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CIS 3000 Course Schedule
[Sep] [Oct] [Nov] [May] [Dates]
Note: The schedule is subject to change.
September
| Week's Objective | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Charter |
1
Class Overview | 2 |
3
Group Formation | 4 | |
| Concept Document | 7 |
8
Discussion: The Nature of Play | 9 |
10
Concept Proposals | 11 |
|
Milestones Austin GDC |
14 |
15
Workday | 16 |
17
Workday | 18 |
| Nondigital Prototype | 21 |
22
Discussion: TBA | 23 |
24
Nondigital Prototypes | 25 |
| Game Wiki | 28 |
29
Discussion: TBA | 30 |
October
| Week's Objective | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game Wiki |
1
Discussion: TBA | 2 | |||
| Gameplay Prototype | 5 |
6
Discussion: TBA | 7 |
8
Gameplay Prototypes | 9 |
|
Architecture Specification Fall Break |
12 | 13 | 14 |
15
Playtesting | 16 |
| Technical Prototype | 19 |
20
Discussion: TBA | 21 |
22
Technical Prototypes | 23 |
| Game Website | 26 |
27
Playtesting | 28 |
29
Discussion: TBA | 30 |
November
| Week's Objective | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Alpha (Code Complete) |
2 |
3
Discussion: TBA | 4 |
5
Alpha Demos | 6 |
| Game Manual | 9 |
10
Playtesting | 11 |
12
Discussion: TBA | 13 |
|
Beta (Feature Complete) |
16 |
17
Beta Demos | 18 |
19
Beta Demos | 20 |
| Final Portfolio | 23 |
24
Playtesting | 25 |
26
Discussion: TBA | 27 |
| Release | 30 |
May
| Week's Objective | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release |
1
Release Demos | 2 |
3
Release Demos | 4 | |
| Finals | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Evalustion | 14 | 15 |
16
Evaluation Playtest | 17 | 18 |
Project Schedule
Deadlines listed are the earliest possible deadline for that week. For some presentations (listed in bold), different groups may have different deadlines.
| Week | Task | Deadline | Week 1 | Group Charter | 09/05/09 | Week 2 |
Concept Document
Project Starts |
09/10/09 | Week 3 | Project Milestones | 09/19/09 | Week 4 | Nondigital Prototype | 09/24/09 | Week 7 | Game Script/Wiki | 10/03/09 | Week 6 | Gameplay Prototype | 10/08/09 | Week 7 | Architecture Specification | 10/17/09 | Week 8 | Technical Prototype | 10/22/09 | Week 9 | Initial Website | 10/31/09 | Week 10 | Alpha (Code Complete) | 11/05/09 | Week 11 | Game Manual | 11/14/09 | Week 12 | Beta (Feature Complete) | 11/17/09 | Week 13 | Final Portfolio | 11/28/09 | Week 14 | Release (Balanced and Tested) | 12/01/09 | Week 15 | Evaluation Playtest | 12/16/09 |
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