Applying classic game production principles to game productions with short development times

Abstract

During the winter semester 2016 62 students of Media Informatics and Interactive Entertainment at the University of Applied Sciences Mittweida collaborated on developing a 3D Puzzle Platformer. Within a very limited timeframe of four months and with many people to manage the team could produce a title that successfully went through the Greenlight process of Steam. This paper discusses how classic game production principles can be successfully scaled down to fit a game production with relatively short production times by analysing the production of Koa Bunga.