Lessons from the community building an open development dna jeff spock
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LEARNING FROM THE COMMUNITY:Building an Open Development DNA
Credentials
JEFF SPOCKNARRATIVE DIRECTOR
CO-FOUNDER
FEEDBACK/REQUESTS?
Open Dev: a definition
DEV BY COMMUNITY?
PLAYER-MADE ASSETS?
DEFINITION
TESTING?Community and dev team exchange design and gameplay ideas v ia a d i rect feedback loop to des igners , producers, and programmers.
HOW TO RECRUIT?
Open Dev is community dev
WHERE?
WHO?
COMMUNITY
WHEN?
When does Open Dev start?
PRE-PRODUCTION?
PROJECT CONCEPTION?
FUNDING?
ANNOUNCEMENT?
CHOICES
What role does the Community have?
DEV TEAM?
CUSTOMER?
QA?
INVESTOR?
IN THE ORG CHART?
When does Open Dev start?
DEV TEAM?
INVESTOR?
WHO IS THE COMMUNITY?
CUSTOMER?
QA?
Community as investors
PRE-SALES
ROCK STAR
PRE-PRE-ALPHA
ALL OR NOTHING
CROWDFUNDING
WHOSE COMMUNITY?
OPINIONS…
Community as developers
THE MEANS
THE RISK
THE PROCESS
THE PACT
OPEN DEV
THE RESULTS
THE REWARD
How it all begins…
THE PRICEYOUR « PRECIOUS »
IMPLICATION / INVOLVEMENT
THE PACT
The Means
VIPS1ST DESIGNERSEXPERTSOPINION LEADERSAMBASSADORS
The Means
THE PLATFORM
TWO-WAYMULTI-CHANNEL
DEDICATED FORUMS
GAME DESIGN DOCS
COMMON VISIONREFERENCE DOCUMENTCONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK
PROOF OF TRANSPARENCY
The Means
ROAD MAP
TEASING
PROOF OF TRANSPARENCYEDUCATIONAL
The Means
VOTES
FASTGAME CHANGINGCOMMUNITY HIGHLIGHT
ACCESSIBLE
The Means
IDEA BOX
FEEDS DEV BACKLOG
NEEDS PROOF & TIME
FOUNDATION
CONSTANT FEEDBACK
The Means
COMMUNITY DRIVEN
COMPETITIONS
SIZE DOES NOT MATTER
COMMUNITY CATALYST
The Means
EARLY ACCESS
QUALITY IS MUST HAVEFIRST PREVIEWS
FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY BOOSTERNOT CROWDFUNDING
The Means
GAMIFICATION
The Means
FUNFUNFUN
Impact on Dev Process
PROCESSSCHEDULE GAPS
GAME VISION
PRIORITY LIST
CONCERNS
The Risks
NEGATIVE FORUMS
UNREASONABLE IDEAS
UNREWARDING
IRRATIONAL GDD
IRREGULAR FEEDBACK
Where did it work for us?
POSITIVE &
CREATIVE
LIVE DEV
SELF
MODERATIO
NVIPS
SUCCESS
NEWCOMERSBANDW
ITH
EXPANSION PACK
COM CHANNELS
Where did it not?
LESSONS
TL;DR
TAKE AWAY TRANSPARENCY RULES
ITERATION ALSO RULES
DEV SCHEDULE GAPS
RESPECT THE PACT
FIND YOUR COMMUNITY
THANK YOU