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