By Scott Rogers
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Creative and programming leads, acting as the team representative to upper management and publishers, coordinating the creation of outside resources such as art, music and cutscenes, and arranging testing and localization. Producers are usually the first team member on and the last team member off of a game’s production. More often than not, you will find producers acting as the public face of the game; talking to the press and public about the game they are managing15. Because there are many things for a producer to do, often you will find assistant and associate producers helping out with day-to-day tasks.
True 3-D graphics had been in arcade games as early as Battlezone (Atari, 1980), but when the Playstation arrived in 1994, game developers became inspired to use 3-D to create more realistic worlds and characters for home consoles. Just like with programming, video game art has become a specialized job. A concept artist uses both traditional medium and computers to draw game characters, worlds, and enemies. Storyboard artists illustrate the game’s cinematics and sometimes elements of gameplay design to be passed along to other artists and animators.
Theme? Music is extremely important to the gaming experience, and a composer creates that music. Most modern composers create their music on a keyboard or synthesizer, as they can be used to simulate any musical instrument. As sound technology has improved, many composers have created actual “live” and orchestral pieces; this requires a whole new set of skills, including conducting an orchestra. I won’t even pretend to know how to do that—I have no idea what all that baton waving means! Home versions of modern audio software are powerful enough to mix and master professional-sounding samples.