Post 14-06-15 : Prototype 1 Play Test And Brainstorming Project 2

I got some useful tips for the questionnaire on Tuesday like try to be specific, stay away from pink elephants (did you find the game boring?) and don't make the player design your game (pretty much a given). This information should prepare me for future play tests.

Thursday we had our games play tested Which made me a bit nervous but was actually pretty fun. Unfortunately I had some major issues that morning with my game. I came in early to try and get a couple of bugs fixed (lighting not working at start of game and arms array became jumbled after first game play) but because SAE is still using Unity 4.6 and I made my game in 5.1 I could not open it due to compatibility errors. Thankfully Sean had his laptop with 5.1 on it and with Steve's help my game became fully operational and ready to be play tested.

After watching others play our games and trying the others' games for myself we practically got straight into our next assessment. There were a few things I wasn't expecting, one was we pretty much had a theme agreed on that night and two I am the group leader. I'm a bit nervous about that, I'm not entirely sure what I should be doing but it's something I need to learn if I ever want to start my own company. So far I've just been getting a Facebook group started, contact details and base outlines for the HCD, GDD and TDD. We haven't talked about the scripting yet so there isn't much I can do in the TDD and I'm not entirely sure what goes into the GDD, but I've started on the HCD by putting in headings and filling out the gameplay part. I want to get feedback from the others to know if the details are correct and also if there is anything else we should add. I'd also like to know all their skills to know what position best suites them as well as what they need to cover in the LO's. I know Nick is good at level design and Sean is a great programmer but I don't know Hayden's skills yet. At the moment I'm paranoid about whether or not I'm being a good team leader and if we will be prepared for the pitch, I would like to get a meeting going tonight and/or tomorrow to get the basis of these documents done and prepare for the pitch (Powerpoint, what needs to be covered and who will be covering those topics).