Golden Master

Back when Showcase was online (due to COVID), we needed to make sure everything runs before we hold the Showcase. That was the purpose of this last assignment. But given that we are having an in-person Showcase this year, this release is not as important.

Therefore, we have decide to make this an optional assignment. If you make a release on the due date, we will give you additional feedback before Showcase. If you do not, then your next feedback will be part of your final grade at Showcase.

With that said, a couple of groups were told in their feedback to open beta that we are making Golden Master mandatory. These are groups that in are in rough shape (for various reasons) and we want an additional check in before Shwowcase. Again, we will not deduct from your score if you do not give us a release. But we will also not cut you any slack if you skip Golden Master and things fall apart at Showcase.

Note that this is a submission-only release with no class presentation. Just get us a release of your game. And to count, it needs to be a proper distribution. For iPhone we want a TestFlight release. For Android we want an APK. If we have to compile your game from source then we do not guarantee that you will receive any feedback.

Submission

Due: Sat, May 14 at 11:59 PM

The submission for this assignment is easy. You need to distribute the game. This means either an APK release in your GitHub repository, or a TestFlight release on iOS. We will have an entry in CMS where you can upload the instructions (in a text file) for how to get this release.