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The Game Production Handbook, 2nd Edition
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The Game Production Handbook, 2nd Edition

by Heather Maxwell Chandler
August 2008
Beginner content levelBeginner
482 pages
16h 50m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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246 THE GAME PRODUCTION HANDBOOK, 2/E
FIGURE 15.3 Common development milestones.
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T
H
E
C
D
First Playable Alpha Code Freeze Beta Code Release
Third Party Submission -
CONSOLE ONLY
Time Frame
12 - 18 months before
code release
8 - 10 months before
code release
3 - 4 months before
code release
2 - 3 months before
code release
First code release
candidate available to
QA 3 weeks before
final code release
deadline.
Submit code release
candidate at least 8 - 12
weeks before desired ship
date.
Engineering
Basic functionality for a
few key features are in to
demostrate very basic
game play.
Key game play
functionaltiy is in for all
game features.
Features work ...
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ISBN: 9781934015407