Date: October 28, 2014

I missed a week... Oops!

First of all, the level was very well received by the class. In fact, we passed our Stage One challenge and are progressing at a much more rapid rate with the project, now! That, however, has led to some serious complications.

The Future

The Science

Our primary focus, since we are using Multiple Sclerosis (MS) as our inspiration, is on the neurons within the human brain. These biological circuits create and transmit electrical signals called action potential (AP). These transmitting APs represent... well... everything. Every thought you've ever had, every thing you've ever done, can be traced back to these impulses. As such, they are quite important.

MS attacks the exterior mylein sheath of the neuron and prevents AP from being transmitted to other neurons. If a neuron cannot fire, it may as well be dead. Using that as inspiration, I put the player inside of a neuron and gave them the purpose of repairing damaged microtubual segments and cleansing infected ones. Because neurons are very decisive (either on or off, no in between), I made sure the player knew just when they had succeeded.

Overall, I would say that the level is very successful in allowing us to further express our vision. In addition, we now have a world space to continue to edit. No more are we working in the realm of imagination!

The Science Fiction

Nanobots, a swirling collection of shiny new technology. With meshes and shader work by our own Adam Zemany, we have achieved a look unlike anything else we've seen done before. Our testers thoroughly enjoyed it, let's hope our class does too!