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Nekomimi Meido Subproject: Work Breakdown Schedule

Story and Script

• General Overview
  • Draft a general idea for the story.
  • Discuss, review, and change.
  • Final Draft for general story idea.
• Main script-writing (by Sae)
  • Rough drafts of scripts from onboard scripters.
  • Evaluation of scripts.
  • Voting of preferred script for use.
  • Discuss, review, and change script.
  • Final Draft of main script.
• Other dialogue
  • Identification of non-main dialogue.
  • Rough draft of all non-main dialogue.
  • Discuss, review, and change.
  • Final draft for non-main dialogue.

Graphics Department

Characters

• Rough Designs
  • BL-tan (by Hayate, DG)
  • Bandits (by Constanze)
  • Mad Sage (by Hayate)
  • Mercenaries (by DG)
  • Mercenary Captain (by DG)
  • Royal Knight (by Hayate)
  • Chaos Beast
• Final Designs
  • BL-tan
  • Bandits
  • Mad Sage (by Hayate)
  • Mercenaries
  • Mercenary Captain
  • Royal Knight (by Hayate)
  • Chaos Beast
• Field Sprites
  • BL-tan (needs revision)
    • Tieren Taozi-Style (by DG)
  • Bandits
  • Mad Sage
  • Mercenaries
  • Mercenary Captain
  • Royal Knight (possible revision)
  • Chaos Beast
• Portrait Artwork
  • BL-tan
  • Mad Sage
  • Royal Knight
• Conceptual Battle Art
  • BL-tan
  • Bandits
  • Mad Sage
  • Mercenaries
  • Mercenary Captain
  • Royal Knight
  • Chaos Beast
• Battle Sprites
  • BL-tan
  • Bandits
  • Mad Sage
  • Mercenaries
  • Mercenary Captain
  • Royal Knight
  • Chaos Beast

Landscaping

• Recruit landscape artist
  • Application submission
  • Interview / portfolio (Spriting experience?)
  • Discussion and decision among key members.
  • Formal recruitment
• Concepts
  • Read through Prologue material.
  • Concept sketches of all locales.
  • Discuss, review, and change.
  • Final designs of all locales.
• Recruit tile spriter
  • Application submission
  • Interview / portfolio
  • Discussion and decision among key members.
  • Formal recruitment
• Tile Spriting
  • Concept and experimentation.
  • Map-building.
  • Overlays and effect requests to Programming.
  • Packaging and cleanup

Miscellaneous Drawings

• Battle Backgrounds
  • Concept drawing.
  • Discuss, review, and revise.
  • Final battle background design.
• Title Design
  • Concept drawings (stressing multiple).
  • Discuss, review, and revise.
  • Finalize for demo.
• Item Design
  • Compile list of items used for demo.
  • Concept drawings.
  • Discuss, review, and revise.
  • Final item designs.

Programming

• Set up or configure version control software.

Design Document

• __Script Engine__
  • Script Files
    • Proprietary format and structure
    • Parsing scripts into proprietary format
    • "Common" file for common names, labels, message events
  • Script Loading
    • Script Pointer Table
    • Names Pointer Table

• __Graphics Engine__
  • Title Screen
  • Menu Screens
  • Field Screens
    • Ground Layer
    • Object Layer
    • Character Layer
    • Top Layer
    • Master Overlay
  • Battle Screens (Trace) - Integrating
    • Battle Sprites (PHANTASM) - Integrating
      • Dynamic movement (Spark)
      • Variable-rate animation (Spark)
  • User Interface
    • Ring Menu
    • Time-Dependent gauges
    • Messages Windows
    • Effect Indications
    • Pop-up Menus

• __Mechanics Engine__
  • Field Mechanics
    • Draft field mechanics
    • Discuss, review, and revise
    • Final Draft of field mechanics
    • Code the field mechanics
    • Test and document code
    • Clean up code; test code
    • Create demonstration module
  • Battle Mechanics
    • Draft battle mechanics
    • Discuss, review, and revise
    • Final Draft of battle mechanics
    • Streamline for demo
    • Code the battle mechanics
    • Test and document code
    • Clean up code; test code
    • Create demonstration module
  • Menu Mechanics
    • Draft menu mechanics
    • Discuss, review, and revise
    • Final Draft of menu mechanics
    • Code the menu mechanics
    • Test and document code
    • Clean up code; test code
    • Create demonstrate module
  • Integration
    • Integrate Field, Battle, and Menu modules.
    • Test and document code
    • Clean up code; test code
    • Create demonstration module

• __Sound Engine__
  • File loading
    • Preloading through script files.
  • SFX Playing
    • Basic functions: play, stop, track seek
    • Special Effects: fade-in, fade-out, track looping, volume control

Sound Studio

• Sound Effects
  • Compile list of sounds
  • Gather/create sounds
  • Discuss, review, and change
• Music
  • Listen to music in-game.
  • Discuss, review, and change.

Wrap-Up

• Ascertain "extras" feasiblity.
• Testing
  • Alpha Test (internal testing only)
  • Beta Test (internatl and selective external testing)
  • Software packaging
• End-User Information
  • Manual / Notes / Instructions
  • Distribution / Delivery Format
  • Release.
• Post-Release
  • Surveys.
  • Analyze surveys and forum reactions.
  • Add to our Resumes.