Middle Term Exam Flashcards
Milestones titles after the maturity milestones
Alpha, Beta, Release candidate, Gold Master and Post Mortem
Proven processes that work
Best practices
Computer software that connects software components or applications via data pipelines
Middleware
Vision importance
Shared vision helps the team keep unified on their task/progress
Governing Law
An agreement that is constructed and enforced within confines of a specific region
Key personnel (Core team)
Producer, Audio Director, Project Manager, Art director, Technical Director
Documents needed to be created for Pre Production
Game Design Document (GDD), Technical Design Document (TDD), Budget, Schedule, Project Plan
Definition of alpha
Features complete
Keep it
Simple
Outsourcing is a good idea because
It’s cost effective and it frees the team up to work on higher priority tasks
Small QA teams are good to be involved early because
Partner with designer and programmers to provide feedback and test complex systems
Middleware is a good consideration for game development because
It allows the team to focus on creating a game around existing and proven technology
Two goals of QA Quality assurance
Discover/Track bugs. Subjective feedback
Regional sales (adding different stuff in different areas)
Localized Content
This process is performed at the end of the development cycle, and is used to update maintain best practices
Post Mortem
