{"id":1091,"date":"2026-05-21T03:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2026-05-21T03:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:41:52","slug":"sprint-3-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/2026\/05\/21\/sprint-3-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprint 3 Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As sprint 1 proved so successful towards making the development of Haerenga so efficient, I wanted to do the same thing but for other aspects of the game that weren&#8217;t the platforming sections during this sprint. This sprint worked really well towards preparing the overall progression of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, it was really a shame that we had to decide to cut the last (and most interesting) level from the game. It made sense and I believe was the correct decision to make from the standpoint of meeting the deadline, but in terms of the game&#8217;s vision and intention to be a difficult and precise platformer, It really hindered the overall experience. Furthermore, the cutting out of extra island(s) resulted in a smaller emphasis on the star navigation aspect of the game. This was really a shame as I believe it was a really unique mechanic for a puzzle and means of progression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What went well:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preparation for parts of the game that aren&#8217;t platforming was really valuable\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prevented a lot of headaches and redoing in the future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ideas and work done in this sprint really gave the game a lot of identity, separating it from just another platformer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Critical analysis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cutting final island from the game, resulted in missed opportunity for:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More precise, quick and difficult platforming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More interesting star navigation puzzles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As sprint 1 proved so successful towards making the development of Haerenga so efficient, I wanted to do the same thing but for other aspects of the game that weren&#8217;t the platforming sections during this sprint. This sprint worked really well towards preparing the overall progression of the game. However, it was really a shame [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprint-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1092,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions\/1092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}