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I desparately need a project manager app/util that is geared towards small/indi Game-Dev!!!

If anyone can suggest a "Freeware or reasonable Fee" app, It would really help me. I'll look at anything but I'd prefer one that has at least some of the following features.

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My Feature "DreamSheet"
(List in no particular order.)

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1. ~ Streamline visual-aide of "over-all" Project, Sub-groups & tasks; with ability to set %status
2. ~ Time/date/status stamps for section/Sub-groups
3. ~ Dev cycle graphs.
4. ~ Add/Record notes (with time/date stamp)
5. ~ Record Assetts (documents, media, source-code)
6. ~ Ability to assign tasks to team-leaders, & team-members
7. ~ Email, IM, contact integration.
8. ~ Flexible format, w/ common exports; HTML, .Doc.
9. ~ ability to Edit and group assignments.
10. ~ Storage/linkage for multiple "Level Of Detail's" (LOD's) ; including resources - Articles/Tutorials, Weblinks, Image Refs, Local Files, Contacts...
11. ~ Automatic Reminders of Deadlines

12. ~ SUPER WISH LIST ITEM ability to have Low Level-Of-Detail(LOD)-mode including: Developers ScratchPad/sketchpad to Plan programming stuctures Logic tables, Data structures, and Interdependence Link, Project File sccounting including: Time/Date, version, author,

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Well before I scour the freeware heaps and load up my HD, I turn to this community once again for help. You usually come through, better than my blind searches.

Thank you for your suggestions!!!

~zenassem

good 3d project management:
http://www.coalmarch.com/products/hoodoo-desktop-project-management.php

and why not Microsoft Project? isnt' that free with Vista Pro? i actually had a copy on my labtop when i bought it, so maybe it's HP products that get it. though it's a used labtop, so it might be someone elses copy, lol, who knows.

edit:
found this:
http://www.askfiles.com/software/game-project-management-software/

MOONDOG

Trac can help out with some of those.

It's web-based, so you'll have to set up a server for it (either locally, or on a website of yours).

It has a Milestone/ticket system where you set up a milestone, then you make tickets (tasks) and assign them to a milestone and a developer. You can also upload files and post comments / updates.
There's an integrated wiki which you can easily edit and update as you go along.
It also exports to spreadsheet and doc format I beleive.

Finally, it integrates really well with an SVN server to view source code. So, if you're running these two together, you should be able to document everything while keeping all the source under control.

You'll need some other app for actual planning and what-not, but for development, that's probably one of the best approaches

I will only recommend using SVN...it is the best revision system I've ever used..plus it's very simple to use and learn

Try http://www.assembla.com/ it has SVN, trac and all that jazz plus it's free for under 200MB usage.

Thanks for the replies every one. I will check these out today. Assembla seems to be a possible solution. Thanks Dark Coder!

@JessT, I will look into TRAC as well. I am preparing to relaunch my website with Verio soon. So It may be something I can utilize. Thank you.

@moondog, I still have to check out your links. Sounds interesting. TY!!!

@Three score. is the SVN in Dark Coder's post the same as what you were suggesting... TY!

Overlord is what me and my beta testers use (http://www.phpoverlord.com/)

With me as high overlord, and the rest of my users as task masters I can keep track of my work tasks and bugs.