More Updates

So I met with Brett, and someone from Porters/University Centers about how our actual performance is going to go down.

It seems the school wants to have a "TRON" themed dance at Porters this quarter and they think our project fits perfectly with their event. We're still working out the bugs about hardwiring our communications between the server and the phones, but for the most part it seems like it's going to work out nicely for us. If this ends up being the venue, I'm going to skin our visual interface to play along with the TRON theme. Missile Command style already fits rather nicely for the light disk game in TRON, so this shouldn't be too difficult. Using this as our venue will also give us access to laser/lightshows and strobe lights, which will make gameplay more interesting to the spectators watching it unfold.

The current plan is to play it in Eucalyptus Grove just outside of Porters Pub during the event. We will brief players on gameplay and have them sign a wavier and leave their ID card when they receive the phone. The players will have some form of lights so they can see players and see where they are going despite it being dark outside.

Incorporating it with the Tron event should help generate interest as well as give the project an environment in which to incorporate itself into. We still need to firm up technicalities about reception and servers, but it is looking good for us. The people at University Centers seem really excited about the project and this is going to be incredibly helpful in planning the event.

Now we just need to hear back about the Russell Grant and start working through the coding finding out the phone's capabilities.