Concept Document

This phase will result in a proposal for a game that will then need to be approved for development.

This game falls into the following genres:

• Sports Game
• Massively Multiplayer Online Game

One to two paragraphs describing what the game is.

A one to two sentence statement that captures the idea of the game.

This document will be the closing capture statement of the Concept Deveopment Phase.

The Vision Statement.

The genre the game falls in and how it departs from the norm.

Major selling points.

The target audience for the game. Who will want to buy it. Also include some historical references of the genre selling to said audience.

Identify the target hardware. If it is to be the PC identify hardware requirements to play the game.

These are rough estimates based on the technical and art lead's opinions.

Try to give a brief analysis on other games in this genre and how they compare to the one being proposed.

If this is a game being marketed to outsider customers to fund, list the teams capabilities and any games they have produced. If it is to be marketed internally then state the skills needed to complete this project.

Identify any potential risks in developing the game and describe ways of mitigating them.

Reiterate why this is a great game and why this team of people are the ones to create it. Also state something about how the game will potentially be a great hit through market stats.

[http://www.imaginefx.com/02287754329619582066/video-game-concept-art.html|Professional's Opinion]

[http://lostgarden.com/2005/05/spacecrack-game-concept-sketches.html|Another Opinion]

[http://halo.bungie.org/conceptart/|And Another]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_art|One more]