A Comprehensive Project Plan for Developing a Mobile Game

Plan game idea.

Select the target market.

Choose the revenue/business model.

Define the game on paper.

Write stories and/or possible scenarios.

Specify the network if the it is a multi-player (social) game.

Define characters.

Define objects that will be used by characters.

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).

Define scores for the game to be achieved by players.

Define player's assets; e.g., Hearts, Coins, etc.

Define the awarding events.

Define the mini-games and how they will be triggered.

Specify scenes for levels.

Define backgrounds of the scenes.

Define static objects for each scene.

Specify special events for each level.

Specify special features of each scene.

Specify how the player is awarded.

Specify how the player loses the game and/or her assets.

Identify which assets can be purchased by the player through the mobile games provider's store.

Create a game design document.

Create game design documents for the mini-games.

Create a class diagram.

Specify namespaces.

Identify global and/or static classes.

Identify abstract classes.

Identify application-level classes

Specify one or more classes for application-level management

Identify scene-level classes

Specify one or more classes for scene-level management

Identify play-level (game-level) classes

Specify one or more classes for play-level (game-level) management

Identify level classes

Specify one or more classes for level management

Identify mini-game(s) classes

Specify one or more classes for managing each mini-game

Identify classes for special events; e.g. achieving the highest score ever.

Specify one or more classes for managing the special events.

Identify classes for scores and awards

Specify one or more classes for managing scores and awards

Define classes for controls like buttons, menus, etc.

Define classes for the required tools and utilities.

Setup the game in the selected game engine.

Create empty scenes for levels.

Adjust cameras.

Set game settings (properties).

Set the level's camera and light

Set background and its texture and scrolling (if applicable)

Set player object and its movement

Develop player gun and shooting

Develop enemy object

Develop collision between enemy and player bullet

Develop explosion particle effect and sound for collisions

Develop enemy gun and shooting

Develop player collision with enemy bullet

Develop enemy movement

Power up object and collision

Power up sound and multiple guns/bullets

Power up functionality

Setup remaining lives and its counter

Setup invincibility delay

Develop player collision with enemy object

Total score setup

Individual points setup

Setup game over condition

Game menu setup

Enemy spawning setup

Setup enemy firing frequency

Setup enemy dropped power ups

Develop gift object one; e.g. Coin

Develop gift shooter/distributer

Gift spawning setup

Setup gift frequency

Develop gift collection

Develop gift collection impacts on assets and lives

Develop win condition

Bug fix

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