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Disclaimer
This Release Plan was created in April, a few weeks after the project weas actually started. However, the intended plan for releases has not changed during the creation of the project.
Technical Release Plan
First Stage: Web-app Minimum Viable Product front-end
The first release will be the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of the front-end. This front-end will display the game board and other pertinent info.
Second Stage: Develop the front-end MVP
The front-end MVP will be incrementally and iteratively improved until the following features are finished:
- Local Multiplayer (Two people playing the game on the same device)
- Single Player (One person playing against an AI of varying difficulties)
Third Stage: Define the back-end protocol
In preparation for Networked Multiplayer for the project, the back-end must have a protocol defined that both the front-end and back-end must use to communicate properly.
Fourth Stage: Define the back-end database
The back-end must store state and keep track of ongoing Networked Multiplayer games. Thus, it is required to set up the database schema that the back-end will use for this purpose.
Fifth Stage: Develop the back-end software
The back-end will be created based on the back-end protocol and back-end database schema. Note that the protocol and database schema may change as necessary due to further discoveries and feedback regarding the development of the back-end
Sixth Stage: Connect the front-end to the back-end
The front-end will be improved upon to enable the Networked Multiplayer feature by communicating with the back-end as described by the back-end protocol. This stage will probably also encounter bugs that may arise in either the back-end or front-end as this feature is being developed, so bug fixing will probably occur as well.
Seventh Stage: Refinement
At this point, all the main features of Four-Line Dropper are implemented. What's left is bug-fixing and implementation of additional extra features.