Sprint Updates

What we achieved each sprint.

1 - Sprint 1

What the team achieved in Sprint 1 (18/11/21 - 22/11/21)

Group members met for the first time & completed introductory activities to get to know each other.
Create a group Jira board to help organise the planning of the project.
Get everyone signed up for Jira.
Get everyone signed up for Github.
Create a group Google Drive for sharing & creation of documentation.
Assign overall roles for everyone in the group & their responsibilities going forward.
Ensure every overall role has a backup person.
Look at the project brief and decide on an overall timeline of each deliverable.
Ensure all group members know their way around Jira.
Jira has been organised in a way that means it works smoothly.
Jira has ‘Epics’ implemented (timeframes where specific jobs should be completed).
Started a risk assessment document detailing possible risks the group may face during the project and any - relevant mitigations to solve problems faced.
Summarised requirements understood from the brief, ahead of the customer meeting later in the week.
Created a team identity; team name, logo, tagline etc.

What the team achieved in Sprint 2 (22/11/21 - 25/11/21)

Read through the already given brief and summarised requirements given to us.
Created a list of questions ahead of the customer meeting, so we can gauge a better understanding from the brief of what exactly is required for us to implement.
Discussed our method of formatting documentation going forward (markdown/Google Docs).
Decided on using Google Docs as easier to collaboratively work on, and then can convert to markdown at a later date.
Met with customer to go over the assignment brief.
Questions were asked to confirm our understanding of the brief.
Customer informed us of further requirements that were not listed in the brief.

What the team achieved in Sprint 3 (25/11/21 - 02/12/21)

2 Website assets have been created (ocean-bg, map-bg)
‘Arrrgh’ logo created (in colour & b&w version for documentation)
‘Arrrgh’ logo added to the footer of documentation.
Requirements list has been completed (both User Requirements & Functional Requirements).
Game Engine/Library has been decided on (Using IntelliJ and LibGDX)
Method of writing deliverables decided on (Using Google Docs to collaboratively write, then convert to markdown on GitHub later on).
Website has been created and a background asset + logo has been added.
Work has been planned for the following weeks over holidays.

What the team achieved in Sprint 4 (02/12/21 - 15/12/21)

Drafted a systematic plan for the project; ensuring the plan has all relevant detailed information (key tasks, start/finish dates, priorities etc.)
Gantt chart created with overview of systematic plan implemented.
Sprint summaries added to the website.
Website landing page icons updated to match pirate theme.
Cleaned up the notes from the customer meeting.
Drafted a class diagram for the architecture of the game.
Sea Shanty written & post-reviewed.

What the team achieved in Sprint 5 (15/12/21 - 06/01/22)

Scheduled catchup meetings for future weeks & booked relevant rooms.
Created website section for assessment documentation.
Created website section for sprint updates.
Written up the requirements for the game formally into assessment documentation.
Created an abstract representation of the game’s architecture & class structure.
Drafted an outline for the justification of software development/engineering methods that will be used during the implementation phase.
Reviewed risk assessment and developed it to explain terminology in detail.

What the team achieved in Sprint 6 (06/01/22 - 17/01/22)

What the team achieved in Sprint 7 (17/01/22 - 21/01/22)

Updates to account for colour blindness;
- Added unique shapes/icons on each team’s boat.
- Added college names above each base on the map.
Created title screen
Created losing screen
Created winning screen
Added ability to select team for player to play as
Implemented goals and sub-goals (e.g. visit each college’s base).
Implemented variables to track game progress (points, time, gold, health).

What the team achieved in Sprint 8 (21/01/22 - 31/01/22)