The Serious Art of Designing Fun

I thought I'd share how my project development is coming along. For the project, I've decided to adopt the Scrum development methodology. Having developed games using Waterfall, Scrum, and XP, I feel that Scrum is the best bet based on the following reasons:

1. It's a one man show and Scrum is great for handling small team projects
2. I know my end goal but I expect a lot of changes along the way
3. It lightens the project management side of things
4. There's Scrum management software which will quickly help you chart the project's development and how quickly its converging to its end goal

My project management software of choice is Scrumworks Basic. It's is a free Scrum project management software by Danube (If you're an indie developer, I highly recommend using it. Scrumworks Basic is free, easy-to-use, has fantastic customer support, supports the most critical project management reports, and it enforces the basic tenets of Scrum.
Make sure you understand the fundamentals of the Scrum methodology before diving into it or its user interface and project management process won't make any sense.

Coming back to the original goal of the post, here's a snapshot of its development status:

It looks that my project will take approximately another year to complete assuming I complete it after 15 sprints (my sprint durations are 3 weeks). It's not altogether surprising as I spend a total of 5 hours a week developing the game (I work on the game during my half hour commute to and from work).