Management Simulator
When: 2017
For: Nykredit (A Danish Finance Company)
Time on project: 5 months
Platform: Android tablets
Engine: Adobe Animate
Other tools: Diagrams.net, Ayoa, GreenSock, Excel
Description
The simulator supports a live role-playing game where managers are split into groups/departments and are each given a virtual employee who has needs and wants they need to be managed. The employee will react to what actions the managers take and which tasks they give their employees.
management simulator
My official role on the project
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Game designer
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Product owner
What I did
Game Design
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Designed detailed user and data flow, interactions, feedback. as well as the game system for the virtual employee's reactions and parameter changes. There were several thousand data points that needed to be handled and used in the simulation.
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Transformed and redesigned a PowerPoint concept of the game into an actual game.
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Created rough sketches and wireframes for the artist to work from to create detailed mock-ups.
Code
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Implemented most of the graphics, interactions, and feedback with support from the programmer who was focussing on the back-end and systems.
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Created feedback animations in the engine.
Project Management
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Created complete backlog, time estimated the project, and estimated the budget.
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Wrote job-post and hired a freelance artist.
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Managed backlog and tracked the project.
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Conducted daily stand-up meetings and weekly planning meetings.
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Reported project status to superiors.
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Was responsible for communication with collaborators who were responsible for the data for the game and the role-playing part that the game should support.