The Game Production Handbook, 3rd Edition

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Game Production Overview

In This Chapter

• Introduction

• Production Cycle

• Preproduction

• Production

• Testing

• Postproduction

1.1 Introduction

If you are a newly minted producer or lead, you are probably wondering what you have gotten yourself into. Even though you are likely to get assistance along the way from your boss, your publisher, and your team, the burden of responsibility for getting a game created and code released rests squarely on your shoulders. As budgets rise and teams get larger, producers and leads responsible for a project must have a solid understanding of the game production process, how all the variables involved fit ...