Peer Review Assignment: Analysis of a Design Document

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Peer Review AssignmentAnalysis of a Design
Document

• Staffan Björk

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Course Updates

• Pitch for representatives from the game industry
• Presentation date 20070515 is bad for industry
  people (Nordic Game)
• Does Tuesday the 22nd of May or Thursday the 24th
  of May work?
• No news about the group accounts will check with
  support again!

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Peer Review Assignment

• Study another groups design document
• Algorithm group x gets design document from
  group mod(x5)1
• Reviewer Reviewee
• Netherforce -gt Story of Creos
• Story of Creos -gt Fray
• Fray -gt Battle of the Evil Saucers
• Battle of the Evil Saucers -gt Plaat
• Plaat -gt Netherforce
• Ask Staffan by email for the design document!
• Give constructive feedback
• Point out strengths and how to use these more
  efficiently
• Point out weaknesses and how these can be avoided

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Peer Review Assignment, cont.

• Formal Requirements
• In your own words, describe the games core
  gameplay and theme
• In your own words, describe unique selling point
  of the game
• List the 4-7 most important gameplay design
  patterns, and motivate
• List the 3 most relevant missing game examples,
  and motivate
• In free text, of at least 2 pages, describe the
  strengths and weaknesses of the game design and
  suggestions for improvements
• Deadline Tue 20070306
• Mandatory but not graded