2. The Chain Game Project

3. Overview Development Methodology New vision Ramp-Up Document Razor Statement Tone Design Progress Art Progress Programming Progress What’s next?

4. Development Methodology Modified Scrum o Sprint Schedule  http://blindwolf8.com/chainwiki/index.php?title=Current_Tasking http://blindwolf8.com/chainwiki/index.php?title=Current_Tasking o Due dates within each sprint o Daily meetings o Large amounts of communication

5. New Vision Rick’s challenge Everything must go Brainstorming over the weekend Game research Redesign of the world/fiction o Solidified tone o Solidified setting

6. Ramp-Up Document Purpose? o Allows future team members to get quickly caught up on what our project is and how it works. o Art- exporting.nif’s o Design- placing.nif’s in Scene Designer and creating.gsa’s o Programming- placing.gsa’s into a build and testing them Evolving embodiment of our vision

7. Razor Statement

8. Traverse a twisted afterlife as a tethered team.

9. Tone

10. Morbid Humorous Oversaturated

11. Design Progress Razor Statement Design possible chain abilities o Finalize the chain abilities present in Vertical Slice Basic knowledge of Scene Designer

12. Art Progress Initial color palette

13. Art Progress Initial character concepts

17. Art Progress Initial environment concepts

20. Animation Progress Chain in engine

21. Programming Progress Gamebryo research and experience Pipeline o.nif’s loading in engine Base PhysX integration

22. What’s Next? Design o Blue Box level- Bryan Walker o Solution to “Game Over” Flow breaker o Finalize gameplay target Art o Final character concepts o Environmental tone concepts o Environment concepts for Vertical Slice o Finalized color palette

23. What’s Next? Animation o Basic movement o Jumping Programming o Central Team’s engine creation o Networking o PhysX o Character controller

24. Questions?