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Unit 13: Understanding the Computer Games Industry

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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Unit 13:
Understanding the Computer Games Industry

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Aims

  • To understand organisational structures and jobs roles within the games industry
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D1: comprehensively explain organisational structures and job roles in the game industry with reference to elucidated examples and consistently using subject terminology correctly

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Subject specific terminology

  • Organisational structures
  • Job roles in the games industry
Can you think of any specific terminology you would expect to use when exploring organisational structures and job roles in the games industry?
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Organisational structures

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Types of company

  • Development studios
  • Publishing houses
  • Independent studios
What do you think the differences between these three types of company is?
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Development studios

Rockstar North
Grand Theft Auto
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Both produces and distributes
Half-life
Portal
Left 4 Dead
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Publishing houses

A company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer.
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Independent studios

Thatgamecompany
Formerly developed for Sony for PS3 Playstation Network service
Secured independent funding
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First video game - The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

Developed from graduate thesis
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Departments

What departments would you expect in a Games Industry company?
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Departments

  • Design
  • Artists
  • Programming
  • Quality assurance
  • Marketing
  • Distribution
  • Legal
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Job roles

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How many job types can you think of within the games industry?

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Job types

  • 3D modeller
  • Animator
  • Artist
  • Audio engineer
  • Designer
  • Scriptwriter
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Job types

  • Level designer
  • Localisation technician
  • Producer
  • Programmer
  • Quality assurance tester
Localisation technician - adapting games for different countries
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You will need to consider...

  • Levels of responsibility - team member, lead, producer, management
  • Working patterns - office hours, irregular hours, hot-seating, freelance, fixed-term contract, staff
Hot seating/ Hot desking - Working at different times on a desk, which is shared at other times by other employees

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