May 4th, 2011
Project Name
Directions
Project Manager
Ben Chang (floamis@yahoo.com)
Project Definition
To develop a video game app that will win against other entries in both the ImagineCup 2012 International and National ## competition in adherence to the ImagineCup 2011 theme.
Project Scope
A puzzle game level structure involving: XNA Game Studio 4.0, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, C# computing language, Sound, Music and Photoshop, Game Design knowledge & Project Management.
Project Goals
To win the 2011 ImagineCup Game Design Windows 7 / Zune Competition
Project Dependencies - C# & XNA 4.0 Library
- Windows Platform & SDK Visual Studios 2010
- Sound development software: OSX Garageband
- Food for meetings [$7 for all meetings in a week. No rollovers].
Project Team
- Ben Chang
- Joshua Liong
- Tony Pham
- George Lopez
- ImagineCup Mentor: Position Open
Project Phases
- Design Stage
- Design all aspects of the game, learn XNA 4.0 and develop full documentation for Directions, including the Game ## Design Document, UML documents, and Use Case Documentation
- Alpha Stage
- Complete the core engine and visual mechanics of A.R.C. in preparation for playability.
- Beta Stage
- Test the game for completion for demonstration purposes.
Project Timeline
- September 15th, 2011
- Completion of the Design Stage and the ability toprogram core mechanics comfortably. Design Stage complete.
- November 1st, 2011
- Complete the engine, core gameplay and screen manager for the Directions Application. Alpha and Beta phase complete.
- December 15th, 2011
- Full application of Directions, ready to be extended for any additional features outside the scope of this charter.
Project Challenges
Initial lack of certain skills and application of good programming design, reduction of team morale due to lack of food.