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Episode 03

Another productive episode! We finally got to a place to open Articulate Storyline. Woohoo!

First, I promised myself and viewers I would not work on this project after the broadcast. That doesn’t mean I can’t stop thinking about it! I made some notes after Episode 2 so I wouldn’t forget to address in today’s episode.

Episode 2 post-broadcast notes
Episode 2 post-broadcast notes

Some would argue the Story View sketched outline is “working on the project” but it is just my way of making notes. Okay, okay…so I cheated a smidgen.

These notes led the discussion of a mention of something that was bugging me the day before but I couldn’t quite figure out. Turns out I need to address backward game play once the first move is made. Meaning, what if a user returns a ring back to the same spot it was just moved from? How do I allow the opportunity for multiple positions of a of one ring moved and how do I evaluate which position on which tower needs to be activated? I think I have it figured out but may need to test a couple ideas once I get into Storyline.

Pondering backward play opened up yet another question in how do I count the move. If a user moves a ring to a new position, that counts as one move. However, if a user completes the move but then decides to return the same ring back to the position it was just move from, does that also count as one move? Or, is that two moves? It’s not critical to decide now but certainly something I need to think on a bit longer.

That led to opening ProCreate on the iPad Pro and sketching a few more ideas on game play.

Episode 3 - sketch 1
Episode 3 – sketch 1

I copied over the pseudo code from a Episode 2 sketch and mapped out a new Tower of Hanoi to sketch a new look at game play. At this point I felt a sense of overthinking things and started pondering the notion of adding another set of number variables. It just wasn’t clicking in my brain that the current set of T/F variables was enough to evaluate drop targets. Which drop targets are available for ring placement plus which drop targets are occupied by an existing ring and considered not available? Something to note – when I sketch a question mark while designing it’s my way of not committing to that idea yet (blue notes “Number Var?”)

Next, I reviewed the graphic assets in Adobe Illustrator and explained why height and width dimensions were added (see Episode 2). While in Illustrator I mapped out a quick visual of what the initial Story View (Storyline speak) will look like.

Initial Story View visual map
Initial Story View visual map

Lastly, I opened Articulate Storyline (Yay!) and set player properties, added variables, inserted graphic assets, and assigned object naming conventions. Got a LOT done!

Episode 3- Storyline screen
Episode 3- Storyline screen

 


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Storyline Live! Main page

Episode 1 – Aug 07, 2017

Episode 2 – Aug 08, 2017

Episode 3 – Aug 09 – YOU ARE HERE

Episode 4 – Aug 10, 2017

Episode 5 – Aug 11, 2017

Episode 6 – Aug 14, 2017

Episode 7 – Aug 15, 2017

Episode 8 – Aug 18, 2017

Episode 9 – Aug 22, 2017

Episode 10 – Aug 23, 2017

Episode 11 – Aug 24, 2017

Episode 12 – Aug 25, 2017

Episode 17 – Sep 05, 2017

Episode 18 – Sep 07, 2017

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Episode 20 – Sep 14, 2017

Episode 21 – Sep 15, 2017

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Episode 24 – Sep 29, 2017

Episode 25 – Oct 06, 2017

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