HacknPlan Blog Archive
Explore older product updates, workflow deep-dives, and team insights from HacknPlan.
Lidia Machuca - July 11, 2023
When managing projects, it is often necessary to collaborate with external teams, and it is not always easy to assess which ones will generate a smooth and productive workflow. In this article, we have teamed up with our friends at Brave Zebra to provide five key best practices that are considered essential for successful collaboration.
Chris Estevez - October 31, 2022
Hi hacknplanners, Here we are again with a small but very useful update, let's take a look at the new features! Resizable panels Many of you have complained about the size of the task and design element panels. Depending on your device screen size and ratio, the fixed value we had before could make the...
Chris Estevez - August 11, 2022
Since the creation of HacknPlan, our main goal was to provide game developers with a tool that could make planning projects easier and more intuitive. With this objective in mind, we came up with an idea to build a system that could be used to create a GDD (game design document) in a more dynamic...
Chris Estevez - April 19, 2021
Hi hacknplanners, Here we are again with a small but important update that includes features some of you have been requesting for a long time. Let's get started! Guests (Studio tier) You've been asking for this and here it is: you can now add Guest users to your workspace that will have read access to...
Chris Estevez - January 10, 2021
Hi hacknplanners, I hope you are all healthy and safe and enjoyed the holidays. We are back with a small but necessary update focused on stability and performance, and we also took the chance to fix plenty of bugs. Performance Regarding performance, we have focused on the Game Design Model this time, which was causing...
Chris Estevez - September 27, 2020
Hi hacknplanners, It's been a while! I hope you can forgive us for the long time of silence, this year is not being easy for anyone and we are no exception. I sincerely wish you and your loved ones are safe and healthy, and that your businesses are not extremely affected by the whole COVID situation....
Chris Estevez - December 16, 2019
Hi hacknplanners, It has been a while since we announced our intentions of releasing an API for our service, but it is finally here, we hope it is worth the wait. This first one is a public beta version of the API which, even though it contains most of the functionality of our service,...
Chris Estevez - August 4, 2019
Hi hacknplanners, I hope you all are having a wonderful summer! We have just released a new update that includes some anticipated improvements and features. Ready? Go! Story tasks on the kanban board When we released the user story feature recently, we wanted to give you a way to define complete features as kanban...
Chris Estevez - July 3, 2019
This article is a collaboration with Mauricio García, CEO and Producer at The Game Kitchen (The Last Door, Blasphemous). You can find his original article in Spanish here. Our daily routine At The Game Kitchen, every team member starts their day in HacknPlan, reviewing which are their pending tasks. After that, we have a "daily meeting"...
Chris Estevez - June 26, 2019
This article is a collaboration with Mauricio García, CEO and Producer at The Game Kitchen (The Last Door, Blasphemous). You can find his original article in Spanish here. Read the first part: Scrum and videogames 1: Introduction Preparation of the meeting Our team is partially in the office and partially remote. The music composer works on his...
Chris Estevez - June 23, 2019
Hi hacknplanners, A new update has been released with a series of small but very useful improvements and bug fixes. Let's take a look! Improvements Bug fixes What's next? Happy planning!
HacknPlan Team - June 19, 2019
This article is a collaboration with Mauricio García, CEO and Producer at The Game Kitchen (The Last Door, Blasphemous). You can find his original article in Spanish here. At The Game Kitchen, we started to apply Scrum 7 years ago, and we have been making it our own since then: we only keep those practices that...
Chris Estevez - March 31, 2019
Hi hacknplanners, Are you a Scrum practitioner and lover? Then you will be happy. Damn, you'll probably be happy even if you don't use Scrum; this feature is very useful for so many reasons... User Stories are here!! Many of you have been requesting this directly or indirectly. We've had plenty of feedback requesting the possibility...
Chris Estevez - December 27, 2018
Dear hacknplanners, Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you are enjoying this time of the year around family and friends. This is the best moment to do a retrospective about your year, what went well, what went wrong, what needs to improve and what will be done to accomplish it. We hope this year was a good one for...
Chris Estevez - November 23, 2018
Hi hacknplanners! Black Friday is here and comes with a great promotion: 30% off on new yearly subscriptions and upgrades!! Whether you want to subscribe for the first time, upgrade from Personal Plus to Studio, from Monthly to Yearly, or even increase the seats of an existing Studio subscription, this is the best moment! Get your...
Chris Estevez - October 22, 2018
Hi hacknplanners, I hope you are enjoying the new HacknPlan and you are already accustomed to the new user interface and features. We are aware there are many things to polish and improve and plenty of important features waiting on our backlog, so before continuing adding the rest of the big features listed on...
Chris Estevez - September 23, 2018
Hi hacknplanners, After so much hard work, sweat and tears, the major update of HacknPlan is finally out! We are so happy to see it live and also expectant to see how you guys receive it. We are aware that this update introduces so many structural changes and you may feel a bit lost or...
Chris Estevez - September 17, 2018
Hi hacknplanners! The major update we have been announcing since the beginning of the year will finally be released next week, on September 24th. We know you've been waiting for it for so long, so we want to apologize for the delays and the lack of information about the progress lately. The truth is...
HacknPlan Blog Archive
Explore older product updates, workflow deep-dives, and team insights from HacknPlan.
Lidia Machuca - July 11, 2023
When managing projects, it is often necessary to collaborate with external teams, and it is not always easy to assess which ones will generate a smooth and productive workflow. In this article, we have teamed up with our friends at Brave Zebra to provide five key best practices that are considered essential for successful collaboration.
Chris Estevez - October 31, 2022
Hi hacknplanners, Here we are again with a small but very useful update, let's take a look at the new features! Resizable panels Many of you have complained about the size of the task and design element panels. Depending on your device screen size and ratio, the fixed value we had before could make the...
Chris Estevez - August 11, 2022
Since the creation of HacknPlan, our main goal was to provide game developers with a tool that could make planning projects easier and more intuitive. With this objective in mind, we came up with an idea to build a system that could be used to create a GDD (game design document) in a more dynamic...
Chris Estevez - April 19, 2021
Hi hacknplanners, Here we are again with a small but important update that includes features some of you have been requesting for a long time. Let's get started! Guests (Studio tier) You've been asking for this and here it is: you can now add Guest users to your workspace that will have read access to...
Chris Estevez - January 10, 2021
Hi hacknplanners, I hope you are all healthy and safe and enjoyed the holidays. We are back with a small but necessary update focused on stability and performance, and we also took the chance to fix plenty of bugs. Performance Regarding performance, we have focused on the Game Design Model this time, which was causing...
Chris Estevez - September 27, 2020
Hi hacknplanners, It's been a while! I hope you can forgive us for the long time of silence, this year is not being easy for anyone and we are no exception. I sincerely wish you and your loved ones are safe and healthy, and that your businesses are not extremely affected by the whole COVID situation....
Chris Estevez - December 16, 2019
Hi hacknplanners, It has been a while since we announced our intentions of releasing an API for our service, but it is finally here, we hope it is worth the wait. This first one is a public beta version of the API which, even though it contains most of the functionality of our service,...
Chris Estevez - August 4, 2019
Hi hacknplanners, I hope you all are having a wonderful summer! We have just released a new update that includes some anticipated improvements and features. Ready? Go! Story tasks on the kanban board When we released the user story feature recently, we wanted to give you a way to define complete features as kanban...
Chris Estevez - July 3, 2019
This article is a collaboration with Mauricio García, CEO and Producer at The Game Kitchen (The Last Door, Blasphemous). You can find his original article in Spanish here. Our daily routine At The Game Kitchen, every team member starts their day in HacknPlan, reviewing which are their pending tasks. After that, we have a "daily meeting"...
Chris Estevez - June 26, 2019
This article is a collaboration with Mauricio García, CEO and Producer at The Game Kitchen (The Last Door, Blasphemous). You can find his original article in Spanish here. Read the first part: Scrum and videogames 1: Introduction Preparation of the meeting Our team is partially in the office and partially remote. The music composer works on his...
Chris Estevez - June 23, 2019
Hi hacknplanners, A new update has been released with a series of small but very useful improvements and bug fixes. Let's take a look! Improvements Bug fixes What's next? Happy planning!
HacknPlan Team - June 19, 2019
This article is a collaboration with Mauricio García, CEO and Producer at The Game Kitchen (The Last Door, Blasphemous). You can find his original article in Spanish here. At The Game Kitchen, we started to apply Scrum 7 years ago, and we have been making it our own since then: we only keep those practices that...
Chris Estevez - March 31, 2019
Hi hacknplanners, Are you a Scrum practitioner and lover? Then you will be happy. Damn, you'll probably be happy even if you don't use Scrum; this feature is very useful for so many reasons... User Stories are here!! Many of you have been requesting this directly or indirectly. We've had plenty of feedback requesting the possibility...
Chris Estevez - December 27, 2018
Dear hacknplanners, Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you are enjoying this time of the year around family and friends. This is the best moment to do a retrospective about your year, what went well, what went wrong, what needs to improve and what will be done to accomplish it. We hope this year was a good one for...
Chris Estevez - November 23, 2018
Hi hacknplanners! Black Friday is here and comes with a great promotion: 30% off on new yearly subscriptions and upgrades!! Whether you want to subscribe for the first time, upgrade from Personal Plus to Studio, from Monthly to Yearly, or even increase the seats of an existing Studio subscription, this is the best moment! Get your...
Chris Estevez - October 22, 2018
Hi hacknplanners, I hope you are enjoying the new HacknPlan and you are already accustomed to the new user interface and features. We are aware there are many things to polish and improve and plenty of important features waiting on our backlog, so before continuing adding the rest of the big features listed on...
Chris Estevez - September 23, 2018
Hi hacknplanners, After so much hard work, sweat and tears, the major update of HacknPlan is finally out! We are so happy to see it live and also expectant to see how you guys receive it. We are aware that this update introduces so many structural changes and you may feel a bit lost or...
Chris Estevez - September 17, 2018
Hi hacknplanners! The major update we have been announcing since the beginning of the year will finally be released next week, on September 24th. We know you've been waiting for it for so long, so we want to apologize for the delays and the lack of information about the progress lately. The truth is...
