[project1dev] Re: Status Update
- From: Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:44:15 -0800
Yeah, this is the system that will be used with the weekly update
mails, the first of which is coming tomorrow.
It's already looking like a great enough system to organize stuff, but
it's funny that both of you had it at work in almost the same form :)
Ours will take on a mind of its own too, of course.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> we have a similar system at work
>
> 0 = something really important is majorly broken and nobody (or a lot of
> people can't) work until you fix (like if the game wont run for anyone)
> 1 = you should work on this first (like a crash that happens in the editor
> when you copy an object)
> 2 = regular old task (like me getting shadows working again)
> 3 = low priority task (like making music - since we dont have sound or music
> support yet)
> 4 = maybe we'll do it later, or next game
>
> kent is a special case cause he is the entire scripting team and he likes to
> make stuff so if we block him, we lose out on major improvements to the game
> haha... so chris origionaly made it a priority 0 cause we were blocking
> kent. It dropped to a priority 2 when it stopped blocking him and just
> became an anoyance :P
>
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> At work we have a 4 tier system for rating the severity of what's
>> going on, we should adopt something similar.
>>
>> S1 - Critical issue affecting multiple instances ( .exe broken,
>> unplayable game, etc)
>> S2 - Non-critical issue affecting multiple instances (needing art for an
>> area)
>> S3 - Critical issue affecting a single instance (kent's shader problem)
>> S4 - Non-critical issue affecting a single instance (final art for
>> minigame hack)
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Yeah, I totally agree with all of this. It's very important to know
>> > that priority on a task will only be in terms of what needs to be done
>> > first - that is why deadlines, if any even exist for a task, will be
>> > created by the person that is doing the task. I mean, if I started
>> > handing out "2 weeks to finish this" emails, that'd do absolutely
>> > nothing to help someone actually do their task! That's just needless
>> > pressure...
>> >
>> > Besides it's much better when someone does things out of a labor of
>> > love. They won't cut corners and they won't sacrifice time for
>> > quality.
>> >
>> > but hey, don't worry about steppin on my toes with delegation duties -
>> > I'm glad you were watching out while I was away, thank you! It helps
>> > a lot to make sure constant attention is placed on stuff. Actually,
>> > that is really, really important - if we can pick up slack for each
>> > other that's a huge plus. (also to be honest I wouldn't have thought
>> > you were impeding on anything until you just mentioned it.. I still
>> > don't quite think you did hehe)
>> >
>> > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >> cool deal
>> >>
>> >> and just clarification on priority i think what it should be used for
>> >> is
>> >> just for getting things done in order, i just want to point that out so
>> >> peeps dont think if they have something really high priority that they
>> >> have
>> >> to like do anything crazy to get it done asap. Cause yeah, i mean...
>> >> we all
>> >> are volunteers on this thing etc :P
>> >>
>> >> so yeah just like... if we have a bunch of pri 1's and pri 2's and pri
>> >> 3's,
>> >> the pri 1 tasks should be getting done before the pri 2's but just
>> >> cause you
>> >> have a pri 1 doesn't mean it needs to be done uber quick.
>> >>
>> >> if people get a task to do that is blocking other people from working
>> >> though
>> >> we should let em know, and umm i guess if it's REALLY blocking a lot of
>> >> people from doing stuff, if someone says they will do it in a month,
>> >> and no
>> >> one else speaks up to do it sooner, theres not much more that can be
>> >> done
>> >> about that LOL.
>> >>
>> >> I figure at VERY worst if something like that comes up, i'd be able to
>> >> jump
>> >> in and make temp art or a script fix (like if kent were out) or
>> >> something
>> >> like that to get a quick, temporary fix in to unblock other people from
>> >> moving forward with their tasks. mostly i think the highest priority
>> >> bugs
>> >> will end up being on me cause i'll likely break a lot of stuff before
>> >> the
>> >> end of the project LOL. and i will fix things asap whenever i do.
>> >>
>> >> hopefully that makes sense. I just want to make sure peeps know
>> >> priority is
>> >> just an order in which to do stuff, and not really about us sayin "hey
>> >> you
>> >> work harder!" lol.
>> >>
>> >> We can discuss more too if you wanna chris (or anyone else) but thats
>> >> how i
>> >> see it working myself
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> lol, I just posted about that task while you sent me this email...
>> >>> funny
>> >>> :)
>> >>>
>> >>> No we got back about an hour and a half ago. The past 4 days have
>> >>> really kind of sucked... but I am going to see if I can relax tonight,
>> >>> get some game stuff done, get back into a normal mindset.
>> >>>
>> >>> I think I can talk to wurmz and see when he wants to do the image.
>> >>> The dude is kind of crazy, every time I give him something to make he
>> >>> sends it to me in about ten minutes... so im really confident in
>> >>> giving him a high priority task. Although, I don't think I asked him
>> >>> to do anything as complex as this puzzle... except for the skybox..
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> > are you guys still in AZ? (:
>> >>> >
>> >>> > btw got another task for you to put on the schedule! Wurmz is gonna
>> >>> > make a
>> >>> > circuit board image for kent's puzzle game. no ETA given yet, you
>> >>> > can
>> >>> > get
>> >>> > one from him if you want (:
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Chris Riccobono
>> >>> > <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> > wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> hell yeah, this is coming together very well Katie! I am excited
>> >>> >> to
>> >>> >> see what will happen with it being animated like alan mentioned, as
>> >>> >> well :)
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> >> wrote:
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > wow nice lookin!
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:39 PM, katie cook <ktmcook@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> >> > wrote:
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> Hey Guys,
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> So here is another update of biobeastie. It is going pretty slow
>> >>> >> >> so
>> >>> >> >> far
>> >>> >> >> since I'm doing a lot of tweaking as I go. But hopefully it will
>> >>> >> >> start to
>> >>> >> >> pickup once I get the head done.
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> Anyway, here is what I got and I will make sure to keep posting
>> >>> >> >> my
>> >>> >> >> status.
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> Thanks Guys, hope all is well.
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> katie
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