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Wednesday sprint report

Added 2019-01-09 22:08:38 +0000 UTC

Sprint target: release Female Agent 1.4
Days worked: 5 | Pomodoros logged: 39
Task points completed: 2/154

Fifth sprint day. I worked more on the skill point awards, but didn't finish them as intended. I found myself reluctant to work on them, which I've come to recognise as a sign that I'm unhappy with the direction a task is going in; I took some time out to reflect on the reason, and realised that the skill list was too big.

I streamlined and simplified the master task list (e.g. the last dev version had skills like Maths, History (US), History (World) and Science – these have all been combined into the new skill, General Knowledge) and everything feels a bit tighter and more usable. I should now get this task finished the next time I sit down to work at it.

I also worked with Hyneman on some functionality improvements to the relationship tables, and set up a template for the writers to populate the tables – and therefore your agent's complete sexual history before the mission – with interesting NPCs.

I'm aware that in 39 pomodoros I've only actually completed 2 task points, but something kind of exciting is happening: 89 task points are being worked on concurrently. This is the first time I can recall me, Hyneman, Diss and esc all working on different tasks; this is definitely a real change in the way Female Agent is developed. We'll see if it leads to a real improvement.

Next dev day is Friday because I have meetings at my real job tomorrow.

Link to the Trello