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Game Development Project Management/Concept
This document discusses key aspects of game development project management and concepts. It begins by outlining the important role of the project manager in coordinating development. It then discusses developing an initial game concept, including generating ideas, assessing feasibility, and presenting the concept. The next section covers creating a treatment for the concept by defining elements like genre, style, plot, characters, environment, and objectives. Finally, it briefly mentions analyzing strengths and weaknesses of a development team and differences between developing for PCs versus game consoles.
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- 3. Project Manager THE GLUEthat holds the Project together ! Master of ceremonies
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- 7. Educate Senior Management Fostera culture of Organization Steps to Avoid Problems
- 8. Creative Road Map FIRSTCONCEPT
- 9. CreatingaGAMECONCEPT The GameConcept Game concept idea is the central piece for development of a game. CONCEPT, THINK DIFFERENTLY…. Problems in game development arise during: Assessing the idea Deciding on the feasibility of the idea Presenting the concept to the publisher
- 10. Inspiration- Where toget ideas. Synthesis- Combining ideas Resonance- Creating synergy from ideas Convergence- Finishing the concept The idea is the single most persistent entity in the game development cycle. The four phases of developing the game idea are: GAME IDEA having the game idea
- 11. Give your ideawheels. Scrutinize Devil in Details Draft The TREATMENT
- 12. » Genre Action, Adventure,Sim, Strategy ? STYLE First Person Shooter maybe ?
- 13. »Created mostly byplayer ? Some Constraints Plot How much story does your Game need ?
- 14. »Characters,… ENHANCE GAME Character Sometimes youare the character?
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- 16. »A tragic LoveStory,… Dramatic tale of rescue THEME Will Bob ever get his Loafer back ? Are Dreams Real, is murder justified sometimes
- 17. Some O BJ E C T I V E S Tasks to define before Production Phase Steps inSteps in creating Gamecreating Game ideaidea 1 PAGE PITCH1 PAGE PITCH creationcreation Steps to createSteps to create GameGame TreatmentTreatment
- 18. TREATMENT THE CREATIVE PHASE! Analysis Evaluation Justification
- 19. Creative Road Map RoadMap CREATIVITYCREATIVITY C R A F TC R A F T TechniqueTechnique
- 20. Game Stages Game Stages ConceptConceptSTRUCTURESTRUCTURE DESIGNDESIGN
- 21. What about theSHAPING the IDEA Dramatic effect Style, plot character, setting, theme.
- 22. SWOT Analysis SWOT analysisis used to determine the strengths and weakness of a team. Strengths Advantages What resources do you have? Weaknesses What do you think can be improved? What resources and experiences do you lack?
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- 24. Development Differences PC’s &CONSOLES
- 25. Features of PC’s PC’s& CONSOLES Continual evolution and improvement Recommended specification Aim for a cutting edge game: new owners buy most games Aim for a low specification game Differentiate between PC & Console Development
- 26. Features of CONSOLE PC’s& CONSOLES Stepwise evolution Fixed specification
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