Tools

During development, my priority was to make sure my team members would have everything they needed. I started by creating a GDD for all of us to reference, this was especially important since neither of them owned UE4 and couldn't access the game. A Trello Board was also set up and we would use Discord to have meetings and message each other throughout development.

Builds

While working on the game, I also made and uploaded builds to our shared google drive folder so my team members had a chance to play through the game and give feedback on my design and how I implemented their assets. I quickly built a prototype of the gameplay and uploaded a build hours after our teams initial design meeting so we could assess if it was what we wanted.

Challenges

While working on this game for the week time span I had two college classes that I was doing online. I was also visiting my girlfriend in Michigan and had to fly from Florida, where I attend Full Sail University. I was primarily working on the game when she went to work but had to put in more hours to make sure everything went smoothly. Working with a team remotely all while doing this meant that I was on the computer a lot, hopping from the game jam, to my school work, to getting off to spend time with my favorite playtester. Despite this I managed to get A+'s in both of my classes, publish my first game and get a kiss when it was all said and done.