CCSS - Design Practice 3

Devlog

• Devlog 3: Beta (Casiana A)
  March 20, 2026 by casiana-atki

  With the results of our alpha playtesting, heading into beta development asked the team to re-examine our current game loop and address some of the major concerns our collected feedback outlined. Alth... Continue reading

  
• Stefan Devlog Beta
  March 18, 2026 by Auburn1

  Playtesting We knew we were going to be doing a functionality test since we wanted to ensure that players understood the controls and navigation first and foremost. In regard to understanding our them... Continue reading

  
• Grasman - Beta Devlog
  March 17, 2026 by Grasman.S#Beta

  Playtests: The Plan In my last Dev Log, I discussed the development of our playtest protocol in preparation for upcoming playtests. As a brief refresher, the team planned for the tests to take place i... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log: Beta - Calvin Ip
  March 13, 2026 by ipca

  Levels and Required Tasks Completion The level parameters in the inspector. Just before our first play test, I quickly whipped up a “level editor” that allows the team to determine the amount of s... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 2 Alpha: Stefan
  February 13, 2026 by Auburn1

  Determining Alpha build (and playtest build) requirements Our group’s philosophy was to get a playtest build as soon as possible because we wanted to determine what needed to be fixed/overhauled qui... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 2: Alpha (Casiana A.)
  February 11, 2026 by casiana-atki

  Over the last three to four weeks, the CCSS team has been working in various fields and constant cooperation in order to prepare our project, “Stimulants and Productivity”, for an upcoming playtes... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log: Alpha - Calvin Ip
  February 09, 2026 by ipca

  Sleep Shake to Wake When the energy bar is low, the player will doze, coving the screen with black. Originally, the waking up function required the player to simply move the mouse upon waking up. This... Continue reading

  
• Alpha Devlog - Sophia Grasman
  February 06, 2026 by Grasman.S#Alpha, #Playtest, #Preparation

  Devlog - Alpha Preparation for the first formal playtest build - Playtest Protocol As preparation for our incoming formal playtest, I created a playtest protocol document, a playtest script, a consent... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log: Preparation (Casiana A.)
  January 21, 2026 by casiana-atki

  Overview Over the past near three weeks, the team has focused on updating our documentation, solidifying the stimulant system in our game and beginning to work on establishing conventions and concepti... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 1: Preparation Stefan
  January 20, 2026 by Auburn1

  Regrouping with the team During the first week our group reassessed our goals and confirmed what tasks needed to get done before starting development in engine. Despite our team understanding the kind... Continue reading

  
• Preparation Devlog - Sophia Grasman
  January 19, 2026 by Grasman.S

  Pre-prep: Weekly Jira sprints Before diving into our preparation, the team wanted to ensure we could track our weekly progress. With help from Professor Gregory and my teammates, I set up sprints on J... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log: Prep - Calvin Ip
  January 18, 2026 by ipca#devlog

  House Keeping I took the time to review some of my code and refresh my memory on what I wrote. This was the perfect time to start moving some things around and catch things that don’t quite make sen... Continue reading

  
• Prototyping Devlog - Casiana A
  November 15, 2025 by casiana-atki#Devlog

  Our game is on Stimulants & Productivity, focusing on the player’s perspective and how they interpret the use of stimulants in a high-stress environment such as a new workplace. Our goal is to leave... Continue reading

  
• Grasman - Prototyping Devlog
  November 14, 2025 by Grasman.S##Prototype

  11/14/2025 Devlog #2 - Prototype Devlog The Investigation During this prototyping sprint, our team wanted to explore possible core gameplay mechanics to implement into our transformational game. As ou... Continue reading

  
• Stefan Prototyping log - Gameplay
  November 14, 2025 by Auburn1#Prototype

  Our group knew that we wanted to make a game about the dangers of misusing Stimulants, however when it came to how we would approach that in the mechanics of the game we discussed many different ideas... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log: Prototype Core Gameplay - Calvin Ip
  November 11, 2025 by ipca#game design, #prototyping

  Our team has shown strong concerns about the core gameplay design. We have decided to split up and create individual prototypes to show our interpretation of the design. While we all were looking on h... Continue reading