How Games Are Designed - The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game - page 223

Table 13.1 Three-Month Development Cycle

Date Milestone Assets Personnel Technology

June 1 Begin Preproduction N/A Designer Word processor, whiteboard, pencil,

paper

Designer, Document Manager 2 Internet access 3 June 21 First Draft of Design Paper design document,

Wiki, Google docs 1

Begin Review Period 4 July 1

Designer, Document Manager 2 Internet access 3 July 14 Production Draft of

Design

Paper design document,
Wiki, Google docs 1

Designer, Artists 6 July 15 Begin Production Physical spaces, props,

rewards, social networking
resources 5

Markers, poster boards, GPS,
computer, etc.

July 31 Production Complete All assets necessary for the

game, or surrogates

Designer Any technologies needed to play the

game

August 1 Alpha Testing All assets necessary for the

game, or surrogates

Designer, Testers to play the
game

Any technologies needed to play the
game

August 15 Beta Testing All assets necessary for the

game

Designer, Testers to play the
game

Any technologies needed to play the
game

August 30 Golden Master (First

Day of Class)

All assets necessary for the
game

Designer, Students to play the
game

Any technologies needed to play the
game

1 Only necessary if design is a collaborative effort.
2 If it is a collaborative effort, you

ll want to concentrate on design, not paper shuffling. There are a lot of students of all ages out there who can do this.
3 Only necessary if document is not paper.
4 Show the design to colleagues, friends, or family for their thoughts.
5 Facebook, Twitter, and so on, if needed.
6 One or more to create props; set up Facebook page, and so on, if needed.

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