“Shaping” the Product
Hello guys,
So, we’re half way through. How time flies! (Wait, that’s an other team, sorry) But seriously, we’re not there yet. Let me fill you in with what we did this sprint (the fourth sprint).
Let me first say that it feels like we did do less than previous sprints. This could be right, when you think about it, we didn’t have many days as usual cause of all the National holidays (which are also nice, don’t get me wrong ;-)) Okay, let’s go!
Like any other sprint, this sprint the framework was still in development. Michel worked really hard on this and the game gets more and more “shaped” (ha, there’s that word again!) which is good 🙂
Also the art style has been improving a lot. Brûn and Yuna have been working on defining the graphical elements like buildings and the overall UI (user interface). Soon they’re going to test the art style with the target group and see if they like it. But this probably will be happening within the next sprint.
As if for me and Tarun: we’ve been working together on the script for the game. So, the amount of levels, quests, tasks, flow etc. First, I finalized the story concepts and showed them to ESA. After that Tarun and I made a couple of documents like the script for the tutorial, the cut-scene (video before the game starts) and the MoSCoW diagram, which is a table document with “Must haves”, “Should haves” and “Could haves” for the game.
Storyboard 1st concept
Storyboard 2nd concept
In order to test the stories with the target group I made an online survey where people could fill in their preference for one particular story. Next sprint I will be testing the stories again but then in person, instead of online.
Okay almost there! Are you still awake?
Last but not least; we made a document with all the key information that’s important in case of our project. Think of a clear problem statement, the target group, ESA’s goal, our goal and a few limitations and needs when it comes to the product we’ll be delivering. This document is also pretty valuable for our own personal theses.
And that’s pretty much it.
Thanks again for reading and see you next sprint!
Cheers
