1. Game Development Essentials: An Introduction Third Edition

2. Chapter 10 Roles & Responsibilities developing the team

3. Key Chapter Questions
■ What are the company roles associated with game development studios, publishers, licensors, and manufacturers?
■ What are the team roles and responsibilities associated with management, art, design, programming, audio, and testing?
■ What specific techniques are tools are utilized by different team members during game development?

4. Toy Story 3: The Video Game
Company Roles
Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Interactive Studios
Toy Story 3: The Video Game
TRON: Evolution

5. Team Roles ■ Production ■ Design ■ Art ■ Programming ■ Audio
■ Testing & Quality Assurance
■ Marketing

6. Team Roles Production ■ Executive Producer ■ Producer
■ Associate Producer
■ Assistant Producer

7. Team Roles Design ■ Creative Director ■ Design Director
■ Lead Designer
■ Narrative Designer
■ Interface Designer
■ Level Designer

8. Team Roles Art ■ Art Director ■ Lead Artist ■ Concept Artist ■ Modeler
■ Texture Artist
■ Animator
■ Technical Artist

9. Team Roles Art Concept Artist
Funcom, Inc.
Sega
Temple of Erlik (Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures)
Leo (Anarchy Reigns)

10. Wiremesh Model and Final Design (Travis Castillo)
Team Roles Art Modeler
Travis Castillo
Travis Castillo
Wiremesh Model and Final Design (Travis Castillo)

11. Team Roles Art Animator
Sony Computer Entertainment
Motion Capture (Heavy Rain)

12. Team Roles Programming
■ Technical Director
■ Lead Programmer
■ Network Programmer
■ Graphics Programmer
■ Engine Programmer
■ Tools Programmer
■ Artificial Intelligence Programmer
■ Audio Programmer
■ Physics Programmer
■ Interface Programmer
■ Associate Programmer

13. Team Roles Audio ■ Audio Director ■ Composer ■ Sound Designer
■ Voiceover Artist

14. Team Roles Testing & Quality Assurance
■ Testing Manager
■ Lead Tester
■ Compatibility & Format Testers
■ Production, Quality Assurance & Regression Testers
■ Playability, Usability & Beta Testers
■ Focus Testers

15. CryENGINE’s Sandbox Editor
Tools Design
Crytek GmbH
GameSalad
CryENGINE’s Sandbox Editor
GameSalad Creator

16. Tools Game Engine Programming
Id Tech 5
Torque 3D
id Software, Inc.
GarageGames
Basic Unity 3
Unity Technologies

17. Tools Art
Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk 3ds Max
Autodesk Maya

18. Tools Audio
Propellerhead
Reason

19. Summary ■ Company Roles ■ Team Roles ■ Tools
■ The Business Side of Game Development