Hello
We are planning a more or less standard Point and Click adventure PC game. 2.5D (3D pre-rendered backgrounds (that means 2D backgrounds in the end) with real time 3D characters) . We want some estimate of how long would it take for a programmer to do his part of the job on the project (=code and script it all).
For this purpose: Lets say that all assets (graphics, sounds, music, voice acting etc.) are already DONE.
Lets say the game has around 60 main scenes (and some scenes have 1-3 “zoomins”). It would run on Unity most likely (or Unreal (less likely)). Programmer (and “scripter” in one person) will be only 1, full time, payed of course . We will buy him “all” neccesary Unity “assets” to help him with programming and scripting the game if he needs and wants to (like for example tools like Adventure Creator, Dialogue System for Unity , Master Audio whatever…). He wont have to program everything from the scratch because of this, all these tools should help him (a lot). (Right?)
My question is, how long would it take him to completely programm/script the game? 60 scenes in 2.5D Point and click adventure PC (windows) game, if all the assets are ready from the beggining and he doesnt have to wait ever for anything to be finished (graphics etc.). All would be finished, he “just” needs to programm it…
Would 6 months for this be sufficient? Thats 10 scenes a month = For 1 scene he has 3 days… And has “all” the tools he will need bought for him (like the mentioned Adventure Creator, Dialogue System for Unity etc.)
Im not a programmer at all im a total layman in programming (im a graphic designer mainly) but 3 days for 1 scene seems that it could work…? Or am i wrong…?
BTW Betatesting (and debugging) would be done after this, we are counting with 2 months for this… But Betatesting/Debugging is NOT covered in those 6 months, so please dont count it in. (6months programming + 2 months debugging= 8 in total.)
In general, on a point and click adventure game 2.5D for windows, how much time (days) would such described programmer, with such described conditions need to complete 1 scene…? (since then we can multiply it with the total ammount of scenes to get a total time needed for the programmers jon solely). Are 3 days per 1 scene enough? If Not, how much?
Thank you
(I would especially LOVE some experience/tips/advice regarding this from people who already did some point and click adventure game(s)if there are any here)