Checkpoint
A repeatable 28-day program for game developers
The Checkpoint Program helps game developers organize their work around a clear goal and move their project closer to release. Over 28 days, the project team works with a curator to define a realistic goal, organize the work needed to achieve it, review progress, and adjust priorities when necessary.
AI curator — $19 · Industry curator — from $250 · Exact price before payment
A clear goal for each week
AI feedback or a curator call before each sprint
The verdict becomes the baseline for your next cycle
A dedicated AI or game industry curator
Example checkpoint
A two-person action game team arrived with an unstable prototype and an open-ended combat rewrite.
Final assessment
Curator verdict
Use this result as the starting point for the next cycle. Keep the completed combat loop, cut the second enemy, and set the vertical slice as the next Checkpoint.
Illustrative example — the materials and verdict show the format of a finished Checkpoint.
How it works
You do not hand the project over. The curator helps cut the scope, reviews evidence every week, and records the result so the next cycle starts from what is already true.
Choose three to five outcomes and attach evidence to each: a build, gameplay video, image, or document.
Open each sprint with curator feedback. Close it with a devlog that shows what changed.
Get a written assessment of what landed, what did not, and the strongest next move for the project.
The curator
Both options give the project the same 28-day structure: sprints, deadlines, tasks, devlogs and activity signals. Choose live judgement from an industry professional or a lower-cost written AI review.
Years behind them, and a call every sprint.
No live calls. A written review-summary after each sprint.
Featured curators
Game designer
10 лет работы в коммерческом геймдеве. В основном работал на midcore F2P проектах для мобильных платформ и для PC.
3D Artist
I specialize in 3D Art, texturing, and tech-art.
Более 20 лет профессионального опыта в разработке игр (моделирование, текстурирование), художественном контроле качества и техническом письме. За плечами: 16 игр, 10 короткометражных фильмов, 3 игровых движка. Большой опыт преподавания в области 3D-графики.
Программирование
Разработчик игр на Unity и Unreal Engine 4. Работал в таких компаниях как Cliffhanger productions (Австрия), Black Beacon, Mintfrogs, Vizor Games, loóna и Huuuge games. Опыт в геймдеве более 9 лет.
Pricing
Choose the review that fits the project and the budget. The complete price is shown before payment and does not change during the checkpoint.
| Curator level | Author alone | +2 in the team | +4 in the team | +7 in the team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | from $250 | $283 | $317 | $367 |
| Experienced | from $312 | $354 | $396 | $458 |
| Expert | from $375 | $425 | $475 | $550 |
Checkpoint with the AI curator
One lower fixed price, whatever the size of the team. Written feedback instead of calls, and the same verdict on the platform.
$19per cycle · any team size
For scale: Indie Game Academy runs a two-month program at $999–5,400, while CG Spectrum starts at $9,999. One human-curated 28-day cycle starts at $250; the AI curator is $19.
Before you buy
Read the second column first. If one of those lines describes you, this is probably not the right program yet.
Questions
The practical details about scope, curators, AI and what happens after day 28.
