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Game Design: The Production Plan
The document outlines the phases of game development overseen by the producer. It discusses establishing the project scope through documents, determining staffing needs, and that salaries make up the largest part of the budget. It also describes dividing the project into categories and tasks, prioritizing tasks, estimating task lengths and risks, and using tools like Microsoft Project to maintain schedules and track milestones like alpha, beta, and gold master.
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Game Design: The Production Plan
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- 3. Phases of GameDevelopment All Overseen by the Producer Used as a reference for Artists & Animators
- 5. • GDD andTDD should provide enough info to determine the scope of the project and will determine the staff size • The staffing plan lists the full-time staff required • The largest part of the budget is for employees’ salaries
- 6. When our teamworks together we glide forward easily – Design Director and Design Team – Technical Director and Programming Team – Producer and Management Team
- 7. When our teamworks together we glide forward easily – Art Director and Art Team – Audio Director and Audio Team – Director and Testing Team – Flexible Staffing
- 9. • The projectis divided in major categories • Categories broken to individual tasks • tasks are prioritized
- 10. • task length •tasks risk assessment and alternative solutions • top-down planning • down - top: new technologies involved
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- 14. Master Project Schedule •Microsoft Project • the technical director maintains the software schedule, the art director the art schedule, design director - the design schedule • the producer needs the Master Project Schedule in order to see the whole picture • Milestones • specific points in the schedule where various components are integrated, an end result could be produced • milestones should be entered into the schedule every 4-6 weeks • Ex. • Alpha • Beta • Gold Master
- 16. Could be brokeninto monthly increments: CATAGORIES • fixed cost - salaries, rent, electricity • variable cost - short-turn contractors, capital expenses, travel and entertainment, software license fees Budget could be broken to : • salaries • general and administrative • research and development • licenses • travel and entertainment
- 17. • SALARIES LargestPart of the Budget
- 18. • SALARIES ofAdministration
- 20. Research & Development OneTime Cost
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