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TWENTY THREE

Technology: What Every Producer Should Know

The tech is everything on which the game is built. Just as you’ll be working closely with your creative director on the creative side, you’ll be working with the tech director on all technical aspects of the game. You will depend heavily on them to know what is possible and what is not with the technology at hand, manipulate and innovate with the game engine, plus implement and build out the game integration, making sure it all runs properly.

Every element, aspect, art, and code for the game has to be implemented by the tech team, so it is critical to loop the tech director into all matters from concepting to production. It’s also important to provide a clear direction as ...

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