The budget for the proposed project required us to look in
depth at resources, materials and equipment required for a 3 month period it
would take to create a basic full working level of apocalypse fantasia. In terms of
resources we would have to hire 6 personnel. Two artists, a dedicated animator,
two programmers and a project manager (with an all round skill set) would be required to create a working
game from a proposal document. Furthermore details of codes of practice and
regulatory issues needed to be assessed for each member of staff, as well as
health and safety training added to the budget. The team would need industry
standard software such as complete Microsoft office software and tools of the
trade such as Maya and photoshop. These would also need to official
licences to comply with the federation against software theft standards.
Finally we needed to equip the office. This would require it to be fully
furnished as well as top of the range hardware for the individual team members
to suit the requirements. For example all team members required 2 monitors.
High performance desktops were chosen for the 3D artists,
programmers and project leader in order for them to fully test the game demo,
animator only required a basic desktop. This put our overall budget at
approximately £55,000 (including wages).
Working to a budget, constraints apply in regards to software. Lightwave for example is a cheaper modeling package without the limitations of only a year subscription for little over £600.
Hardware
Members of the team will have premium
Alienware systems and others will have Dell desktops, if there role in the
development does not require a top of the range system. But all PCs will have
two monitors, HDMI cables and precision mice. I looked into the letting of
these machines within the UK,
but only universities have these in this country and they are not current high
spec.
- Alienware 's Fastest DesktopEVGA NVIDIA® 790i SLI®Quad Graphics Starting at: £2,973.05 x3
- DEATHADDER?, 1800 dpi 3G Infrared Sensor [RZ01-00150100-R2M1]£114.55 (£97.49 ex VAT)x5
- ViewSonic VA1916w 19" Widescreen TFT Computer Monitor £99.03 (Inc VAT)x10
- Flat HDMI Gold Plated Cable Lead 5 Metres£7.99 Free Delivery x10
- Logitech OEM S120 Black Speakers (2.0) £7.58 & this item Delivered FREE x5
- Brother Flatbed network-ready Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copier£146.86 inc va
- Trust TB-7300 A4 Wide Screen Wireless Graphics Tablet£119.99
- Wacom Intuos3 A3 Wide Tablet - Grip PenPrice:£487.55
- Logik LOG37LW782 37" HD Ready digital LCD TV£447.00 Standard Delivery £19.95
- Xbox one Console £229.99
- Panasonic DMC-FZ50EB-S Camera Silver £338.98 inc vat
- Dell XPS 420/4068 desktop £799.99 x2
Software
All systems will be equipped with full software packages from
Microsoft, however only the 3D artist, programmer, animator and project manager
will need Lightwave. Likewise only the texture artist, animator, programmers
and project manager will need photoshop.
- WINDOWS 7 Pro - 1PK - SP3 (PC CD) £104.48 & this item Delivered FREEx5
- Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate Edition£549.00 Standard Delivery £5.95 x5
- ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS4 (WIN) £449.95 x4
- LightWave 3D 9.3 + Training DVD + Free Upgrade to 9.5 (PDF Manual) Mac/Win £609.14 x4
Office equipment
Most of these items are office essentials. Fire safety
was also taken into account, with relevant equipment and notices as well as a
fire proof safe that will contain the master files burned onto DVD –RW.
- Luffield 1800mm Crescent/Radial Desk Set RRP £613 Our Price £399x5
- Premium Office Chair(Item No. FU321) Contemporary Premium Office Chair£89. 00 x5
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