Meeting Notes & Action Plan

Ok, Ben and I made it today so we talked about what else needs done and what's priority.

Chris, we're not sure if you need 5 or 6 spoons for the mini-game? Can you let us/Ben know so that when he makes the background, it matches up with the game design.

We talked about what images are left to do for the spoons mini-game and narrowed it down to the background, the "key" images (which will be in the form of a small booklet in the corner of the screen, displaying an image of the head of each spoon, with it's information/year), and maybe a button or two. Also a text box briefly stating the objective of the mini-game similar to the ones in the previous posts might be good, though I can knock one of those up later with the template I've already got if we want.

Ben also says he has a couple more NPC designs as well I think, so providing we've got the spoons game sorted etc, they'll be to follow.

I was wondering if Chris or Simon would be able to start putting some of these mini-games and flash video sequences into the full version of our museum game before the next meeting, can either of you let me know if you've time for this or if it's better to wait still etc? Thanks.

NEXT MEETING - WEDNESDAY 7TH APRIL: 12:00 Harmer 2303 (this is when the University opens again).
In this meeting Ben and I agreed we should stay for a good amount of time and collaborate and get some things finished up while we're actually together for this meeting.

ACTION PLAN:

Ben

• Finishing off the spoons mini-game images. These include the background, the booklet/key images, and buttons.
• Inking/colouring NPC designs.

Simon

• Not sure how you're getting on with the cutlery and candlestick mini-games Simon, but I presume finishing those off will keep you busy for now.
• Possibly putting some of the files together for the full version of the game as mentioned above.

Chris

• Finishing the spoons mini-game once Ben provides the final images.
• Possibly implementing mini-games/videos into final version of game as mentioned above.
• Any word on the sprite left/right animation still Chris?

Anthony

• Posting final script for Quiz/Info NPCs up asap. If they're not finished, post them anyway and we'll go from there as it's already been in progress for several weeks.
• Continuing sound/music work.

John

• Finishing the 'Odd Cutlery Clues' mini-game images. These include the different clues and answers panels, along with the "check answer" button.
• Inking/colouring NPC designs.
• Putting titles into Simon's engraved plate video if I have time.
• Backburner stuff = second set of drawer-contents images, comic-book style transition images, extra bit of animation for the intro video (i.e. our hero walking into the museum).

If everyone can aim to have most of their tasks (or at least one of them) pretty much done and dusted by Wednesday's meeting that'd be great. If anyone is having problems getting things done or time issues etc. just let me know in advance thanks.