Timeline update

Back in October, I came up with three timelines, one showing what my dissertation will look like when things go slower than expected; one when quicker than expected; and a balanced timeline which was what I believed I'd be following all year long.

The pesimistic timeline expected that I'll finish my dissertation with one prototype, the optymistic timeline - with three, and the balanced one - with two.

I'm happy to announce that as for now, three quarters through my dissertation, I am following the optymistic timeline, meaning that soon I'll be done with my second prototype, and I'll have enough time to design and develop one more.

So here's the optymistic timeline that hopefully I'll follow all the way until my dissertation project reaches its end:

(the highlighted column shows the current week)

Semester 1	Week	Category	To do
29th Sep	1	Thoughts Research	Post dissertation thoughts Post about Game mechanics used for touch screen devices
6th Oct	2	Theory Research	Post about what makes a game easy to learn Post job offers
13th	3	Technical	Post about the dissertation timeline and marking criteria
20th	4	Theory	Post about what makes a game hard to master
27th	5	Technical	Post the proposal
3th Nov	6	Theory	Post about four types of games
10th	7	Practice	Learn the basics of C# by following the Pong guide
17th	8	Practice	Start designing prototype #1
24th	9	Practice	Start developing prototype #1
1st Dec	10	Practice	Prototype #1 development process
8th	11	Practice	Publish prototype #1 on a smartphone Get people to playtest prototype #1 Start iterating prototype #1
15th	12	Practice	Prototype #1 iteration process

Semester 2	Week	Category	To do
19th Jan	13	Practice Technical	Prototype #1 iteration process Finish prototype #1 Seminar presentation
26th	14	Practice	Start designing prototype #2
2nd Feb	15	Practice	Start developing prototype #2
9th	16	Practice	Prototype #2 development process
16th	17	Practice	Publish prototype #2 on a smartphone Get people to playtest prototype #2 Start iterating prototype #2
23th	18	Practice	Prototype #2 iteration process Finish prototype #2
2nd Mar	19	Practice	Start designing prototype #3
9th	20	Practice	Start developing prototype #3
16th	21	Practice	Prototype #3 development process
23th	22	Practice	Publish prototype #3 on a smartphone Get people to playtest prototype #3 Start iterating prototype #3
Easter holidays
20th Apr	23	Practice	Prototype #3 iteration process Finish prototype #3
27th	24	Thoughts	Post a summary
8th May	25	Technical	Final presentation