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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify the required game assets in a team environment
   • Obtain the project brief and other relevant documents
   • Identify the game production assets required to meet the creative and production requirements, and technical specifications
   • Discuss the formats of assets, and issues of asset integration, with the appropriate personnel
   • Determine the sequence for the development of a beta-version prototype for testing game play
   • Create a schedule for production and testing
   • Determine strategies for monitoring production progress against the schedule
2. Identify the capability of game-engine software and tools and make a selection in a team environment
   • Identify and review the range of industry-standard game-engine software and development tools available
   • Assess the software and tools related to the specified game concept and play requirements
   • Discuss considerations for the selection of game-engine software with the relevant personnel, to ensure that the selection will meet the specified outcomes
   • Select the game-engine software and development tools
3. Create or acquire the required assets for a game in a team environment
   • Establish an environment for a project that supports sharing of project assets produced by team members
   • Review the attributes of the assets required in a game project related to the chosen game engine
   • Create or acquire the visual assets for a games project
   • Customise asset attributes to suit the game design, and chosen game engine
4. Use game-engine software and development tools in a team environment
   • Collaborate in the use of tools, and features, of software relevant to the game-production process
   • Create, modify or access scripts or code to combine assets, and achieve agreed project goals
   • Create and check game-play elements, according to the creative and technical requirements
   • Test and run the game prototype as a presentation, to ensure that sequences meet the creative, production and technical requirements
5. Evaluate the game prototype in a team environment
   • Demonstrate the initial prototype to the relevant personnel
   • Evaluate against criteria, including the achievement of a creative and user-friendly product
   • Discuss and agree on required changes
   • Assist, if required, in tests and user trials
   • Evaluate the feedback from user trials
   • Confirm the endorsement from relevant personnel to develop the prototype into a complete product
6. Transform the prototype into final publication
   • Make the necessary changes, as indicated by user trials
   • Integrate all game elements, as required by the specifications
   • Make final checks to ensure that all sequences conform to the navigation design
   • Assemble a final publication for distribution

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

determine required game assets

apply a variety of strategies for game trialling and testing

apply original and innovative approaches to the creative developmentof a 3-D game

implement game development and production strategies

maintain the integrity of the design brief and game design document

communicate, collaborate and participate in a team environment

transform the prototype into final publication.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

explain basic programming techniques

summarise the capabilities and constraints of game engines

discuss the process used for computer games development, including specific terminology

provide a detailed summary of current game-play hardware and software products

explain risk and critical path management

outline technical constraints that hardware imposes on:

graphics requirements

code development

creative visual design.

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