This is the lecture I gave at Casual Connect 2012. About our production experience at Digitopolis game Studio, on developing this game Cards n Castles, it's a social facebook game that merge a card game and a city building game into one game.

2. Digitopolis Game Studio
Cards and Castles
Development experience
Problems/Solutions
SUMMARY

3. DIGITOPOLIS GAME STUDIO

4. IPHONE APPLICATIONS

5. GAME KIOSK

6. LEADING TO CURRENT
2 Programmers
PROJECT
2 Graphics Designers
2 Game Designers
2 Producers
TEAM

8. STARTING POINT

9. We have an old on-line card game
STARTING POINT

10. We have an old on-line card game
We want to make a social game
STARTING POINT

11. We have an old on-line card game
We want to make a social game
We want it to be different
STARTING POINT

12. We have an old on-line card game
We want to make a social game
We want it to be different
On one meeting, one programmer yell
"Castles!"
STARTING POINT

13. You will get material for each building from playing
card games.
You will get coins from playing in castles everyday.
Every little thing is a game of chance, we were trying
to give player a little fun experiences here and there.
Rewards, Trophy, Quests
Social share points.
OUR FIRST CONCEPTS

14. Quests
Shares
Rewards
Achievements
Materials
Etc.
Coins
OUR FIRST CONCEPT

15. Limited resources.
Self funding.
Need to do other projects at the
same time.
The team still lack of experiences.
OUR WEAKNESS

16. A great bunch of 2D Artists.
We are addicted to social games.
We are small and very agile.
We are willing to try new things.
OUR STRENGTH

17. Using Agile Methodology.
Cycles and Reviews.
Everyday meeting.
Burn charts. Etc...
Still have to get work for hire jobs.
Shuffling staffs on projects.
OUR DEVELOPMENT PLAN

18. Concentrate on the card game
first.
Building the game logic.
Building the server.
Designer working ahead for the
next parts.
FIRST CYCLE PLAN

19. We simplified the Castles part.
We axed the material requirement.
We get rid of building time.
We add a Capsule machine.
Play cards and get Token
FIRST CYCLE REVIEW

20. FIRST CYCLE REVIEW

21. Still finishing the card game.
Build the capsule machine.
Design what is it going to look
like.
We love the concept that we have
another thing for addictions....
SECOND CYCLE PLAN

22. SECOND CYCLE REVIEW

23. CAPSULE MACHINE

24. SECOND CYCLE REVIEW

26. Quests
Shares
Assets
Rewards
Tokens
Achievements
Etc.
Coins and assets
OUR NEW CONCEPT

27. Start making the castle parts.
Make lots of assets.
Programmers continue to fixing
bugs. (we did have a small bug
smash cycles.)
Still have tons of features left.
THIRD AND FOURTH CYCLE PLAN

28. THIRD CYCLE REVIEW

30. Fixing bugs.
Iron out interfaces.
Tutorials.
Shops
Sharing systems.
Localized
Get rid of quests,
use trophy instead
Close beta test.
FINISHING PLAN

45. Currently we are on In the future we
close beta testing.
want to add more
card games to the
Still finishing up the platform.
UI.
Open for any
Will develop store publishing company.
next.
And localizations.
NEXT PLAN

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Thank You/QA Time