Jeff Weinstein, Tysen Henderson - SAVE A TREE DESIGN WITHOUT PAPERWORK

Astropop: pics slides & audio (48 MB)

A detailed analysis of PopCap's design and production procedures.

We aren't sure why they agreed to do this session, they give away all their secrets, so make sure to listen if you have anything to do with game development.

our take:
Originally, this session was "Scrum, it really works!" While the speakers don't mention agile methods as we had originally planned- you will quickly realize that over the years PopCap has evolved their production process into an agile like system before agile was cool.

Now everyone, see what happens when you don't ask your questions into the mic. Yep, makes the recording not as cool. Remember to next time or you will be hurt.

Delivered at Casual Connect Seattle, 17 July 2007

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Tysen Henderson (email)
In 2002, Tysen Henderson joined PopCap Games as one of its earliest employees. He has been responsible for design, art and production on several hit casual titles including Bookworm Adventures, Chuzzle, and AstroPop.

Jeff Weinstein (email)
Jeff joined PopCap as one of the first employees back in 2002 when the company was first starting to expand. He was the programmer on TyperShark, AstroPop and most recently, Bookworm Adventures where he shared a design credit. He also doesn't write long bios.

HOME \| LECTURES & ARTICLES \| GAME DESIGN \| SAVE A TREE DESIGN WITHOUT PAPERWORK slides & audio (48 MB) A detailed analysis of PopCap's design and production procedures. We aren't sure why they agreed to do this session, they give away all their secrets, so make sure to listen if you have anything to do with game development. our take: Originally, this session was "Scrum, it really works!" While the speakers don't mention agile methods as we had originally planned- you will quickly realize that over the years PopCap has evolved their production process into an agile like system before agile was cool. Now everyone, see what happens when you don't ask your questions into the mic. Yep, makes the recording not as cool. Remember to next time or you will be hurt. Delivered at Casual Connect Seattle, 17 July 2007 DOWNLOAD Tysen Henderson (email) In 2002, Tysen Henderson joined PopCap Games as one of its earliest employees. He has been responsible for design, art and production on several hit casual titles including Bookworm Adventures, Chuzzle, and AstroPop. Jeff Weinstein (email) Jeff joined PopCap as one of the first employees back in 2002 when the company was first starting to expand. He was the programmer on TyperShark, AstroPop and most recently, Bookworm Adventures where he shared a design credit. He also doesn't write long bios.