About The Process
Our
Story
This game started as a project for CSDS 390 - Advanced Game Development at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Art.
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Teams of 11 were made in the course that consisted of 8 programmers and 3 artists with meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week. Our team also held additional meetings on Sundays and Tuesday evenings of each week.
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Our group had about 4 months to create a game from scratch with no prompt. All elements of the game had to be original/custom and have all members contribute to the final project. Each group member put in a minimum of 3 hours of work per week to contribute to this project.
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After concept and planning meetings, our game went through 11 milestone stages:
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Concept Stage
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Sandbox Stage
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Most Viable Product 1
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Most Viable Product 2
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Most Viable Product 3
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Content Integration 1
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Content Integration 2
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Playtesting Stage
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Bug Stabilization Stage
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Pre-Final Stage
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Final Publication
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We also decided to divide our team into subgroups to allow members to work where it suited their strengths and to avoid losing track of work:
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Puzzle Team
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Art Team
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Music Team
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Environment Team
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Effects Team