Production & Project Managment
Award Winning Project Management
3rd Year Industry Project - Powerchair Football
Powerchair Football is the worlds first disability sports game made for the Tayside Dynamos of Dundee.
The prototype aims to simulate the sport, its complexity and skill required of its players. This project was done as a part of the DES310 Professional Project module at Abertay University.
This project ran for 15 Weeks total (13 weeks development time).
itch.io link; https://jasper-van-diepen.itch.io/powerchair
Software Used
Jira & Confluence (Project Management)
Unity Game Engine (Game Development)
Google Suite - Docs, Sheets & Slides (Documentation)
Project Roles
My main role within this project was the team producer, but I took on additional roles as the sound designer and project co-ordinator due to neccessity of team diciplines. I was responsible for creating the team schedule, managing, leading and directing the project.
This project required professionalism and to be focused and determined to deliver what our clients specified.
Project Contributions
GDD, ADD, TDD (Game, Audio & Technical design documents)
Jira scheduling (planning, assigning tasks, using sprints to keep track of tasks completion and progress)
Producer Log - detailed self report of tasks
Producer Decision Log - detailed report of every decision made and why, using Confluence
Music & SFX - 4 custom made soundtracks composed my myself, as well as a full audio asset list and essential audio.
Client Meetings, communication & presentations (every 2 weeks)
Game Trailer - short demo trailer showcasing the core aspects of powerchair football (multiplayer, game rules, replay cameras etc)
Links
Links to Key project areas such as documentation, scheduling and the University article for the team award.
GDD;https://docs.google.com/document/d/12E44nrna6DLm0nTyDVAO1lU0otHLFnNY4cJepZR9iOI/edit?usp=sharing
Jira; https://des310schedule.atlassian.net/jira/software/projects/JAKE/boards/1/timeline
Game Trailer; https://youtu.be/uHwJTmjIjBI
University Article;https://www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2023/international-serious-play-awards-2023/