This schedule outlines the tasks and deadlines for a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production Games Design final major project at Salford City College Eccles Sixth Form Centre. Key tasks include secondary and primary research on existing sandbox games by week 4, pitching an idea by week 7, completing pre-production including a plan, budget, and timetable by week 8, building game assets and basic functionality in Unity by week 10, alpha testing by week 16, and completing a final evaluation by week 20.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTec Level 3
Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
Games Design
Final Major Project
Schedule
Review date: 06.02.13
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
w/b 04.02.13 Task 1 - FMP Launch
Meeting
w/b 11.02.13 Half-Term
w/b 18.02.13 Book meeting slot
with project manager.
Begin secondary
research into existing
sandbox games
Begin primary
research in into
sandbox games
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 25.02.13 Finish off all research
assignments in task 1
Begin Ideas generation
And set up blog
Complete Ideas
generation and update
blog with task 2 and 3
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 04.03.13 Task 4: Pitch must
take place by this
week.
Finish Task 4 by this
point
Begin Pre-production Make a plan, including
budget and time, and
hold a pre-production
meeting.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 11.03.13 Task 5: Pre-production
must take place by
this week.
Begin creating building
assets, including
textures.
Continue plan, budget
and work out wages.
Plan and budget must
be finished by this
point.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 18.03.13 Investigate
appropriate colour
scheme.
Plan and budget must
be finished by this
point.
Begin to build basic
functionality using
unity.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
25.03.13 Easter Review Schedule and
Production Log
01.04.13 Easter Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 08.04.13 Create other assets,
e.g. characters.
Create other
environment assets.
Continue working on
functionality.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 15.04.13 Work on completing
functionality.
Keep working on
functionality
Keep working on
functionality
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 22.04.13 Fix issues involving
controls with in the
built game
Review Schedule and
Production Log

2. w/b 29.04.13 Finish first ‘alpha
stage’ and test it.
Make siome changes
based on feedback
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 06.05.13 Complete scoring
system for new game
mode.
Finish and Beta test Make appropriate
changes to the game.
Evaluation Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 13.05.13 Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 20.05.13 Task 8: Evaluation
should take place no
later than the
beginning of this
week.
DEADLINE