GDD410 Game Lab 5

Schedule

Earn an additional 2 points on your professionalism grade (10%) if you email me a screenshot of the confirmation you recieved upon completing the course evaluation for this class. To get the credit, I must receive it before our final class on Wednesday 12/5. You will also have the opportunity to give feedback via a short class-specific survey the last day of class.

Here is the class specific survey:
https://goo.gl/forms/RL7W12SNwAuAnkMg2

Monday

Wednesday

8/27/18: Introductions

Class Resources: Videos
Homework: Website + OneDrive + Read + Play Due Wednesday 8/29/18

8/29/18: In-Class Exercise

Class Resources: Marshmallow Challenge
Assignment 1: Iteration Paper Due Wednesday 9/5/18

9/3/18: Labor Day — No School

9/5/18: Ricochet Demo

Class Resources: Simple Vector Game
Assignment 2: Ricochet Game Due Monday 9/10/18

9/10/18: Make It Juicy Demo

Class Resources: Tweens
Be prepared to present your game in class
Assignment 3: Make It Juicy Due Friday 9/14/18

9/12/18: IsoCars Demo 1

Assignment 4: IsoCars Game Due Friday 9/21/18

9/17/18: IsoCars Demo 2

Here is where we left off.
Use this document to help select your teammates. Individuals may revise this spreadsheet as they see fit. Due Monday 9/24/18
Please review these process-related challenges to discuss on Monday Due Monday 9/24/18

9/19/18: Yom Kippur — No School

9/24/18: Project Preparation

Final project structure discussion
Gamelab Suggestion Box
Class Resources: Scrum and Trello resources
Homework: Trello, Roles, Brainstorm, Sketches Due Wednesday 9/26/18

9/26/18: Trello, Roles, Brainstorm, Sketches

Brainstorm and Sketch Presentations
Assignment Redos Due Wednesday 10/3/18
Homework: Research, Pitch, Mission Statement, MVP, Platform, and Roles for Design Doc Due Monday 10/1/18

10/1/18: Final Project Ideation

Research, Pitch, Mission, MVP, Platform, and Roles for Design Doc Presentation
Homework: Game Design Document Due Monday 10/8/18

10/3/18: Development Day

Come prepared to work on your design documents and MVP in class
Homework: Create initial backlog and task lists Due Monday 10/8/18

10/8/18: Week 1 — Project Formulation

Presentations of design documents and backlog
Sprint #1 begins

10/10/18: Week 1 — Individual Meetings

Come prepared to work on your MVP in class
Be ready to present something interactive to me during individual meetings

10/15/18: Week 2 — MVP Presentation

Presentations of MVP
- Resource MOBA: Katie, Alex W, Alex H, Luke.
  - GOAL: Fast-paced, resource-based, high tension local-multiplayer battle arena game.
- History Battle: Nick, Alex C, Sean, James
  - GOAL: Historical character-based asymetrical local-multiplayer battle arena game.
- Wigglemeister: Jarrod, Andrew, Chad, Clay
  - GOAL: Funny, irreverant, mechanics-based movement game. Frustrating in a good way.

10/17/18: Week 2 — Playtest (1)

Playtest and evaluation Due Thursday 10/18/18

10/22/18: Week 3 — MVP v2 Presentation

Presentations of weekly contributions and new build addressing feedback.
Analysis of playtest data. Summarize. Interpret. Find patterns.
Create action items.

10/24/18: Week 3 — Individual Meetings

Siphon playtest.
Come prepared to work on your game in class
Be ready to present progress to me during individual meetings

10/29/18: Week 4 — Presentation

Email me any additional playtest questions before class on Wednesday.

10/31/18: Week 4 — Playtest (2)

Playtest and evaluation Due Thursday 11/1/18
Prepare Midterm Presentations Due Monday 11/5/18

11/5/18: Week 5 — Midterm Presentations

Midterm expectations

11/7/18: Week 5 — Individual Meetings

Come prepared to work on your game in class
Be ready to present progress to me during individual meetings

11/12/18: Week 6 — Presentation

I will be travelling for an exhibition. Professor Bertozzi will be filling in for critique.
Weekly progress reports

11/14/18: Week 6 — Playtest (3)

Playtest and evaluation Due Thursday 11/15/18

11/19/18: Thanksgiving

11/21/18: Thanksgiving

11/26/18: Week 7 — Presentation

Start preparing for your launch on the platform of your choice.
Your game should be feature complete.

12/5/18: Week 7 — Playtest (4)

Playtest and evaluation Due Thursday 12/6/18
Prepare your publishing materials. Due Monday 12/3/18

12/3/18: Week 8 — Final Game Presentation

Publishing materials due.

12/5/18: Week 8 — Individual Meetings

Come prepared to work on your game in class
Be ready to present progress to me during individual meetings

12/10/18: Final Exam Monday at 10:30am

Please prepare the following materials for the final.