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Finish one polished slice instead of a wide prototype. Scope, build, and the review you hold before you add more.

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Finish one polished slice instead of a wide prototype. Scope, build, and the review you hold before you add more. Across about 14 hours you will choose one slice that shows the game, schedule the work in weeks, hold a review before you add more game, and list what the slice proved.

Intermediate · 14 hours · Production

Curriculum

Module 1 · Scope

  1. Choose one slice that shows the game
  2. Write what done means
  3. Cut everything outside the slice
  4. Get the team to agree

Module 2 · The build

  1. Schedule the work in weeks
  2. Keep a playable build every week
  3. Fix blockers before new content
  4. Show the slice, not a list of intentions

Module 3 · Review

  1. Hold a review before you add more game
  2. Invite someone who does not know the project
  3. Write their first comment
  4. Decide go, change, or stop

Module 4 · After the slice

  1. List what the slice proved
  2. List what it did not prove
  3. Plan the next slice only after the review
  4. Archive the build
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