As Bubblision has now been released I thought I’d share some of the statistics I’ve been keeping throughout the project.
As I’ve been using the game to learn how to use Unity and also been working in my spare time the timescales are not indicative of how long it takes to develop this sort of game (unless you’re in a similar situation…).
Duration
| Milestone | Date | Hours spent |
|---|---|---|
| Project start | 10/07/2013 | – |
| First Alpha | 13/11/2014 (491 days) | 169 |
| First Release | 02/01/2015 (541 days) | 202 |
Average time spent on the project per week: 2.6 hrs.
Time breakdown
A breakdown of the time spent on each task.
| Task | Hours | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Analytics | 4.25 | 2.1% |
| App store setup | 3.5 | 1.7% |
| Artwork – backgrounds | 2.95 | 1.5% |
| Artwork – objects 2D | 9.75 | 4.8% |
| Artwork – objects 3D | 2.25 | 1.1% |
| Audio – game sound | 3 | 1.5% |
| Bug fixing | 19 | 9.4% |
| Development – Code | 97.8 | 48.4% |
| Development – UI | 19.5 | 9.7% |
| Third-party setup | 19.5 | 9.7% |
| Other (documentation, testing etc) | 20.55 | 10.2% |
Although the above gives a breakdown of how the time has been spent on the project I think it masks some areas. For example, a lot of testing is done while developing and not just as formal testing (in the “Other” section).
Anyway, might be interesting to someone, might not…
We’ll see if this breakdown changes on my next project.