The process of tracking progress and measuring success of a series of related tasks.
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Has piracy ever resulted in a developer getting shut down?
Has piracy EVER resulted in a developer getting shut down? That is, has piracy ever been so detrimental that it brought about the downfall of a game studio? If I were to release a game, should I be ...
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Looking for ios game design management document template [closed]
i am looking for ios game design/development management document template in order to break down my work flow and structure.
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How should we determine which portions of the game to develop first?
We are developing an action RPG and have listed out the following modules/subsystems that we're going to need to make:
HUD(Heads-up Display) System
EXP/Leveling System
Combat and Navigation System
...
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How to maintain artistic consistency when working with multiple artists?
I'm making a game that requires a volume of artistic content which is not practical to be created by a single person, so I've enlisted the help of additional artists.
The problem is, each artist has ...
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1answer
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How to structure (the code in) a multiplayer game
I'm working on a rather small project where we will be developing a small engine, a client, a server and an editor of some kind. It's a component-based 3D engine with basic systems like Rendering, ...
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How to deal with “level design creep?”
Level Design Creep is what I've started to call what happens when you build a series of levels and notice that every level is a little bit better looking or designed than the last, or when working ...
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Good Tools & Methodologies for designing Game Arch
I'm currently developing a multiplayer and turnbased silverlight card game and using WCF Polling Duplex communication. I've almost finished the game but I'm still dealing with the methods and ...
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What is the breakdown of jobs in game development?
There's a project I'm trying to start for Indie Game Development; specifically, it's going to be a social networking website that lets developers meet through (It's a secret). One of the key ...
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Collaboration platforms
Are there any good collaboration platforms for game development?
This would include the following features:
Easy way to find various people you need to build games (programmer,
artist etc) and ...
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Technical manager vs. Lead programmer [closed]
Can anyone explain the responsibilities of the Technical managerand the Lead programmer, in team ?
Suppose a medium-size team with about 10-15 persons .
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Starting a game project [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where can I find indie “teams”
I already know this is probably not the right place to ask and, if you think this question does not belong here, please delete ...
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3answers
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How do you assign a value of different roles in a game design project?
A friend and I are building a game together and having a great time with it, and we hope to sell the product at some point. The prospects for actual earnings maybe be practically nil (and we aren't ...
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2answers
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What should deliverables for a school game project be?
I am planning on making a 3D hack-n-slash RPG with Unity for a school project. I have to come up with a project proposal. I am suppose to identify project deliverables.
I cannot think of what ...
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How can teams collaborate on Unity 3D projects?
With a friend of mine, we are planning to develop a small game to get the hang of game development and teamwork. But since Unity 3D barely supports version control (or at least the free version lacks ...
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1answer
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Project development in a long distance Indie Dev environment
Myself and 4 other coders have been working as a modding team for the past 7 months. We all have a very good grasp on our preferred language (C#), and also use versioning (GitHub / BitBucket / ...
