Business Plan Roadmap

	A	B	C	D	E	F	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q
1			sum	workers	workdays estimation	work months estimation		max	forgoten work %	mistakes fixing %	learning %	team lubrication %	vacations %	expected work	total work
2	Alpha	development	82	1.4	59	3	Alpha	3	0.1	0.05	0.15	0.1	0.08	5	5
3	Alpha	game design	56	1.4	40	2	Beta	3.4	0.2	0.05	0.1	0.05	0.08	6	11
4	Beta	development	151	2.25	68	3.4	Early Access	3.7	0.3	0.075	0.05	0	0.08	6	17
5	Beta	game design	85	2.25	38	1.9	Release	3.4	0.4	0.1	0.025	0	0.08	6	23	months
6	Early Access	development	165	2.25	74	3.7
7	Early Access	game design	97	2.25	44	2.2
8	Release	development	150	2.25	67	3.4
9	Release	game design	114	2.25	51	2.6
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11	Stage	Epic	Task	Track	Estimation (work days)	Comments

12	Alpha	Game skeleton	—	development	10
13	Alpha	Game design simplification	We should simplify game design, comparing to prototype	game design	2
14	Alpha	Game design simplification	We should simplify game design, comparing to prototype	development	5
15	Alpha	Base user interface	User journey specification	game design	3
16	Alpha	Base user interface	UI Schemas	game design	4
17	Alpha	Base user interface	Game Sketches	art
18	Alpha	Base user interface	Sketches with GUI	art
19	Alpha	Base user interface	Implement base UI	development	10
20	Alpha	Transfer game logic from prototype	—	development	10
21	Alpha	Public opinion reflects on actors	Designe how public opinion should reflect on actors	game design	3
22	Alpha	Public opinion reflects on actors	Implement how public opinion should reflect on actors	development	3
23	Alpha	Public opinion reflects on organizations	Designe how public opinion should reflect on organizations	game design	2
24	Alpha	Public opinion reflects on organizations	Implement how public opinion should reflect on organizations	development	2
25	Alpha	Game map	Research how game map should lool like — art	art
26	Alpha	Game map	Research how game map should lool like — game design	game design	5
27	Alpha	Game map	Implement game map	development	7
28	Alpha	News channels	Research how news channels should behave in game	game design	2
29	Alpha	News channels	Implement news channels	development	4
30	Alpha	Investigations/Quests logic	Designe investigations rules	game design	5
31	Alpha	Investigations/Quests logic	Implement investigations	development	7
32	Alpha	Materials managment logic	Designe how materrials should be managed (rules & GUI)	game design	2
33	Alpha	Materials managment logic	Implement how materrials should be managed (rules & GUI)	development	4
34	Alpha	Actors reactions logic	Designe reactions rules	game design	2
35	Alpha	Actors reactions logic	Implement reactions rules	development	3
36	Alpha	Instrument to support fast narrative creation	—	development	7
37	Alpha	Minimal narrative content	50 narrative arcs	game design	5
38	Alpha	Minimal narrative content	500 narrative triggers	game design	10	500 = 50 arcs * 5 steps *2 variations
39	Alpha	Minimal narrative content	100 perks for actors	game design	3
40	Alpha	Minimal narrative content	City with 50-100 actors	game design	3	will become tutorial
41	Alpha	Determine art style	Research general art style alternatives	art
42	Alpha	Determine art style	Research portraits styles / generation	art
43	Alpha	Base meta narrative	Base world description	game design	2
44	Alpha	Base meta narrative	Examples of narratives specific to World	game design	3
45	Alpha	Playtest	Internal playtest	other
46	Alpha	Playtest	Fix most significant problems after playtest	development	10
47	Beta	GUI instruments for player to understand public reaction	Designe instruments for player to understand public reaction	game design	5
48	Beta	GUI instruments for player to understand public reaction	Implement instruments for player to understand public reaction	development	7
49	Beta	Finalize GUI	Improve user journey specification	game design	3
50	Beta	Finalize GUI	Update UI schemas	game design	3
51	Beta	Finalize GUI	Implement GUI behaviour	development	5
52	Beta	Finalize GUI	Automate QA for GUI	development	15
53	Beta	Finalize GUI	Beautify GUI — art	art		particles, transitions, etc
54	Beta	Finalize GUI	Beautify GUI — development	development	5
55	Beta	Finalize GUI	Pre-final GUI sprites	art
56	Beta	Advanced game map Interaction	—	development	10
57	Beta	Investigation/Quests consumables	Consumables designe	game design	5
58	Beta	Investigation/Quests consumables	Consumables implementation	development	4
59	Beta	Investigation/Quests consumables	Consumables art	art
60	Beta	Budget management	Designe budget management	game design	4
61	Beta	Budget management	Implement budget management	development	6
62	Beta	Artifacts	Artifacts designe	game design	5
63	Beta	Artifacts	Artifacts implementation	development	4
64	Beta	Artifacts	Artifacts art	art
65	Beta	Artifacts	plust 10 artifacts	game design	3
66	Beta	Narrative Network Director	Research general approach to implement NND — game design	game design	7
67	Beta	Narrative Network Director	Research general approach to implement NND — development	development	7
68	Beta	Narrative Network Director	Specification for NND — game design	game design	3
69	Beta	Narrative Network Director	Specification for NND — development	development	3
70	Beta	Narrative Network Director	Implement of NND	development	7
71	Beta	Narrative Network Director	Automate QA for NND	development	5
72	Beta	Improve tools for fast narrative creation	—	development	5
73	Beta	Beta narrative content	Prepare content development strategy	game design	3
74	Beta	Beta narrative content	Content quality metrics and thresholds — game design	game design	2
75	Beta	Beta narrative content	Content quality metrics and thresholds — development	development	2
76	Beta	Beta narrative content	plus 50 narrative arcs	game design	4
77	Beta	Beta narrative content	plus 500 narrative triggers	game design	8
78	Beta	Beta narrative content	plus 100 perks for actors	game design	3
79	Beta	Beta narrative content	City with 100-150 actors	game design	2
80	Beta	Beta narrative content	3 general narrative arcs	game design	4	Arcs that will make canvas for the whole game session
81	Beta	Beta narrative content	Inevitable refactoring of old content	game design	3
82	Beta	Beta QA	Prepare minimal quality checklist	other
83	Beta	Beta QA	Prepare minimal quality checklist	other
84	Beta	Game logic performance & stability	Review architecture	development	3
85	Beta	Game logic performance & stability	Optimize game logic to support bigger simulations	development	10
86	Beta	Game logic performance & stability	Automate QA for game logic	development	10
87	Beta	Base music & sound	Base sound support	development	4
88	Beta	Base music & sound	Implement sounds for GUI	development	2
89	Beta	Base music & sound	Implement sounds for game events	development	2
90	Beta	Base music & sound	Implement background music	development	2
91	Beta	Base music & sound	First raw background theme	outsource
92	Beta	Procedural generation preparations	Actor portrait templates	art
93	Beta	Procedural generation preparations	Research approaches to game map geneation — development	development	4
94	Beta	Procedural generation preparations	Research approaches to game map geneation — game design	game design	3
95	Beta	Procedural generation preparations	Research approaches to game map geneation — art	art	4
96	Beta	Procedural generation preparations	Research approaches to actors/city generation — game design	game design	3
97	Beta	Procedural generation preparations	Research approaches to actors/city generation — development	development	4
98	Beta	Meta world establishment	Internal wiki about main world entities and concepts	game design	5
99	Beta	Meta world establishment	A few short completed text stories "about the world" in the vibe of the game	game design	7	Required for team, to be in sync. Could be used later in marketing.
100	Beta	Save/load	—	development	5