week 9 update

One of the things we did this week was take one of the levels that we had brainstormed previously and visualized it and experienced with some of the artistic styles that we may want to adopt.

The top image is the original and the second image is the refined (visualized) version of what it might look like as a final level.

The 3rd to 8th image represents our current interface iteration.







Image 1: Here a black and a blue character are working together.

Image 2: The black character presses one simple button to bring up a dial of 8 icons around his character and selects the message he wants to convey using the mouse as a selection tool.

Image 3: After choosing his action, he must then choose out of the 4 available colors to specific which of the 4 characters this message is for. (black, blue, red, green)

Image 4: A 3rd and final step requires the user to click on the direction or area of interest that this message/icon pretains to.

Image 5: Finally this icon/message is displayed over the user character's head for all other users to see.

We have also done some additional brainstorming for level/puzzles.