Nov 23, 2017

It is an understatement to say that game production is one of the less understood roles in the game industry. A few minutes of web searching about the role is bound to unearth contradictory impressions. Relevant answers in Quora will mostly say that producer are project managers in the entertainment industry. A quick search on the web for game producer positions will bring up vastly different responsibilities, ranging from a project manager role to more of a game director role. However, if we now search for famous producers, you find some of the most iconic designers in the gaming industry are also producers– think Sid Meier, Shigeru Miyamoto, Ron Gilbert and Hideo Kojima among others.

To better understand what is a producer let’s review what all producer roles have in common and where do they differ.

Nov 22, 2017

Hi everyone!

Leonard Perez here and this is my first post on a blog that I hope to turn into a reliable source of knowledge on the game development industry.

I thought about starting this blog at the start of 2017. I was reading about roles in the gaming industry and could not find an excellent web resource for game production – as opposed to countless sites and videos for artists, engineers, and designers.