Plan game idea.
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Select the target market.
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Choose the
revenue/business model.
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Define the game on paper.
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Write stories and/or possible scenarios.
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Specify the network if the it is a multi-player (social) game.
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Define characters.
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Define objects that will be used by characters.
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List the levels; e.g. Easy Levels (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3),
Medium Levels (Level 4, Level 5, Level 6), Hard Levels (Level 7, Level 8).
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Define scores for the game to be achieved by players.
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Define player's assets; e.g., Hearts, Coins, etc.
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Define the awarding events.
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Define the mini-games and how they will be triggered.
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Specify scenes for levels.
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Define backgrounds of the scenes.
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Define static objects for each scene.
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Specify special events for each level.
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Specify special features of each scene.
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Specify how the player is awarded.
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Specify how the player loses the game and/or her assets.
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Identify which assets can be purchased by the player through the
mobile games provider's store.
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Create a game design
document.
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Create game design documents
for the mini-games.
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Create a class diagram.
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Specify namespaces.
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Identify global and/or static classes.
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Identify abstract classes.
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Identify application-level classes
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Specify one or more classes for application-level management
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Identify scene-level classes
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Specify one or more classes for scene-level management
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Identify play-level (game-level) classes
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Specify one or more classes for play-level (game-level)
management
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Identify level classes
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Specify one or more classes for level management
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Identify mini-game(s) classes
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Specify one or more classes for managing each mini-game
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Identify classes for special events; e.g. achieving the highest
score ever.
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Specify one or more classes for managing the special events.
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Identify classes for scores and awards
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Specify one or more classes for managing scores and awards
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Define classes for controls like buttons, menus, etc.
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Define classes for the required tools and utilities.
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Setup the game in the
selected game engine.
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Create empty scenes for levels.
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Adjust cameras.
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Set game settings (properties).
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Set the level's camera
and light
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Set background and its
texture and scrolling (if applicable)
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Set player object and its
movement
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Develop player gun and
shooting
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Develop enemy object
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Develop collision between
enemy and player bullet
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Develop explosion
particle effect and sound for collisions
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Develop enemy gun and
shooting
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Develop player collision
with enemy bullet
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Develop enemy movement
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Power up object and
collision
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Power up sound and
multiple guns/bullets
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Power up functionality
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Setup remaining lives and
its counter
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Setup invincibility delay
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Develop player collision
with enemy object
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Total score setup
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Individual points setup
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Setup game over condition
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Game menu setup
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Enemy spawning setup
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Setup enemy firing
frequency
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Setup enemy dropped power
ups
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Develop gift object one;
e.g. Coin
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Develop gift
shooter/distributer
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Gift spawning setup
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Setup gift frequency
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Develop gift collection
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Develop gift collection
impacts on assets and lives
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Develop win condition
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Bug fix
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