20131029 design your app
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Developing Creative Mobile Games
5 of 6Christina Hsu
Design Your Game App
Agenda Get Ready Step by Step Project Management Q&A
Get Ready
Review: Innovation Comes From
Choose Your Target Audience
Choose Your TA
What is desirable to
users
How to Choose Your TA
Define Your Core Gameplay
What is desirable to users
FPS(第一人稱射擊 ,FirstPerson
Shooting)Music
(音樂節奏 )
Adventure( 冒險 )
ACT(動作 ,Action)
Puzzle(益智 ) Racing
(競速 )
Sports (運動 )
Word (文字 /解謎 )
Card &.Board
(棋牌類 )
SIM(模擬 ,Simulation)
STR(策略 ,Strategy)
RPG (角色扮演 ,RolePlaying Game)
Genre遊戲類型(玩法 )
Decide Your Platform
Determine Your Game Engine
What is possible
with technolog
y
Set the Rough Spec.
Resolutions Devices
Highlight Your Game Features
What is viable in
the marketpla
ce
PR Word of mouth
Feature by Apple
Facebook traffic
Ads Cross promotion
Think about Marketing
Tools to be pre-built-in
Remember: Easy to Pick-up
But HARD to Mater
Remember: Out of Comfort Zone
Don’t Make a Me-too App
Remember: Think Differently
Ask Yourself What If ---
Remember: Design to Monetize
Try to SELL Your App
Remember: Cross-Platform If Possible
One Last Thing: KISS
Keep It Short &. Simple
Step by Step
Intuitive Controls
Mouse
Touch Screen
Joypad
UI: Use your Devices Well Touch Screen
Multiple-touch Gyroscope Voice Control Camera GPRS
LBS (location-based service)
Others
2~4 Resolutions to support all the devices
Device List &. Resolutions
Define the layout area to fit different resolutions
Available Device List
Draw Your Game Flow
What your player can do in your game
Verify Your Game Flow
Game Cycle
Game Systems/ Mechanics
Design &. Describe Your Game
Game Rules and all the details
Check Your Game Design
Work Break-down
Art Design: Aesthetics
Concept Art / Examples
Art Design: Characters / Mobs
Art Design: Scenes / Objects
Art Design: Others
Technology Design: Architecture
Technology Design: Methodology
Waterfall vs. Agile
Technology Design: SA &. Coding
Project Management
Game Project Management
What I Learned On the Job-1
Simple Development Roadmap
General Development Roadmap
Proposal Prototype
Milestone 1 Milestone Check Milestone 2
Acceptance Review
Milestone 3Milestone Check
Alpha Acceptance Review (Close/Open) Beta
Acceptance Review Release (Commercial Launch)
Schedule
Man-Month (man-hour, man-day)
Management Tool
Management Tool
Project Management
Project Management Life Cycle
Project Manager’s Job
PDCA
Thank You! Any Question?