Draknek budget example 2

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
1	Project name
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3	Timeline
4			Dec 2018	Jan 2019	Feb 2019	Mar 2019	Apr 2019	May 2019	Jun 2019	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020	Mar 2020
5			Prototype				Production				Alpha				Beta		Live ready
6		Tech	Optimise for iPhone				Character animation				Gameplay edge cases				Endless bugfixing
7		Level design	Add all levels to world								Playtesting/iteration
8		Art	Implement revised art style					Different biomes			Setpieces/landmarks					Promo material
9		Narrative	Narrative mockups				Writing				Integrate story into game				Playtesting/iteration
10		Audio	Implement dynamic music					Music for different areas				Narrative moments/setpieces					Trailers
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12	Budget
13			Self-funded
14	Role	Name	Dec 2018	Jan 2019	Feb 2019	Mar 2019	Apr 2019	May 2019	Jun 2019	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020	Mar 2020
15	Lead designer	David Designson					1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
16	Lead programmer	Paula Techington					1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
17	Lead artist	Alice McArty					1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
18	Narrative designer	Neil Wordsmith					0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
19	Audio designer	Andrew Hearalot					0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
20	Producer	TBD					1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
21	Additional programmer	TBD					1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
22	Additional artist	TBD					1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
23	Marketing/strategy	TBD					0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
24	Porting (external)	TBD											3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
25	Translation (external)	TBD														1.0
26	Quality assurance (external)	TBD									1.0						1.0
27		Person-months:					7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	8.5	7.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	11.5	8.5	7.5
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29	Total person-months	105.0
30	Cost per person-month (USD)	$5,000		← This number can probably be higher than you think it can! Don't underpay yourself.
31	Total cost	$525,000		Remember that a slightly inflated person-month cost has to cover all your miscellaneous costs
32				If you have a track record, I wouldn't go any lower than $5k/person/month
33				Even if you don't have a track record, I wouldn't go any lower than $3k/person/month
34				These are minimums not targets. $10k/person/month or higher would not be unreasonable for some publishers
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