Weekly/Repeating Deliverables - Every Thursday by 3pm:
Weekly blog posts: see prompts here.
Weekly art update: at least one new art concept or asset posted to team site.
You will also send your weekly update meeting agenda to your team coach.
Weekly update must include:
What progress your team accomplished this week towards the next milestone.
Any blockers that might have arisen.
Any questions you have for your coach.
Any materials that you would like to be reviewed prior to the in-person Friday meeting.
Overall focus: Get to know each other so we can function better as a team / cohort.
Major deliverable:
Team selection survey
Other deliverables:
Individual bio
Overall focus: Set boundaries/contracts/expectations with your team & choosing a game concept to pursue this summer.
Deliverables due Thursday 6/11
Major deliverable:
Game concept has been chosen and the team is ready to dive into development
Other deliverables:
Game values contract
Team values contract
Designate Team Lead who is responsible for turning in all deliverables every week
2 pitch presentations for 2 separate game ideas
Gameplay loop
Concept Art
Programmers need a proof of concept tech slide
Team values blog post
Weekly art upload
Attendance record
Team update meeting agenda
Overall focus: Finish the initial design for the game, program the skeleton, and prepare for hitting alpha next week.
Deliverables due Thursday June 18
Major deliverable:
Programmed skeleton of the game, including all basic gameplay loop mechanics
Other deliverables:
Initial pitch presentation
A solid draft of a GDD
User stories and tasks for complete game
Basic gameplay loop mechanics programmed
Concepting blog post
Weekly art upload
Attendance record
Team update meeting agenda
Overall focus: Start to put some meat on those bones so people can test at the end of the week because it’s ALPHA, BAYBEE!
Deliverables due Thursday June 25
Major deliverable:
Alpha build that’s ready for testing
The basic gameplay loop is implemented along with some art assets
All mechanics work cohesively
Other deliverables:
Up to date, polished VDD and GDD
Scoping blog post
Weekly art upload
Attendance record
Team update meeting agenda
Overall focus: Add any critical features you weren’t able to get to in the past 4 weeks.
Deliverables due Thursday July 2
Major deliverable:
Any & all remaining features have been implemented
Other deliverables:
Up to date, polished VDD and GDD, if any changes have been made
VDD blog post
Weekly art upload
Attendance record
Team update meeting agenda
Overall focus: Flesh out and iterating on the new features.
Deliverables due Thursday July 9
Major deliverable:
Just keep working on that build!
Other deliverables:
An updated playable build
Marketing blog post
Weekly art upload
Attendance record
Team update meeting agenda
Overall focus: Get your game feature-complete.
Deliverables due Thursday July 16
Major deliverable:
The game is feature complete and all that remains is testing and polishing
Other deliverables:
An updated playable build to send to your coach
*An updated VDD or GDD to send to this week's mentors
*Updates to your site/wiki to be pretty and polished
All art assets exist in their final form
Art direction blog post
Weekly art upload
Attendance record
Team update meeting agenda
Overall focus: Polish based on feedback, bringing the game to life.
Deliverables due Thursday July 23
Major deliverable:
None, just keep polishing and testing
Now is also a good time to start working on your final pitch deck
Other deliverables:
An updated playable build to send to your mentor
Marketing art
Beta blog post
Weekly art upload
Attendance record
Team update meeting agenda
Overall focus: Finish and submit your end-of-program deliverables, including the final build of your game.
Deliverables due Friday, July 31
Major deliverable:
Game is complete and ready to be submitted
Other deliverables:
An updated playable build to send to your mentor
Final pitch blog post
Weekly art upload
Attendance record
Team update meeting agenda
Overall focus: Wrapping it up with a bow!
Deliverables due Friday, August 7
Major deliverable:
3-5 minute video
Full team postmortem
Other deliverables:
Team site and blog have all required materials and look great
Game has been published online
Postmortem blog post
Attendance record
Team update meeting agenda