Sprint 002

In an effort to speed up development, I’m experimenting with the Scrum of One technique invented by Alex Andrews.

Scrum is built around “sprints”, which are 1-4 week bursts of effort aimed at achieving a defined goal.  The goal of Sprint 002 is to: Polish 1.4 Beta then release 1.4.

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Today I identified the following tasks that need to be done before we can release 1.4:

Relationship Tables

• Add lots of partners (10 pomodoros)
• Fix bugs (10 pomodoros)
• Improve visual presentation (10 pomodoros)
• Add foreign name lists (10 pomodoros)

Writing and structure

• Streamline and edit – cut down the "wall of text" (30 pomodoros)
• Add Lara's travel scene improvements (2 pomodoros)
• Add Failed Operator path (10 pomodoros)
• Add "In This Year" content for all years (10 pomodoros)
• Fill in all remaining placeholder snippets (10 pomodoros)
• Add option for highly agreeable agents to put up with being hurt during Likes Rough Sex vignette 1 (4 pomodoros)
• Add option for Promiscuous agents to have an MFF threesome after Bisexual vignette 1 (10 pomodoros)
• Fix valedictorian link appearing in wrong high school clique choices (1 pomodoro)
• Improve first boyfriend table (4 pomodoros)
• Add more hometowns (6 pomodoros)

University

• Add Diss's university improvements (8 pomodoros)
• Add skill packages for the different university degrees (4 pomos)

Avatar

• Add new suits for variety in Lifepath scenes (4 pomodoros)
• Add Aviator shades to Lifepath Syria outfit (1 pomodoro)
• Add makeup to all appropriate Lifepath scenes (4 pomodoros)
• Use a different LBD for the dinner scene with James in Ankara (1 pomodoro)
• Make Rock Chicks revert to their natural hair colour during their gap year (1 pomodoro)
• Make agents with "longLoose" hairstyle change to "sideBraid" during JIT investigation (1 pomodoro)
• Add alternative Rock Chick outfit for rock nights (1 pomodoro)

SURPS

• Add a Tradecraft skill roll to the Norway sleight-of-hand scene (4 pomodoros)
• Add a Seduction skill roll scene for Promiscuous agents who fail to Persuade their professor to change the crucial grade (8 pomodoros)
• Add SURPS skill packages for university hobby and keep fit choices (4 pomodoros)

Total: 26 tasks, 168 pomos

I've tried to be less optimistic than usual when estimating the pomodoros required to complete each task.  If the above estimates are correct, we will release 1.4 on Monday 25th February.

A release sooner is possible, but it would require us doing things faster than I estimate (which has not historically been the case), or cutting things from this list.  Let me know what you think in the comments or on Discord.

I've started a new Trello board for you to keep track of the tasks as they're worked on and completed.  First dev day on this sprint is tomorrow.