Producer – creating the plan for production based on learnings from pre-production, and making sure everything is on track to hit important milestones like first playable.

Audio Designer – creating audio mock ups to set the style and audio quality bar, selecting and commissioning music.Programmer – prototyping key gameplay systems, creating tools and systems for use in production.Production Designer – specifying the locations, mapping out the environments and gathering reference to define the setting and time period of the game.Concept Artist – creating concept art for locations, objects and characters, both for reference and to define the look of the game.Designer – creating a high-level game design, proving out key elements of the gameplay, writing the narrative.He gave us am insight in to who does what during pre-production at their studios in Guildford:. Jonathan Amor is Operations Director of BAFTA-winning, independent game developer Supermassive Games. Involving all parties at this early stage drives the creative, develops ideas and processes, and also ensures going into the production stage that all parties and team members have a clear understanding and vision moving into production, which is key to the project’s success.” Those early ideas can come from anywhere and anyone! It's also at this stage we develop which routes we might take and where individual strengths can be utilised, whilst developing schedules and workflows. Pre-production is when ideas are brainstormed, drawn up and realised. “In a nutshell, all of them! We like to get a range of people involved at pre-production stage, across the board - account handlers, producers, modellers, animators, concept and technical artists.

Jo Wilkinson, Producer at Flipbook animation studio in Manchester answers:. We asked studios, what jobs are important during this phase? A gathering of minds There are many broad questions to ask up front:- Who’s the game for? What’s the central gameplay mechanic? What’re your timelines? What’re the pillars of our game? What’s the budget? The more ambitious the game and the larger the team involved, the more there is at stake when linking the path from concept to creation. However once you’re running a studio as a business, the bridge between concept and production becomes a serious business to avoid wasting valuable development time. Many aspiring games developers begin by jumping directly from an idea in to creating a game.

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