Planning Your Game

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Contents 1 Topic Assignments 1.1 Create a TEAM PAGE 1.2 Begin filling in the DESIGN PLAN 1.3 Decide TEAM ROLES 1.4 Create a TIMELINE 1.5 Update the Wiki 1.6 Update the Blog 2 Related Links and Tutorials

Topic Summary: Planning is crucial to all team projects – from skyscrapers to movies to video games. Before any one team member picks up a hammer, video camera or computer mouse, they need to know what they're making, and how. In this topic you will set up a TEAM page that allows you to develop your game idea together. All team members will contribute content to this page as you complete the assignments in the Game Design unit and work toward completing your Game Demo.

Topic Assignments

Create a TEAM PAGE

The team page is where you will decide on, record, and organize all the important details about your game! Even if you are a team of one, you must make a team page.

A. Decide on your team name.

B. Pick one person on the team to create the TEAM page:

1. Sign in to the Wiki and go to your Social Profile page.
2. Look for the headline "Teams" and click on the "Edit this" link next to it.
3. Fill in the Team name field.
4. Add an image for your team.
5. Select your class from the Class List. (This will automatically add your Team to your Class area on the User Gallery page.)
6. Check the "Join Team" box.
7. Click the "Create" button.
8. Your new team will appear on the page under the "Current Teams" heading.
9. If you want to change the thumbnail, click on the words "Change Thumbnail" and type in a new image name, then click OK.
10. If you want to change the Class, click on the words "Change Class" and select another class from the list, then click OK.

C. Everyone else should join the TEAM!

1. Each team member should sign in to the Wiki and go to the User Gallery.
2. Find your Team and click on it.
3. A list of Members appears at the top of the Team page. Click the "Join" link on the right to join the team.

Begin filling in the DESIGN PLAN

• Remember: Your design plan as just as important as your game itself. Please keep it updated! The Design Plan helps your teacher and audience understand your intention and thought-process whether or not you're able to achieve all of your objectives by the end of the year.

1. Your team page contains a template that you can fill in with all your game details.
2. Click on the Edit tab at the top of the page and you can edit it, just like any other wiki page.
3. Fill in the details for your game. Work as a team to decide on and describe all the details of the game.
4. Remember to save your work often!

Decide TEAM ROLES

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

• Learn about Team Roles here and decide who on your team will take on each role.
• 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 team page.
• Assign someone to make each part of the game included on the Design Plan template.

Create a TIMELINE

The final planning step for your game is to decide WHEN each part must be done.

• Decide on dates when each part of the game must be done and add those dates to the team page.
• Each team member should update the team page when they have finished an item that was assigned to them.

Update the Wiki

• As you complete the various elements of your game design, make sure to add that information to your team page.

Update the Blog

Suggested Post Ideas

• Post a picture of your team on your blog, or find a picture online that relates to the subject of your game and introduce all the team members and their roles.
• What role did you get in your team? Why are you good at this job?
• What do you look forward to most about working in a team?
• What is the greatest challenge about collaborative work? How do you plan to overcome this?

Comment on the blog of another Globaloria student in your Knowledge Community!

Related Links and Tutorials

• Read the Project Development Process Getting Started tutorial on the Globaloria Resources website for more tips.