Quick and Dirty - Producing Small PC Games

Quick and Dirty: Producing Small PC Games
Paraluman Cruz
Producer/designer
Boomzap Entertainment

What is Boomzap?

Our setup
Virtual office
Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)
Small teams

Quick and dirty prototyping
Build working prototypes as fast as possible
Keep things ugly until the last possible second
Revise or scrap until the game is fun

Milestones

1. Build working prototypes as fast as possible

Daily builds
Quickly see and play an idea
Shared with the publisher

Tools

2. Keep things ugly until the last possible second

Placeholders
Playable crappy art, UI, etc
Lessens wait time / dependency

3. REVISE OR SCRAP until the game is fun

Waste vs. value
Cost of change

Daily build testing
Is it working?
Is it fun?

Quick and dirty prototyping
Build working prototypes as fast as possible
Keep things ugly until the last possible second
Revise or scrap until the game is fun

Tips for successful prototyping
Train the team
Train the publisher
Learn when to stop revising

Thank you!
luna@boomzap.com
For more information:
www.boomzap.com