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Managing Unreal Engine Production: Producers' Essential Guide

OKRs in Game Studios: Where They Work and Where They Fail

May 29, 2026 8 min read Read article →

Team Psychology

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team psychology

Why Game Developers Burn Out After Year Five

You’re three months into your fifth year at the same studio. Your skills are sharper than ever, your title finally reflects your contributions, and from the outside everything looks like a …

Stop Burnout Before Your Dev Team Quits

Why Your Playtesters Won't Give Honest Feedback

When Passion Becomes a Studio's Biggest Liability

May 29, 2026 9 min read Read article →

PM Frameworks

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pm frameworks

Why Scrum Fails in Game Pre-Production

Your team just wrapped a killer prototype. The creative director is buzzing, stakeholders are nodding, and someone tapes a sprint board to the wall. Two weeks later, half the tickets are stuck in …

Agile Methods That Actually Work for Game Teams

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Stop Losing Developers to Burnout: Plan Team Capacity Right

Stop Ignoring Art Debt in Game Development

Jul 19, 2026 8 min read Read article →

Project Management

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project management

10% Better Game Studio Productivity: Backlog Organization

Seventy percent of game projects that fail in production don’t die because of bad design or missing budget. They die because nobody could answer the question “what are we actually supposed …

Game Feature Prioritization: A Practical Framework

Kanban Boards: The Project System Indie Studios Actually Need

Why Your Game Codebase Gets Slower Over Time

Jul 13, 2026 8 min read Read article →

Team Management

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team management

Keeping Your Game Team Motivated: Strategies That Actually Work

Forty-seven days into crunch on our second game, I watched our lead artist delete three hours of work and not say a word about it. She just closed her laptop and went to make tea. That was the moment …

Run Better Game Dev Retrospectives: The Complete Guide

Build Your Studio Team Without The Chaos

Onboard Game Developers Without The Chaos

Jul 19, 2026 7 min read Read article →

Careers

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careers

Game Producer Resume: Stand Out With These Key Sections

Most game producer resumes I’ve reviewed over the years have the same fatal flaw: they read like job descriptions, not accomplishments. Someone spent three years managing a 40-person team, …

Associate Producer Game Industry: 41% Skip This Key Responsibility

Game Dev Salaries 2026: What Each Role Really Pays

Land Your Game Producer Role: 15 Key Interview Questions

Jul 5, 2026 9 min read Read article →

Publishing

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publishing

How Game Publishers Support Developers Beyond Funding

Most developers I’ve talked to over the years come to me with the same question, usually after a promising early conversation with a publisher has left them more confused than before. …

Secure Better Terms: The Game Publisher Negotiation Guide

The Press Kit Checklist Every Indie Dev Needs

Build Hype Before Launch: The Indie Game Wishlist Strategy

Jul 15, 2026 8 min read Read article →

Milestones

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milestones

First Playable Milestone Checklist for Game Producers

Forty-three percent of the projects I’ve seen blow their first playable milestone didn’t fail because the team lacked talent. They failed because nobody agreed on what “first …

Content Complete Milestones: Your Game Dev Roadmap

When To Launch Alpha vs Beta: A Dev's Roadmap

Publisher Deal Milestones: A Game Dev Roadmap

Jul 16, 2026 8 min read Read article →

Production

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production

Game Localization Management: Key Strategies for Global Release

Localization will eat your schedule alive if you let it. I’ve watched it happen on three different projects, including one where we thought we had it handled, and then discovered six weeks …

1,847 Bugs Later: How Game Teams Triage Faster

How Indie Game Devs Should Test Before Launch

Keep Your Game Team In Sync: Version Control Guide

Jul 1, 2026 9 min read Read article →

Budgeting

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budgeting

Keep Your Game Studio Solvent: Cash Flow Essentials

Thirty percent of indie studios that fail cite cash flow problems as the primary cause. Not bad games. Not marketing failures. Cash flow. The money was there on paper, and then it wasn’t, and …

Stop Game Projects From Bleeding Money

Stop Guessing Your Game Dev Budget: A Real Plan

Funding Your Indie Game: 7 Real Money Options

Jul 17, 2026 7 min read Read article →

Getting Started

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Getting Started

How Long Does It Take to Make an Indie Game? 22 Months Average

73% of solo indie developers take longer than two years to ship their first game. That’s not a rumor. That’s from the Game Developers Conference State of the Game Industry survey, and …

Make a Video Game With $200 and Zero Experience

Indie Game Development Costs: What You'll Actually Spend

Best Game Engine: Unity vs Unreal vs Godot (Full Comparison)

Jul 14, 2026 8 min read Read article →

Planning

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planning

Why 5.3 Hours of Buffer Time Matters in Game Schedules

Seventy percent of game projects miss their original ship date. Not by a little. According to a 2022 survey by the Game Developers Conference, the average delay across mid-size studios was 5.3 months …

Keep Your Game Fresh: Post-Launch Content Planning

Release Your Game On Time: The Planning Framework That Works

Master Your Game Dev Timeline in 5 Steps

Jul 16, 2026 8 min read Read article →

Strategy

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strategy

70% of Gamers Accept Delays: How Studios Handle Launch Postponement

Roughly 70% of video game projects ship late. That’s not a rumor or an industry whisper, a 2023 Game Developer Conference survey of over 2,800 developers found that just 29% of projects launched …

Game Contracts Every Developer Needs To Know

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Build Your Game Studio's Revenue Model From Day One

Launch Your Indie Game Studio: The Complete Roadmap

Jun 10, 2026 5 min read Read article →

Game Business

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Game Business

Steam Revenue Calculator: Estimate Your Game's Earnings on Steam

Launching a game on Steam without a revenue projection is like shipping without a milestone plan. You might land somewhere interesting, or you might run out of runway before you get there. This Steam …

Indie Game Budget Estimator: Calculate Your True Development Costs

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Game Revenue Share Calculator: Split Revenue the Right Way

Jul 6, 2026 8 min read Read article →

Metrics

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metrics

The Metrics That Define Successful Game Production

Most producers track the wrong things. They spend Monday morning staring at a burndown chart that tells them work got done, but nothing about whether it was the right work or whether the team is …

Track Player Behavior: The Indie Dev's Analytics Guide

The Playtester's Guide: Feedback That Actually Improves Games

Jul 10, 2026 7 min read Read article →

Engines and Tools

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Engines and Tools

Unity vs Unreal for Beginners: Which Engine to Pick

Most people who ask me this question have already spent two weeks reading forum threads and come away more confused than when they started. You might be wondering if you picked the wrong one before …

Make a Game Without Coding: What Actually Works

Jun 12, 2026 2 min read Read article →

Game Engines

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Game Engines

Game Engine Comparison: 12 Engines Compared Side by Side (2026)

Picking a game engine is the first real commitment you make as a developer, and changing it later is expensive. The right choice depends less on which engine is “best” and more on what you …

Which Game Engine Is Right for You? Take the Quiz

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Tools

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tools

Perforce Or Git: Which Version Control Fits Your Game Studio

Most game studios get this decision wrong not because they lack information, but because they benchmark against the wrong kind of project. I’ve watched teams migrate from Git to Perforce …

Jul 2, 2026 7 min read Read article →

Getting Your Game Team Started With Jira