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We help you map out your game project with series of workshops, defining scope, timeline, and costs.

Focus on creating, we’ll handle the planning!

Project Planning

In this quick interview, we’ll dive into your main goals and figure out the best way to achieve them. It’s all about understanding what you want and creating a plan to make it happen.
This sets a clear direction, defines actionable steps, and boosts motivation by aligning everyone on a common vision.
We’ll establish a strong foundation to kick things off right.

We’ll compile a list of all stakeholders involved in the project, ensuring everyone who needs to be in the loop is included from the start.
This ensures all voices are heard, creates a comprehensive communication plan, and facilitates smoother collaboration.
Aligning expectations from the beginning leads to a harmonious project journey.

We’ll organize 1-2 meetings to establish the project’s scope, nailing down exactly what’s in and out.
This helps us clearly define boundaries, avoid scope creep, and set realistic goals.
Focusing resources on critical aspects ensures everyone is on the same page.

We’ll compile all info into a detailed project scope document, serving as your project’s blueprint.
This document improves transparency, accountability, and decision-making.
It ensures all team members are aligned and working towards a common goal.

We’ll meet with the dev team for 2-3 sessions to size the items, understanding the effort required for each task.
This helps us accurately estimate workload and timelines, identify challenges early, and optimize resource allocation.
A realistic project plan sets the stage for smooth execution.

We’ll hold a closing meeting to present the scope and timeline, making final adjustments based on feedback.
This ensures the plan aligns with your vision, making informed adjustments to optimize it.
It fosters a sense of ownership and commitment, allowing us to start the project with confidence and clarity.
Let’s make your dreams a reality.

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Map out your game development together.

Results you’ll love

We log all Epics, Features, Stories, and Tasks into your preferred software, keeping everything organized and on track.
WBS or Backlog, your choice!

Time matters

We’ll spend up to 14 hours on your project:

up to 7 hours working directly with you to ensure everything’s on point
up to 7 hours perfecting the docs and app behind the scenes.

Pricing made simple

Project planning

Our comprehensive service covers scope, time, and cost, tailored to your project needs and team size. You'll have direct access to an experienced project manager, with adjustments based on your project’s evolution. Enjoy clear pricing with no hidden fees.

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Why is a Story Mapping important for game development projects?

A Story Mapping is essential in game development projects because it breaks down the project into high-level components and systems. It helps keep everyone on the same page, from designers to developers, ensuring every detail is accounted for.

This method not only aids in tracking progress but also helps in identifying potential risks early, making your project run smoother and more efficiently.

How do you create a Story Map for a game development project?

Creating a Story Map for a game project starts with defining the elements.Think of it as outlining the elements for your game and start outlining them like levels, characters, items and so on.

From there, you break these down into smaller, small description known as stories, where it states who will benefit from this work being done, what the work entitles, and the expected result out of the process.
It’s a bit like building with Lego blocks – start with the big picture and gradually fill in the details.

What software tools do you use for managing Story Maps and Backlogs?

We use a combination of popular project management tools like Jira, Trello, and Asana. These tools help us organize tasks, set priorities, and track progress seamlessly.

Depending on your team’s preferences, we can customize our approach to fit the tools you’re most comfortable with.

How do you prioritize tasks in a Backlog?

Prioritizing tasks in a backlog involves evaluating the goal of the milestone, impact, urgency of each story, and stakeholder’s input.

We have a different set of techniques and workshops in which can create consensus across different stakeholders, depending on the milestone and overall goals. This ensures that the most critical stories get done first, keeping the project on track and aligned with your key milestones.

What are the key components of a Story Map?

A Story Map typically includes epics, stories and tasks. For game development, this might mean breaking down the game into major sections like gameplay, mechanics, levels, characters, items, among others elements specific to each game.

Each element is clearly defined to ensure everyone knows what needs to be done and by when.

Can you integrate our existing project management tools with your Story Map and Backlog?

Absolutely! We understand that switching tools can be a hassle. We’re flexible and can integrate our Story Map and backlog management techniques with the tools you’re already using.
We have our credentials and licenses for each project management tool, and you just grant us access in order to start helping you, we aim to make the improve your backlog as much as possible.

How do you manage dependencies in a Story Map?

Managing dependencies in a Story Map is all about understanding the relationships between each story.

We map out these dependencies early on to ensure that one story delay doesn’t hold up the entire project. Going through each story help us to look on what previous segments are needed to be built before we can even consider that start the next ones.

Can you provide examples of successful Story Map and Backlog management in past projects?

Sure thing! One example is a recent AR mobile game where our Story Map helped streamline development by clearly outlining stories and milestones. By managing the backlog efficiently, we empowered production and management to be able to prioritized critical gameplay features and story elements, enabled the team to be able to accurate estimate story sizes, bringing transparency on the project on the amount of work that we have, and the amount of time needed to finished it.

Our structured approach has consistently helped teams stay focused and meet their goals.