GP8 / Cohort 1

Learn the art of Game Production from a AAA Game Producer!

Andy Johnson

Head of Production & Game Operations: 30yr Industry Veteran

Game Production

ポケモン公式

Minecraft

King Digital Entertainment

Disney

Warner Bros. Games

Get the Maven Game Production certification, and network with over 100 students and industry professionals! 🕹️&nbsp;𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥Andy Johnson is a premiere, AAA Game Producer, having worked on some of the biggest games of all time including Minecraft, advised on Candy Crush, supported the launch of Sonic 2 and developed Disney Pixar's' Cars. Andy developed the Game Production course to knowledge-share the fundamentals, that aren't taught at studios, for the next generation of Game Producers. 🎮 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘Course alumni from - Microsoft &amp; Halo Studios - Activision/Blizzard - EA - Ubisoft - Riot Games &amp; Tencent Studios - Pokémon - Apple - Sega .. and many more !!! Join the 4.8★ rated, original live video Game Production course, with over 500 students to date! The course is taught by Andy and 2 industry expert guest speakers from Bungie, King, Amazon Games and NCSoft. Whether you have game development experience or not, by the end of this course you'll have insight into the role and be able to talk from a position of understanding through experience. Lessons take you step by step through battle tested processes implemented at major studios. Assignments use a safe environment of discovery and exploration, with each assignment building off of previous decisions to simulate real-world game producer problems. By the end of this course, you'll be THINKING and TALKING like a Game Producer!

The Game Production course Game Studios trust!

Early Career Producers ﻿who want to level up their skills to gain promotion

Lateral Moverslooking to transition into Game Development

Indie Developers who want AAA insight and proven processes

QA Leads or Testers wanting to move into Production

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

Andy has released games on nearly every platform over the last 3 decades.

A tutor who's shipped games you've played!

This course will challenge you with dilemmas faced by the best Game Producers.

Rewire your brain to think like a Game Producer

Scrum in real world game development is messy, learn what does and doesn't work.

Intro to Agile & Scrum

Learn project planning and management methodologies used to ship games you've played.

Learn how to Roadmap and Budget

Practice what you learned in a series of engaging assignments, designed to simulate real-world Game Production.

Gain insight into Development Challenges of real Game Producers

Game Development is inherently risky, discover proven tools to identify and mitigate risks.

Understand Risk Analysis and Mitigation

Gain access to a dedicated Discord community of Game Producers and previous course alumni.

Access our Network Accelerator

A walk through of current game production roles to show there's more nuance than just "Game Producer".<ul><li>The essence of a modern Game Producer</li><li>Different roles in Game Production</li><li>Hard and soft skills required</li></ul> ASSIGNMENT #1: What kind of Producer are you - Self evaluation

What is a Game Producer?

It takes a multi-discipline team to create a video game.<ul><li>An introduction into development team disciplines</li><li>What are the requirements for a functional game development team</li><li>Development team composition</li></ul> ASSIGNMENT #2: Design a Game Development Team to recreate a classic video game

Designing a Development Team

The roadmap has become the preferred method of tracking Game Development.<ul><li>What is a project roadmap</li><li>How is it different to a project schedule</li><li>Why is the roadmap so popular</li><li>What are the strengths and weaknesses of the roadmap</li></ul>

How to Build a Project Roadmap

Understanding pitfalls, being able to read a project roadmap and pivot a team with minimal impact to schedule are all requirements for the modern Game Producer.<ul><li>Budget and cost of Game Development</li><li>Introduction to non-linear project planning</li><li>How to balance iterative development</li></ul> ASSIGNMENT #3: Build a project roadmap for your team

Keeping a Project on Track

Ask your questions and gain valuable insight from a renowned industry Game Production professional. <ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshayala/overlay/about-this-profile/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Josh Ayala</a> - CEO at Perfect Day Productions</li></ul>

Fireside Chat #1

Ask your questions and gain valuable insight from a renowned industry Game Production professional. <ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danmcauliffe/overlay/about-this-profile/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dan McAuliffe</a> - General Manager, Destiny 2</li></ul>

Fireside Chat #2

Scrum training takes ~16 hours, this is a condensed introduction to Agile and Scrum the most popular framework (mis)used in all development studios.<ul><li>Why was Agile and Scrum adopted for Game Development</li><li>Overview of Scrum</li><li>Doing Agile vs. Being Agile</li></ul>

An Overview of Agile & Scrum

Find out the major breaking points of Scrum in game development studios, understand what works and what doesn't in this high-level introduction to real-world Scrum implementation.<ul><li>Scrum in real-world Game Development</li><li>The Game Producer and Scrum</li><li>Building out a Backlog</li></ul> ASSIGNMENT #4: Build backlog items for your team to develop against

Real-world Scrum Implementation

Uncovering and managing risk makes or breaks a Game Producer.<ul><li>What is risk</li><li>Is it inherently a bad thing</li><li>How do we identify risk in a project</li></ul>

Uncovering Project Risk

The ability to assess and mitigate risks should be second nature to Game Producers.<ul><li>Learn battletested methods</li><li>Understand how to assess and manage risks</li></ul> ASSIGNMENT #5: The Curve Ball

Assessing and Mitigating Risk

Data, analytics and reporting are essential to modern Video Games, giving developers near-real-time insight into performance.<ul><li>Understanding the state of your game</li><li>Project Status Reports, including templates</li><li>What are KPIs </li></ul>

Data and Reporting

The lead up to release and then release of your game are not the end - after release games require continued support<ul><li>How to work with external, support teams</li><li>Working with QA</li><li>Finishing project</li><li>Managing stress while shipping a game</li></ul> ASSIGNMENT #6: Post Mortem

Finishing a Project

Course syllabus

Game Developer, Digital Artist and Writer

Class Alumni also say

Meet your instructor

Course alumni have worked at:<ul><li>EA</li><li>Ubisoft</li><li>Pokémon</li><li>343</li><li>Apple</li><li>Microsoft</li><li>Sega</li><li>Gearbox</li><li>Wētā Workshop</li><li>Digital Extremes</li><li>Schell Games</li><li>... and more !!!</li></ul>

The Game Production course studios trust!
 

The Course Taken by Professionals

Game Production Class Testimonial - Keith Edie

Game Production Class Testimonial - Mike Gallegos

Live classes with Andy teaching fundamental skills and process

Tuesdays & Thursdays

One lesson per week opens early for AMA style Q&amp;A time to discuss students questions

Open Office Time

Experience real-world Game Producer challenges and learn how to think like a Producer!Assignments have been designed to be challenging with a learn through play methodology - no boring multiple choice questionnaires here.

Project Assignments

Meet with 2 industry Production veterans in our Fireside Chat lessons, in an informal AMA style session.

Fireside Chats

Use the dedicated Discord channel for questions, assignment help, discussion, and more!

Cohort Discord Channel

On course completion you'll be invited to the exclusive Alumni Discord channel to stay in touch with Andy and join over 100 students from across the games industry.

Alumni Discord Channel

Course schedule & support

This course builds on live sessions with AMA style format

AMA Style Learing

Work with your cohort to solve real world Game Production issues, make life long friends with common interests

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