Planning Your Game

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Contents 1 Topic Assignments 1.1 Create a DESIGN PLAN 1.2 Understand and Assign TEAM ROLES 1.3 Update the Wiki 2 Related Links and Tutorials

Topic Summary: The Design Plan is the blueprint for building your game. Planning is crucial to all great creative projects – from skyscrapers to movies to video games. Before anyone ever picks up a hammer, camera or computer mouse, they need a clear written plan explaining WHAT to make and HOW. In this topic you will create a detailed Game Design Plan that includes: A GAME PITCH that explains and ‘sells’ your game idea A SCENE-BY-SCENE DESIGN PLAN that helps you work out the details of your game and create a list of all the assets (images, sounds and other game pieces) that you will need to make for it.

Topic Assignments

Create a DESIGN PLAN

Copy the content from this Design Plan Template to an new wiki page, then fill in the details for YOUR game. Work as a team to decide on and describe all the details of the game.

Understand and Assign TEAM ROLES

After you’ve created a Design Plan that lists WHAT you are building, the next step is to figure out WHO will create each part of the game.

• Discuss what will each person will do on your team to help make the game.
• Write down the team member names and roles on your Game Pitch.
• Assign someone to make each part of the game included on the Design Plan.

Update the Wiki

• Add a link to your Design Plan on your Projects page.

Related Links and Tutorials

• Read the Project Development Process Getting Started tutorial on MyHLife.org for more tips.