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William Cafferkey 31/03/14 The Last Of Us - Pipeline Ideation The Last Of Us was a new IP (Intellectual Property) so the team had to start from scratch completely. The original inspiration for the game was a BBC Planet Earth documentary about a fungus that grows inside of Ants called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, it takes over their brain and grows out of their head. Pre-Production In pre-production they were drawing up ideas and concept art of characters and infected, casting the actors for the game and writing the script, drawing the game world; they took inspiration from the book The World Without Us, understanding how the game mechanics will work and finishing the story. Production In production they brought the actors in to record the motion capture and the rest of the script, they then passed the art and footage over to the 3D designers to create the characters in the game and to create the game world. They then designed the mechanics for the game, for example the heads up display and the game controls, they added the cut scenes to the game and created the levels that you play in the game. Post-Production In post-production they worked on marketing and advertising for the game, they also added the music from the soundtrack composed by Gustavo Santaolalla to the game and any other small sound effects that had recently been recorded. They released multiple gameplay trailers and online articles but they kept the fact that you play as Ellie in game a complete surprise and even lied in interviews about it to keep it a secret. Post-Mortem Once the game had been released and the team were in the post mortem stage they reflected on the sales and success of the game and thought of how they could improve the experience even more for the player, they wrote and created DLC (Downloadable Content) called Left Behindfor the game which was a whole new story to play through that was set before Joel and Ellie meet. The team are also always working on patches, updates and improvements for the multiplayer section of the game and have also recently announced that a The Last Of Usmovie is in the works. GAME COMPLETE!

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William Cafferkey 31/03/14

The Last Of Us - Pipeline

Ideation The Last Of Us was a new IP (Intellectual Property) so the team had to start from scratch completely. The original inspiration for the game was a BBC Planet Earth documentary about a fungus that grows inside of Ants called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, it takes over their brain and grows out of their head.

Pre-Production In pre-production they were drawing up ideas and concept art of characters and infected, casting the actors for the game and writing the script, drawing the game world; they took inspiration from the book The World Without Us, understanding how the game mechanics will work and finishing the story.

Production In production they brought the actors in to record the motion capture and the rest of the script, they then passed the art and footage over to the 3D designers to create the characters in the game and to create the game world. They then designed the mechanics for the game, for example the heads up display and the game controls, they added the cut scenes to the game and created the levels that you play in the game.

Post-Production In post-production they worked on marketing and advertising for the game, they also added the music from the soundtrack composed by Gustavo Santaolalla to the game and any other small sound effects that had recently been recorded. They released multiple gameplay trailers and online articles but they kept the fact that you play as Ellie in game a complete surprise and even lied in interviews about it to keep it a secret.

Post-Mortem Once the game had been released and the team were in the post mortem stage they reflected on the sales and success of the game and thought of how they could improve the experience even more for the player, they wrote and created DLC (Downloadable Content) called ‘Left Behind’ for the game which was a whole new story to play through that was set before Joel and Ellie meet. The team are also always working on patches, updates and improvements for the multiplayer section of the game and have also recently announced that a ‘The Last Of Us’ movie is in the works. GAME COMPLETE!