Game Production
86 items from vhladiienko/awesome-game-production ★227
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ChatGPT chat.openai.com
Every time you are about to Google something, I would strongly advice first to ask ChatGPT your question. We, producers, might often need to reference or look up a term or a concept, which is where ChatGPT shines.
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SteamDB steamdb.info
As they say, database of everything on Steam. Very useful to follow your competitors and compare the numbers.
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Excalidraw excalidraw.com
A free and open source online drawing tool. Neither gamedev or project management related, but is so versatile, I find myself using it quite often.
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My To-Do List: Organizing a Producer's Work youtube.com
Oculus' Bernard Yee provides a suggested to-do list for people who manage a team and project's to-do list, why they are important and how to be effective on a daily basis.
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Anatomy of Modern Game Design Documents youtube.com
Your game will start with a GDD and the production process will stem from the design documentation regardless of the production pipeline. Making sure you're having right documentation at the right time can help you avoid overhead during development big time (slides are here).
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What is Earned Value Management? EVM in a nutshell youtube.com
EVM explained in 3 minutes. Hopefully, will whet your appetite for the EVM topic.
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This Problem Changes Your Perspective On Game Dev youtube.com
An interesting perspective on game development: design process is a search algorithm in pursuit of the deepest point in a lake, symbolizing the best possible game. This metaphor serves to illustrate the importance of strategic experimentation and exploration in game design…
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How The Witcher Devs Turn Great Ideas Into Game Features youtube.com
Timestamped video, where Lead Game Designer from CD Project Red talks about their approach to breaking down the game into features and prioritizing them. Can be used as a framework as-is in your production.
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Introduction to Game Production youtube.com
10 lessons covering different phases and aspects of managing a game development project. Very surface-level information, not a bad place to start for complete newbies.
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Up Sh*t Creek: Pro Tips for Managing the Unmanageable Project youtube.com
Amy Dallas explores a mindset for producers that can help one be successful when faced with managing a seemingly impossible project and shares some survival tips to keep you focused when everything seems to be going sideways.
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The Red & Green Flags of Studio Leadership youtube.com
While Rami Ismail is talking about studio leadership in general, I actually think he describes the very essence of how a producer needs to lead in order to gain trust of their team and become their best friend. A must-watch.
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So You Want To Be a Producer youtube.com
We'll put summary for newcomers. Consider watching other Extra Credits videos about game development (they used to focus on those back in the day).
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User Story Mapping: Developing a Shared Understanding youtube.com
Jamie Winsor shares how user story mapping is used to cut development waste and align team members behind a single, well-defined goal.
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Taming the Chaos: Lessons in Project Management youtube.com
Clinton Keith explains how to deliver great games on schedule without breaking the bank or the backs of your team.
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Game Development Caution youtube.com
Timothy Cain discusses the shift towards a culture of caution in game development, contrasting his experiences with project management and creative processes during the development of titles like Fallout and The Outer Worlds. He reflects on how this caution impacts creativity…
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One-Page Designs youtube.com
You know how in agile you want to make sure your user stories are concise and not too detailed to incentivize communication? This video explains how you could apply the same principle to game design documents. Visualizing to make sure everyone discussing the design is on the…
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How to prepare yourself for Game Production youtube.com
A detailed and very well explained summary of what a producer's job is about, but it contains a few gamedev specific terms.
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Embracing Ambiguity: How to Do Good Work When You Don't Know What to Do youtube.com
Ruth Tomandl discusses the concept of ambiguity and methods for determining whether it's a problem or not in game production.
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Producer Bootcamp: High Performance Producers youtube.com
Gearbox Software's Aaron Thibault helps viewers build personalized progress charts in the pursuit of improving their production mastery.
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Game Production Academy youtube.com
Videos on agile topics for Game Producers. Check out their web-site for extra articles.
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Noclip - Video Game Documentaries youtube.com
Crowdfunded documentaries about the production process of different kinds of games. Kind of a peek behind the curtains, sometimes with interesting "post-mortem" type of insights.
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GDC youtube.com
Game Developers Conference YouTube channel, all sorts of talks on anything game development related. It's huge and is updated frequently, but you'll have to filter the information you need.
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Timothy Cain youtube.com
I've listed one Tim's video in the Videos section above, but I strongly suggest to subscribe to his channel, it's just full of stories and experience, that will help you have good context on game development all around.
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User Story Mapping for Games - An Example web.archive.org
If using Agile on your project, User Story Mapping can greatly help prioritize and plan releases. This article gives a very brief explanation and provides and example. Replaced original link with Web Archive version, as it became unavailable.
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VG Insights vginsights.com
One of the better analytics tools and sources of estimated sales data. They also have some unique tools other similar services don't, e.g. revenue calculator, unit sales estimator and some others.
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Deeply Practical Project Management udemy.com
This is what you'd call a "no BS" course on project management. Concise, to the point, and highly practical. It is not focused on game development, but I think you should still take it, because it closes many (if not all) gaps with just one course (~9 hours). Once completed…
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Kryuchkov about outsourcing t.me
Software Delivery Management Consultant Alexander Kryuchkov shares his advice about managing projects. I like him a lot because basically every post is highly practical and is packed with experience. Must read for any Project Manager ().
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Statistical PERT statisticalpert.com
A set of Excel templates to help estimate and forecast a project, and hopefully make an educated decision when needed.
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Designing a Production Process: Part 3 ryandarcey.com
Focuses on production methodologies, providing an overview of popular approaches such as Agile, Waterfall, and Scrum, and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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