From Spheriki

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This document says what we want out of the Sphere Community Game project, and says what we don't.

Contents 1 Project 2 The game 3 Activities 4 The team 5 The end result

Project

The project consists of:

1. The game
2. Activities (things that need to be done to "make" the game.)
3. The team

The game

The game should:

• Be a top-down 2D role-playing game in the vein of those found in the SNES era.
• Show that the Sphere engine can be used as the basis of a full RPG.
• Be complete! No loose ends should be in the final outcome.

The game should not:

• Require too many side-quests.
• Be a tech-demo of impressive effects.

Activities

Activities should:

• Always help the development team.
• Give us all the same clear game in mind.
• Encourage the team with a record of progress!
• Allow us to estimate how long this project will take.

Activities should not:

• Get in the way of the development team.
• Be neglected. A neglected activity should change to suit the team.

The team

The team should:

• Consist of volunteers of the Spherical community (the community of the Sphere RPG Engine).
• Dedicate their efforts towards the successful completion of the project.
• Help each other and communicate!
• Allow contribution from regular and non-regular members of the community.

The team should not:

• Stop! Studies show that a person's productivity is tied to the productivity of everybody else (not their skill level, like you'd expect.)
• Stop communicating without some sort of notice.

The end result

The end result should be:

• A playable RPG.
• Distributed as a bundled archive file.
• Hosted in a community-related location.
• Complete!