Week 10

Weekly Instructors Meeting

03/16/2026

Team Act VI

Members - Aidan Terry, Di Wen, Elizabeth Lin, Linda Wang, Ling Lin, Sudarshan Choudhari

CONTENTS

01. Halves feedback

02. This week’s goals

03. Timeline

Potential TODO List

02.

03.

HUME AI

GENRE

PUP

List the most important highlight from last quarter. Did you meet your targets? Were there any major achievements?

Keep it short - you can expand in the following slides.

Describe another important highlight from last quarter.

Describe another important highlight from last quarter.

01.

CMU Fair

Playtesting

Challenges

Week 12

March 28th - Actors? ETC Students?

This week’s goals

AI - AI

Puppeteer

Green room

Hume AI

Genre

Set Up Twitch

Nina Conti / Paul Zerdin

Ventriloquist Masks?

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Pushback mechanic

API Integration

NINA CONTI / HUMAN PUPPETEERING

• Ventriloquism Tool
• Nina Conti
• Paul Zerdin
• Arduino Controlled?

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NINA CONTI / HUMAN PUPPETEERING

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MEDICAL DRAMA

MYSTERY / THRILLER

SUPERHERO

• Doctor / Patient
• Surgeon / Intern
• EMT / Patient

• The Pitt
• Grey’s Anatomy
• ER

• Private Detective
• Police Procedural
• Stylized Pulp?
• Gritty Realism?

• The Maltese Falcon
• Murder on the Orient Express
• Chinatown

• Hero / Villain
• Hero / City Hall
• Hero / Citizen

• Batman
• The Avengers
• Wonder Woman

Staples:

• Strong characters
• Social Deduction
• Interrogations
• Stylized Dialogue

Staples:

• Medical jargon
• Fast-Paced Dialogue
• Clear Status Hierarchies
• Extreme Scenarios

Staples:

• Dramatic Stakes
• Repartee
• Justice vs. Authority
• Good vs. Evil

POTENTIAL TIMELINE

CATCHING UP

& START DOC

PUPPETEER

TESTING

CARNIVAL/ DOCUMENT

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FINAL PLAYTESTING

FINALS

PLAYTESTING