Area 06

Production / Pre-production

Planning, briefs, teamwork, version control and portfolio presentation.

Pre-productionPlanningVersion controlTeam rolesPipelinesPortfolio

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7 focused entries currently cover this area.

ExplainerGame Engines

Compare engines against the task, machines, teaching time and intended progression rather than arguing for one universal winner.

5 min readGeneral

GuideProduction / Pre-production

A short planning structure that exposes risk and scope before learners disappear into asset production.

5 min readLevel 2 · Level 3 · HE

Guided resourceProduction / Pre-production

A short official exercise introducing repositories, branches, commits and pull requests.

GitHub · Free account requiredLevel 2 · Level 3 · HE

Guided resourceProduction / Pre-production

A free online explanation of local, centralised and distributed version control and the problems each approach addresses.

Git project · FreeLevel 3 · HE

ActivityProduction / Pre-production

Structured prompts that keep peer feedback specific, evidenced and useful to the next production decision.

20 min · Pairs, then optional groups of fourGeneral

Free toolGame Design

An open-source tool for making and testing nonlinear interactive stories in the browser or desktop app.

Twine · Free and open sourceLevel 1 · Level 2 · Level 3 · HE

Free toolProduction / Pre-production

A graphical Git client that makes changes, commits, branches and history easier to see during an introduction.

GitHub · Free and open sourceLevel 2 · Level 3 · HE