Pocket Mentor for Game Production

Want to work as a producer in the video games industry? Then this is the book for you. This book provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the industry and get your foot on the ladder.

List of contents

1 Success criteria: the goals of this book
2 Who's who?: meet the teams
3 Assessing the needs: Types of game
4 Building a schedule: project phases
5 Planning the work: project components
6 Breaking in: getting the job
7 What's my task?: producer responsibilities
8 Make it happen: producer methods
9 Empower them: people and communication
10 One more team member: you
11 Continuous improvement: progressing in the job
12 Closing words - make it happen!

About the author

Doug Pennant is a game industry veteran of 13 years, having worked in QA and Production at Microsoft, Creative Assembly, and more recently FundamentalVR. Amidst the complexities of game production pipelines, he developed a particular focus on the growth and development of colleagues and the improvement of game production as a craft. He is deuteranopic color¿blind and has given a number of industry talks and workshops on accessibility in video games, including a talk at the 2019 Game Developer Conference (GDC) on designing for color¿blindness in games.

Product details

• Authors: Doug Pennant
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 23.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032785608
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3278560-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: The Pocket Mentors for Games Careers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Application software; COMPUTERS / Programming / Games, The arts, Games development & programming, Games development and programming, Digital Animation