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Game Project Focus Petri Lankoski aalto.fi
Agenda Recounting of assignment Presenting the the current version of the focus statement Discussion Refining the focus statements (Presenting the final one) Getting Started with Unity
Assignment Design and develop a fully playable game that is at least beta level The game should be: A murder mystery with 4 to 5 characters (plus the murdered one) Happens in an isolated island with no possibility to leave before X days No violence within gameplay Getting Started with Unity
Assignment… Group Tails Witty Calm Foggy Group Heads Paranoid Beautiful Hot Getting Started with Unity
Focus What feature make this game compelling? What the player does? What kind of experience the player will have? How the game differs from other games? Getting Started with Unity The focus statement should include the assignment!

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Solve a Murder Mystery in an Isolated Island Game

  • 1. Game Project Focus Petri Lankoski aalto.fi
  • 2. Agenda Recounting of assignment Presenting the the current version of the focus statement Discussion Refining the focus statements (Presenting the final one) Getting Started with Unity
  • 3. Assignment Design and develop a fully playable game that is at least beta level The game should be: A murder mystery with 4 to 5 characters (plus the murdered one) Happens in an isolated island with no possibility to leave before X days No violence within gameplay Getting Started with Unity
  • 4. Assignment… Group Tails Witty Calm Foggy Group Heads Paranoid Beautiful Hot Getting Started with Unity
  • 5. Focus What feature make this game compelling? What the player does? What kind of experience the player will have? How the game differs from other games? Getting Started with Unity The focus statement should include the assignment!