Idea Conceptualized

The teams have two ideas at the moment. So we've each come up with something and we're pushing forward. Thanks to Ann's love of the coopetition method of team work the plan is that instead of having all of us work on one idea and push that one forward we're going to have two teams sort of competing but at the same time working together to help each other and push two plans forward.

I'm not sure how much I can share about my group's idea so I'll just leave it at we have one and let you wait to find out what it is. Now that our two groups have come up with ideas and presented them to our Creative Director who has given suggestions and a thumbs up we're now going to begin the documentation process.

On another note Aminata is coming tomorrow, which is a big thing. She's our client so we're all excited and nervous about meeting her. We hope she likes the ideas we've come up with and where we're planning on bringing the project. She is also giving a talk to the campus so not only is she coming to talk to us but we're also sharing her with the rest of campus, which I believe is in the mission statement of the EMC to share our important guests with the college community as a whole.

Missing

Have you ever felt like you were forgetting something constantly. Just something at the edge of your mind waiting for you to remember and then you remember and you feel even worse that you forgot your mother's birthday then when you just knew you missed something? That's what I feel like right now. I'll be thinking to myself that something's missing and then I'll realize what it is. One of the artists in my classes, and on the UNFPA project team has decided that game art and animation is not where she wants to be. So she has left Champlain College and the project. We're all walking around and when we're not sure if someone knows we'll bring it up or at random times we'll just turn to each other and say "that sucks."

I don't think any of us expected people to be leaving the project unless they were graduating. I also don't think any of us were expecting anyone to leave the major now, considering most of us are juniors or older. It came as a surprise and a shock. I remember when she told me she asked if I was ready for some bad news and I said "No!" with the straightest please don't tell me something bad face I could muster. I wasn't expecting what she told me and while I had been joking around with the bad news face it quickly turned into a giant frown and puppy dog eyes, that didn't work.

But she's made up her mind, packed her things, and moved on. All I can do now is smile and be happy for her. I Don't feel like comparing my abroad experiences right now. I'm putting it off until next week.

Goodbye Jaime. I think I speak for all of us when I say

we'll miss you.

Taking the Plunge Again

Sorry for my lack of communication the past couple weeks. For anyone following this blog and not the blog for the UN project I'm on, we made it back safe and sound. It was a very good trip but still quite depressing for obvious reasons. We've begun work on the next step in this phase of the project and that's copying our notes down into digital form, transcribing all our interviews, etc.

Classes have also started up again. This semester the classes most related to my major that I am taking are Game Engine I where we're looking at the Torque 3D engine, specifically Torque Game Engine Advanced, and Level Design where we're working in the Unreal 3 Engine. In no other major can I see them having you buy a game for a class.

Well thought I'd update everyone, but unfortunately I'm already behind schedule with all my homework and the projects for the EMC so I'm going to leave you here and get back to work.

PS. Some of you may know that I've traveled abroad before as a Student Ambassador with People to People. I'm working on a comparison post for all of you in the next week to let you know how it compares to my other travels.