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Distributed Game Development: Harnessing Global Talent to Create Winning Games


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Take control of your global game development team and make successful AAA game titles using the 'Distributed Development' model. Game industry veteran Tim Fields teaches you how to evaluate game deals, how to staff teams for highly distributed game development, and how to maintain challenging relationships in order to get great games to market. This book is filled with interviews with a broad spectrum of industry experts from top game publishers and business owners in the US and UK. A supplementary web site provides interviews from the book, a forum where developers and publishers can connect, and additional tips and tricks. Topics include:

Table of Contents:
Distributed Game Development Introduction i. Overview ii. Who is this document for? Preamble on Distributed Development i. Why would you have distributed development? ii. Who we will meet in our case studies, and why we care about what they have to say. Chapter 1: Organizing Your Teams i. Types of Distributed Collaboration: How to Know what you need ii. How to pick external collaborators a. INTERVIEW: Fay Griffith - Head of outsourcing and external development, Electronic Arts. On How to Select Partners iii. How to pick an external team iv. Insourcing v. Roles & Responsibilities a. INTERVIEW: Sergio Rosas - Studio Head CGBot, Monterrey Mexico. On Tailoring Creation Teams for Different Clients vi. Subcontractors vii. Quality Assurance viii. Localization ix. Infrastructure x. The contract and other legal issues xi. Failure Study: When the Organization phase went wrong. Chapter 2: Getting off on the right foot i. Defining project parameters 1. Scheduling Goals, Techniques, Milestones ii. Make sure you have a shared vision. a. INTERVIEW: Bill Byrne - Freelance Motion Graphics Editor. Setting project tone through visuals. iii. Kickoff Meetings iv. Scheduling Types & Tactics 1. SCRUM/AGILE vs. WATERFALL a. INTERVIEW: Everett Lee - Producer, Sony Entertainment. ?How to lead great teams through more agile planning. v. Failure Study: When the schedule is wrong. vi. Failure Study: When your vision is clouded. Chapter 3: Maintaining the organism i. Establishing & Maintaining Trust a. INTERVIEW: Kyle Clark - VP Production, ReelFX. Delivering content to spec for motion pictures & television. ii. Progress Checkpoints iii. Milestones iv. How to deal with product goal or design changes a. INTERVIEW: Rhett Bennatt - Project Manager, Aspyre Entertainment. Nimble projects for maximum profits. v. Cross Pollination vi. Finaling and product submission vii. Planning for your next date viii. Failure Study: Feature Creep and the carnival of design changes. Chapter 4: Site Visits i. Site visits ii. Who to send & why iii. When to go? a. INTERVIEW: Michael Wyman - Founder, Big Splash Entertainment. Distributed development for Casual Games. iv. Representing your company and the project while on site. v. Communication vi. Language barriers vii. Dealing with distractions viii. Cultural Differences a. INTERVIEW: Frank Klier - Senior Technical Director, Microsoft. Coordinating technical solutions across cultural boundaries. ix. Regional Conditions x. Helpful Tools for staying in touch with home base xi. Failure Study: What happens when communication between home base and the field goes awry. Chapter 5: Common Situations i. Hot Potato Projects a. INTERVIEW: Mark Greenshields - President, Firebrand Games. Delivering quality products on time. ii. Crisis Management iii. The constantly moving target iv. Bug Counts / Defect management v. Localization vi. Central Content Teams vii. Central Tech Groups viii. Sense of Urgency a. INTERVIEW: Dave Hawkins - Managing Director, Exient LTD. How to select projects for your development team. ix. Failure Case: When the bugs eat you. Conclusions: i. Wrapping it up ii. What the future holds iii. Where to get more information iv. Helpful templates

About the Author :
Tim Fields has been in the game industry since 1995 as a producer, project manager, design lead, and business developer. Tim has helped small studios and top publishers like EA and Microsoft run teams that create great games. He has worked on shooters, sports games, racing titles, and RPGs using talent and teams from North America, Asia, Europe, and the UK.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780240812717
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Harnessing Global Talent to Create Winning Games
  • Width: 191 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0240812719
  • Publisher Date: 02 Mar 2010
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Weight: 521 gr


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