RTTP development process (revised 13 February 2017) To advance to this REB Action Game Material Status level… Author submits Game REB-C adds game to Big List of Reacting Games (BLORG). Game materials are 1. Development Abstract incomplete and/or Concept If the topic is already claimed or if the game idea does not appear to Reacting Editorial game has not been to cohere to the criteria for RTTP, REB-C will inform Author. Board Chair (REB-C). playtested by Author. Author submits game If the prototype includes all basic elements of RTTP games Prototype game 2. prototype to REB-C. (historical context, schedule, documents, roles, and rules), REB-C available from Author. Prototype advances it to L2. If it does not, REB-C will inform Author. Author collects REB-C assigns one or two readers; they employ the following Prototype game feedback from criteria: downloadable from playtesting and RTTP Game Library. Does scholarship seem sound? develops all game 3. Are intellectual collisions at the center of the game? elements. Posted Are game mechanisms workable? Author places all game Is the game in RTTP 2.0 format? to materials in RTTP 2.0 Game After considering this material, REB makes a decision. format. If advanced: Library Author submits prototype to REB-C. REB-C advances the game to L3 on the BLORG RTTP Central posts the game to the Game Library. If held, REB-C sends specific feedback from REB to Author.
RTTP development process (revised 13 February 2017) To advance to this level… REB Action Game Material Status 1. Concept Author submits Game Development Abstract to Reacting Editorial Board Chair (REB-C). REB-C adds game to Big List of Reacting Games (BLORG). If the topic is already claimed or if the game idea does not appear to cohere to the criteria for RTTP, REB-C will inform Author. Game materials are incomplete and/or game has not been playtested by Author. 2. Prototype Author submits game prototype to REB-C. If the prototype includes all basic elements of RTTP games (historical context, schedule, documents, roles, and rules), REB-C advances it to L2. If it does not, REB-C will inform Author. Prototype game available from Author. 3. Posted to Game Library Author collects feedback from playtesting and develops all game elements. Author places all game materials in RTTP 2.0 format. Author submits prototype to REB-C. REB-C assigns one or two readers; they employ the following criteria: Does scholarship seem sound? Are intellectual collisions at the center of the game? Are game mechanisms workable? Is the game in RTTP 2.0 format? After considering this material, REB makes a decision. If advanced: REB-C advances the game to L3 on the BLORG RTTP Central posts the game to the Game Library. If held, REB-C sends specific feedback from REB to Author. Prototype game downloadable from RTTP Game Library.
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