Version 40, last updated by GamerKnight at August 25, 2010 08:02 UTC
Welcome to the Small Dev Team Project Page
Update (25-08-2010)
Meeting minutes have been emailed to everyone, email GamerKnight if you didn't get a copy.
The meeting went really well. we got lots of stuff done and things are really moving forward now. Have a look at the Milestones tab on Assembla (HERE) and email me if you would like to start working on any of the jobs. i know a few of you have already started working on these which is great.
Anybody need anything? or is still unsure of what to be doing? Email GamerKnight
Update (12-08-2010) The Meeting
Big meeting coming up in a few days guys (Sunday 15th August 2010 5pm (GMT / UK Time) ). The agenda is to find out what has already been done, what we need and any roles that are not currently filed (texture guy for example). Also the creation of the project plan. It will be more interesting than it sounds trust me :-D
Introductions all Around.
Points to discuss:
Active members Accessibility of Content ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPUdXvjY_G4 &http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ )
what roles members will play in the development life cycle
What content have people all ready produced
What is the future of the project and what we should do Create a new Project Plan
Anything else that people need to talk about
Things to be done
When will they be started
When will they be finished
Who will be responsible for themselves
Risk management
What todo if work is not done
Creation of a new Agile development plan
Creation of the following documents
Milestones
Work Breakdown Structure
Gantt ChartLogic Diagrams / Network Analysis
Responsibility Matrix
Iteration / Version Control
Update (update 28-05-2010)
Demo is still being worked on, i think we are looking at next week if we are lucky, 2 weeks if not. this is because of the blender issue. After export the models from blender into the UDK there was a range of random things happening anything from bones being wrong to the UDK just crashing. This has now been fixed and we are back on track.
We urgently need a model in .PSA format, with a simple animation walking, jumping anything is good get back to me if you can do this. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!
The website is also still be developed, we have some basic images and logos already but most of my efforts are being put into coding for the demo
more to come soon.
Update (30-April-2010)
Hugo has been working on a demo with some nice features and we are on track for a demo release by the end of may. Empire is also back and will be coding on the project so we have three coders now.
Work has started on a website for the project, just some basic images and content are being worked on, as well as some public documentation that we can start giving out to people about the project.
We also have some new artists joining us, they use only blender so we are working on getting some models and animations out of blender and into the UDK with support for bones/rigging etc
Also don’t forget the new Skype Conference that has been setup, this was done because some people don't seem to like IRC. Drop me an email if you have not already been added into the room. you can close the "Skype Conference" window at any time and you will still receive updates of what is being said when you are not online. Just make sure you don’t click the "Leave Conversation" button in the file menu.
Please fill out your scrum reports so we know what is going on. Even if its just to say you are doing uni work and a rough date when things will be freeing up for you. Its very hard to plan and give out tasks if you don't fill our your scrum reports one a week. Thanks to all your guys who are filling it out i do read them every week.
Update (05-April-2010)
Not to much to report this week, i have been doing a hell of a lot of coding, in everything from Flash, VB6 even Assembly to get back into the flow of things. there is a demo scheduled to be released by the end of the month so most of my time is spent working on that with Hugo Ruivo.
I will be catching up with a lot of you towards the end of the week, but i want to get something coded first. as always email if you need anything.
If i have missed anything guys let me know, hopefully by the end of this month we will have a very simple demo to show, custom wire model for at lest the main character. then we can get to work on the texturing
One last thing i will be talking to Ivan and a few of his friends so we can start recording some basic voice overs for the game, just to get a feel of things. as i know GBJackson has put written down loads of quotes that are just hilarious.
Update (30-March-2010)
Ok guys, big progress has been made the past couple of days. me, Josh and GBJackson have been talking about the direction of the project, and we have finally nailed it down to a great concept.
Ed Fisher - Undying Man
The look and feel to the game is a crisp, sharp modern look for the uptown area where all the big bio tech company’s are located. And a very broken, crack pavement, run down slum style feel to the building covered in spray paint for the slums area.
Coding will also be started later this week. Getting to work on part of a level (not textured). So we can test out some of the core mechanics we have been working on.
As for Animation this is still a problem, i have been talking to a few amateur animators, and we are making progresses, but i still need to put more work into the art team and this area in general. There will be a lot of recruitment in that field over the next few weeks.
Thanks to a friend of mine who runs another amateur studio, i have found some great free to use (even commercially) animation rigs. check them out, original created by Carnegie Mellon University (Disney Owned from what i hear)
http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu/subjects.php
Update (01-March-2010)
Please everyone fill out you Scrum reports, it helps me know what is goes on, and who i need to assign work to
Start working on the Game Mechanics <?xml:namespace prefix = mce />(an email has been sent out)
I am still recruiting more people for the art department (see my "Scrum" report)
By posting on new games dev forums
By writing up new documents, about the project, aims and goals
Community Awareness (about the team and the project), so people know we are serious
Concepts Currently Under Development
Undying Man
Assassin / Bloodrunner
Tinker Toys
Update (update 22-jan-2010)
Everyone please fill in your user Profiles
Everyone please turn on email notifications for project updates, like new messages, tickets and stuff.
Everyone please fill in a weekly Standup Report (what you will and have been working on)
Menu System:
Wiki - Pages about the project and stuff
Standup - Daily/Weekly update about what your are doing on the project - FILL THIS IN!
Message - Message the whole team should get - Check Regularly
Tickets - Problems that need fixing these will be assigned to you (Project Tasks or Bugs in your Milestones)
Milestones – Jobs that need completing (Email GamerKnight if you are working on these)
Sub / Trac – Access to project files, documents, sourcecode and other project assets
For more info and SVN tutorials:
Stream - This is a simple list of recently done things by you guys
Chat: A chartroom that is logged so people can leave messages for offline people (I don’t think anyone uses this)
Team: A current list of team members, there job roles and there contact details (Keep you profiles update people)
Dashboard - Everything about the project mashed into one page (good for updates)
Admin - Can you even see this?