Video Games - A Project Lifecycle
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PROJECT LIFECYCLEJUAN GABRIEL GOMILA SALAS
/joanby @Joan_By Juan Gabriel Gomila Salas joanby
THE GAME LIFECYCLE
PROJECT LIFECYCLE
▸ Pre-production: gameplay, game settings, platform, audience, game genre, competence, concept art, swot, prototype…
▸ Production: development
▸ Testing: alpha, beta
▸ Post-production: life, maintenance, new features, new releases
PROJECT LIFECYCLE
PRE-PRODUCTION
▸ Brainstorming
▸ Design the gameplay
▸ Define art, style and assets
▸ Choose game engine and platform
▸ Define the audience of the game
▸ Schedule planning and team involved on the project
▸ Create the Game Design Document
▸ Build a prototype
▸ Look for a publisher
PROJECT LIFECYCLE
PRODUCTION
▸ Coding
▸ Design and create assets
▸ Integrate source code and assets
▸ Milestones
▸ Evaluate
▸ Meeting
PROJECT LIFECYCLE
TESTING (QA)
▸ Alpha testing
▸ Usability
▸ Gameplay
▸ Beta testing
▸ Bug fixing
▸ Balancing parameters and economy
▸ Live: game release
PROJECT LIFECYCLE
POST-PRODUCTION
▸ Maintenance of the game
▸ Software patching
▸ Game Updates (DLCs, new content, new features)
▸ Publisher relationship
THE GAME PITCH
WHY DO DEVELOPERS THINK THAT SHOWING A BADLY WRITTEN ONE PAGE PITCH DOCUMENTATION AND A BADLY EDITED VIDEO WILL MAKE ME GIVE THEM $2 MILLION
The Game
PITCH
PITCH
OBJECTIVES
▸ Present the idea clearly according to the target audience
▸ Ilustrarte the key points of business and creative of the product
▸ Demostraste professional, creative and talent
PITCH
ELEMENTS
▸ Pitch document
▸ Design document
▸ Budget
▸ Demo
▸ Competence analysis
▸ Development Team
PITCH
PUBLISHING STEPS
▸ Submission
▸ Initial review
▸ Detailed review
▸ Meeting
▸ Due diligence
▸ Contract negotiations
PITCH
TIPS
▸ Call the publisher and ask for the submission process
▸ Don’t try to pitch the game over the phone
▸ Be patient, don’t call everyday
▸ Ask if they require more information
▸ Bring more than one copy to the meeting
▸ Don’t bore with the whole game story
▸ Ask if they have any questions
PITCH
LEGAL AGREEMENTS
▸ intellectual property rights
▸ Shareholders agreements
▸ Director employment agreements
▸ Employment agreements
▸ Contractor agreements
▸ Non-disclosure agreements
▸ Copyright trademarks
▸ Patents
PROJECT LIFECYCLEAND THAT’S ALL ABOUT