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shows a breakdown of tasks.) The team determines the deadlines. For example: • September 25: 3-5 page project overview. • October 9: Trailer or demo complete • October 13: Pitch meeting In Soulus, it is up to Valen and Kina to free the souls from the newly animated object and bring the culprit behind this evil to justice. Preparing for the Presentation Students rehearse before the pitch, with critiques by entire senior team. All team presentations are loaded onto presentation computers and backed up with USB flash memory. Only games that have com- Soulus pleted the milestones on time are presented. The presentation will include the 3-5 page summary, a game trailer or demo, PowerPoint or other computer-based presentation, and charts or other visuals. Show Time! Table 2—Pitch Grading Rubric Game Concept: Game Genre: Rating: Presenters: Category Pitch Member’s Grade and Comments Points: 1-100 The panel arrives. Team members greet each guest. Presentations are selected using a random number drawing to determine who presents first. Panelists evaluate each presentation using a rubric (Table 2). After all presentations are completed, the panel adjourns to evaluate and rank games. The panel presents its final decisions to the team. 3-5 page summary Presenters __Preparation __PEB-C (Passion, enthusiasm, believability) Game trailer or demo __Professional __Compelling PowerPoint, charts, other visuals Game features Are the features appropriate for this genre? Yes No Playability __Interface __Controls Replayability: Would you play this game? Yes No Marketing: __Competition __Uniqueness Would you buy this game? Yes No After the Judging The best games—those selected by the panel—will be built with an April 25 delivery goal. Since only the selected games will be built, the class reorganizes into teams. Each game team will develop pre-production and production checklists. From the checklists, project management charts will be made of all pre-production and production goals, milestones, and tasks. Students will begin writing the Master Design Document . . . and the game development begins! Resources Chandler, Heather. (2006). Game production handbook. Charles River Media/Thomson Delmar Learning. Moore, Michael E., with Sward, Jennifer. (2007). Game design and development: Introduction to the game industry. Pearson Education. Pardew, Les, and Alpine Studios. (2004). Game design for teens. Thomson Course Technology PTR. 22 techdirections ◆ NOVEMBER 2007

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