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Monday 3rd Feb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We received a lecture from guest speaker Paul Macgillivray, who advised us on project management and production techniques. He told us to break down the GDD into key deliverables, and break the deliverables down into tasks (the steps taken to achieve them). We then sorted tasks in order of priority considering dependencies, then added time frames. This makes tracking progress and collaboration easier, as well as planning for delegations and risk factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Production management applied to our game<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Anna then made a Jira version of the above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So we ended the meeting having new tasks and knowing which to complete first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 6th Feb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Road-mapping<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophie made us aware of the importance of contingency plans – planning ahead for potential emergencies and knowing what could be cut from the game if required. We had to decide who would take in someone else’s work if they were no longer able to complete it, and choose areas of the game that were not essential to the final product incase we had to remove them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also crafted some user stories, looking at the game from a players perspective. This helps us understand their desires for the game from a player perspective, and not just focusing on our personal vision. It also helps us understand players frustrations and dislikes so we can do our best to avoid them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our user stories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n