Due February 15 CS 4455 - Video Game Design & Programming Spring 2006

Assignment 2: Critique of Game Proposal

Team assignment

Provide constructive criticism of  the game proposal of two other teams. Evaluate their proposal based on the criteria in Project Part 1:

  1. Think Small

    Is their game doable in a by the end of the semester? If not, what would you cut from their design? (Or... perhaps their game is too easy to build. Why?)

  2. Do One Thing Well

    What will their game do well? Is that worth doing in the context of this game genre?

  3. Understand the Affordances of Your Chosen Tools

    Are the tools that they are using appropriate for their game? Why or why not?

  4. Plan in Layers

    Does the ordering of the tasks in their layers make sense? Are there components that should be moved to an earlier or later layer? Will all the team members have something to do throughout the semester rather than having to wait for their teammates to finish their part?

  5. Fun

    Does their game sound like fun? Any suggestions on how to make it more fun?

  6. Posture

    Did the group sit properly while doing the proposal? How could they have sat better?

  7. Conclusion: Key Strengths and Weaknesses

    What is the greatest strength of their game and game proposal? What is the weakness that you are most concerned about?

  8. Be respectful!! 

Due on September 15

Please hand in three copies of your two critiques (one each for the instructor and TA, and one for the team whose proposal you critiqued). Your critique should be approximately 2 pages long (12 pt. font, single-spaced).

Your critique will be graded on: