celebrates their uniqueness. there is also a more serious part of the day which shines a light on the issue that left handed people are more likely to develop schizophrenia. The days aim is to also to improve product design for left handed people.
Right handed people are encouraged during this day to use left handed tools to see how awkward it can be to not have sufficient use of everyday items.
My projects aim should be to show right handed people how difficult it can be to use your left hand regularly.

22/09/2014

I was given the international day of happiness on march 20th as my initial jumping off point. For my other two days I chose Vegetarians day on October 1st and Left Handers day on August 13th.

I found Happiness day a bit to broad of a subject and very difficult to come up with a interactive counterpart.
I am angling towards Vegetarians day since I found it easy to come up with a interactive counterpart that I find appealing.
Furthermore I researched Left handers day and came up with suitable interactive counterparts.