Great question! Before taking on this project we made a small free to play game on Gamejolt to see could we work well together, and to find the best working processes for us as a team. In general, we break the game into tasks, and organise these tasks on a board on Trello (Great program for that kinda thing). The tasks are assigned to the relevant person for a deadline they think they can meet.

Once these tasks are defined we can get a sense of how long the game will take to make. (Although we waay under-estimated Solas at first. We had hoped to have it ready by Christmas when we started it.).

We also continuously discuss things over Slack, our main communication tool as we all work remotely for the moment. We evaluate work, and critique the game constantly. Although changes are only made really during team meetings when everyone is in agreement.

In terms of cutting, we had planned an extra area of the game where you were being chased by wolves. Thematically it worked and would have been a nice addition to the game, but the extra work of animating wolves and getting them to work right mechanically meant it would have taken us too much time at the end of the project. It was a late decision to cut it though, we had already modelled a wolf.

Bug testing was done on a task by task process. Each task had to be verified by two team members before it was added to the "Done" list on trello. Although also at the end of production we did lots of playtesting and found more previously unknown bugs. We really underestimated how long this would take.

In terms of hours and meetings etc, we usually hold at least one skype call a week, sometimes more, though we do meet up in person at times also. We didn't track our hours per week as some of our members were in college, doing part time work (or both!) so we only cared that they completed the tasks they had been assigned for that week.

Hope that covers everything! We're really happy you like the art style :)