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Free resources
Free game-production resources, and quite a lot of them.
Articles, podcast conversations, YouTube training and downloads for producers and production leaders. Nobody hands you a manual when you become a producer, so we have tried to write some of it down.
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Start from the problem you have.
Most people arrive with something specific on their mind: a process that is not working, a risk nobody seems to own or a question about their next role. Each topic below mixes articles, videos, podcast episodes and downloads on that subject.
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Agile, process and production practice
Where Kanban and Scrum help a game team, what happens when you try to scale them and where process stops helping.
Planning, risk and delivery
How to find the uncertainty in a plan early enough to do something about it, and how to deliver without falling back on crunch.
Leadership, careers and team culture
For producers learning to lead, people thinking about their next role and anyone trying to keep a team healthy while the industry keeps changing around them.
Tools & Downloads
Two free downloads to start with.
Both are free and come through the Academy’s learning library.
Free PDF download
Critical Game Development Risks
Nine risks that turn up in game development again and again, the early signs to watch for and prompts for what to do about each one.
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Free digital toolkit
Transferable Skills Toolkit: Games to Tech Roles
If you are out of work or looking beyond games, this helps you map your experience to roles in the wider tech sector, rewrite your CV in language those employers recognise and spot the gaps worth closing.
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