Showing Up

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    After watching  Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris video as the Global Game Jam 2015 keynote speaker, the importance of "Showing Up" really sunk in. During week 8, for our presentation, I was meant to help my brother move from Colorado back to Illinios, and I did. Through four days, I drove to Colorado, helped my brother back, and then drove home alone so I could make the presentation.

   Putting forth the effort to show up and make the most out of the time you have is key to becoming successful. In an industry where the monopoly is held by AAA, an independent game developer has an extremely hard time entering.the industry. Even if someone decides to work for an AAA company, there are long hours and low pay. 

   So to show my dedication to my success in csc110, I'm showing up after 4 days without proper sleep and fulfilling my role as product owner for Black Tide Games.

Organization

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   While in stand-ups, we had everyone speak about what they had done over the week; as we moved forward in our meetings, we had our members elaborate on their topics rather than just mention them. This way, our entire team is familiar with the topic.

   Although around week 6, we were unsure which tasks were fully completed (correctly). When the leaders and I sifted through the task board to check each task, we reallocated the tasks to get completely along with that weeks assignments.

   After the presentation on week 8, I plan to get a professional grade binder and print out all of our legal, financial, and creative work. Not only will we have all of our documents finished, but presentably and more organized that it is on Trello. In the binder, we will have the official version with a backup online.

   Organizing everything now will ensure that we will remain efficient.

Pitching Ideas

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    Working in a business team, especially an inexperienced one, it is quite unorganized. Extroverts generally have an advantage in groups. In order for your idea to be heard, you have to speak up and ensure that you have the attention of the entire group. To keep the attention and to make the group excited about your idea as you are, your excitement has to come through as you pitch your idea.

    If you do not show the passion for the idea, no one else's passion will be peaked. During week 6, as we started the actual game design, the ideas that were repeated the most, and the loudest, were the ones we talked the most about. As CCO, I have the authority to kill off ideas that I do not like, However, I'd prefer our small team to make decisions together as efficiently as we can.

    When we began deciding names, it took hours, so we figured that online meetings were the most efficient way to decide non-essential game aspects.

Business Model Canvas

 

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    Studying the business model canvas, we split the canvas up by categories in order to understand them well. However, once we began filling the sections, we found that there should an order to our process. Starting with value props, we had to design our company to be useful to...our customer segments. We had to decide how to get our product to our customer through channels, and then ensure our customers are satisfied with our product. Then we would study the revenue streams to plan for the best way to generate money.

    The most important part however is to "get out of the building" and ask the customers if the product you are offering is as valuable as you believe it to be.