Re: [Isugamedev-midworld] Iteration 2

[Chad A. <ae...@ae...>]

Hah.  I like weekly goals too, even though I will not have time this week.  :( 
Sphere 0.97 still needs to be released, and I am going to visit Laura all day
Saturday.

Brown Joshua L wrote:
> 
> If they come every week milestone isn't exactly a good word for it ;) but I
> agree that having weekly goals for the development process is a great
> strategy.  And then we could have development and Ben could run them and he
> could always be 20 minutes late to them and then Chad would have to run them
> because Ben wasn't there.  (inside joke about juggler meetings)  Anwyay, I
> like that idea, just le tme know when my deadlines are.
> 
> Josh
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ben Scott [SMTP:bs...@vr...]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:17 PM
> > To:   Brown Joshua L
> > Cc:   isu...@li...
> > Subject:      RE: [Isugamedev-midworld] Iteration 2
> >
> > I was thinking of iteration 2 just being the next logical step towards
> > completion. Perhaps milestone 2 would have been a better choice of words.
> > I don't think we should necessarily have the game completed by the end of
> > this phase. Rather, I would suggest some of the following goals:
> >
> > * Model loading (OpenSG support?)
> > * Some models to load ...
> > * Basic AI framework
> > * Input completed (needs that inputSym library to be written/released)
> > * Basic UI (HUD for health, weapons, etc) implemented (with phui?)
> >    - Depends on the input completion
> > * Simple bounds collision detection integrated
> >
> > The tasks above focus on two things:
> > 1. Making the game prettier ;)
> > 2. Improving immersion (through interaction)
> >
> > Perhaps we should shoot for milestone completion at a rate of one
> > milestone a week? Then we could set up our milestones based on that.
> >
> > cheers,
> > -----
> > Ben Scott
> > Research Assistant VRAC
> > bs...@ia...
> >
> > On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Brown Joshua L wrote:
> >
> > > I think that we should set iteration #2's completion date for the 29th
> > of
> > > June.  And I would like to have the AI system completed by then, it will
> > of
> > > course need tweeking based on game play but that comes in the testing
> > phase.
> > >
> > > Is iteration 2 the last iteration before we start testing - or do you
> > > recomend that we have an iteration 3 then testing phase.
> > >
> > > -J
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From:     Ben Scott [SMTP:bs...@vr...]
> > > > Sent:     Thursday, June 13, 2002 1:54 PM
> > > > To:       isu...@li...
> > > > Subject:  [Isugamedev-midworld] Iteration 2
> > > >
> > > > Now that the first iteration is nearly complete (missing bullets and
> > those
> > > >
> > > > terribly tough randomly moving enemy cubes), we need to start thinking
> >
> > > > about our goals for the second iteration.
> > > >
> > > > Since we're adding new people to the project (our group has now grown
> > to
> > > > about 7 or 8), I think we may want to start figuring out where the
> > > > boundaries of our subsystems lie so we can easily work without
> > stepping on
> > > >
> > > > each other's toes too much.
> > > >
> > > > Additionally, we need new concrete tasks both for the architectural
> > design
> > > >
> > > > (since the prototype will be done) and the gameplay (we DO eventually
> > need
> > > >
> > > > a game not a technical demo).
> > > >
> > > > Please mail the list with ideas for goals for Iteration 2.
> > > >
> > > > cheers,
> > > > -----
> > > > Ben Scott
> > > > Research Assistant VRAC
> > > > bs...@ia...
> > > >
> > > >
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