Teaching Blogging
Friday, January 8, 2021
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Design Thinking Process - Empathize, Design, Prototype
I am creating a website for my partner, <Saahil>. Below are the requirements my partner provided.
EMPATHIZE:
1. What is the purpose of your website? ---New Year - Self Reflect
2. What is your fav quote that resonates with the purpose of this blog. - colors, font, alignment - gsdgsdgsdgsdhg
3. You stand for - choose two (kindness & compassion, integrity, justice, All-beings rights) - video, .gif - kindness & compassion - justice, all-beings rights
4. New Year resolution (healthy-wise, personality-improve, academics, community) - pictures - .jpg, .jpeg, .png, hyperlink - no junk food, kindness, math, help with dishes
DESIGN:
PROTOTYPE:
Friday, December 4, 2020
Peer Game: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype/Test
I am creating a game for my partner/user/customer, <first name of your partner>. My partner want the below requirements in the game.
EMPATHIZE:
Platformer (jumping) or top-down (no gravity)? platformer
One big game or multiple levels - Levels
What type of game do you like? - Adventure (adventure/fantasy/puzzle/maze/action/horror)
What type of character -
Background - Jungle
How hard do you want (Easy, Hard, Progressive) - Progressive
Time? Easy to Hard
Do you want blocks in the game that will give you more health - Yes
Health for avatar - Would love that
Health for enemies - a little bit only
Do you like surprises (ghost block, bacteria, redblock, glass) - I love them
Do you like wrap-around - ofcourse
How do you want to win (gold block, coins, killing, key) - one of these in each level
Enemies or no enemies - enemies are fun at times
What type of enemies
Shooting enemies or dodging enemies - shooting
Do you like walking into wall full of hidden stars path (tree level) -YES
Boss fight (fighting one big sprite with lot of help) - in one level
ESCORT/VIP characters - YES YES
Moving blocks - elevators - sounds fun
Riddles - messages - not so much, if you put messages, make it short
Speed of enemies? easy to hard
Do you like portal? - sounds exciting - can't wait
DEFINE:
Theme:jfgjdfgj
Challenges:fgjfgjfdgjfdgj
IDEATE: --- Finish by Monday - don't forget to respond to people who emailed you.
Feedback:
User:
Domain expert:
similar thinking:
thinking different: jfjfj
rough sketch picture AFTER implementing the above feedback.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Friday, October 30, 2020
Prototype/Test: Virtual Background for Nikhil
Empathize: User requirements
- To make people want to go outside
- To tell them to stay healthy and go outside
- playing outside and getting exercise
- Grass and a thing saying Go Outside
- Kind, likes Minecraft
- Getting a dog
- Respect
- Play Minecraft
- earth colors
- 3 may keep a secret but 2 are dead


