Unit 13 - Assignment 2 - Understand organisational structures within the games industry. Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Type Of Game Company - [a] Game development Studio [b] Game Publishing houses [c] Independent Game Studio. 3. Departments In Organisation. Thank you, For more details visit to www.gulshangolechha.com Please free to ask any query, questions, suggestions, etc.

1. Gulshan Golechha - Assignment 2 – Orginational Structures in Game Industry. 1
Assignment 2 – Understand Organisational
Structures within the games industry.
Date : 30-08-2012Gulshan S. Golechha

2. Introduction
Video game development is the generally involved and lengthy
process of creating a video game. Development is undertaken by a
game developer, which may range from a single person to a large
business. Mainstream games are normally funded by a publisher and
take several years to develop. Indie games can take less time and can
be produced cheaply by individuals and small developers.
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Types of company
Game
Development
Studio
Game Publishing
houses
Independent
Game Studio

3. Type Of Game Company
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Game development Studio :-
- Developers can range in size from small groups making casual
games to housing hundreds of employees and producing several
large titles. The development team consists of several members.
- The most represented are artists, followed by programmers, then
designers, and finally, audio specialists, with two to three
producers in management.
Game Publishing houses :-
- A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games
that they have either developed internally or have had developed
by a video game developer.

4. Independent Game Studio :-
– Independent games or indie games are produced by individuals
and small teams with no large-scale developer or publisher
affiliations.
– Indie developers generally rely on Internet distribution schemes.
– Many hobbyist indie developers create mods of existing games.
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5. Departments In Organisation
Design
Programming
Art
Quality
Assurance
Marketing
Distribution
Legal Aspects
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6. Design :-
In this department , all persons are artists and design gameplay, characters,
animation, etc. In short they consent with all User Interface designing.
Programming :-
In this department, all persons are well skilled in programming the game
interface, actions, motions, etc.
Quality Assurance :-
In this department, the persons overseas on the quality of game i.e.
animation, characters/ models, game level, game special effects, etc.
Marketing :-
In this department, persons are skilled with marketing techniques for
increasing the sell of game .
Distribution :-
In this department, persons are responsible for the demand and supply of
games. It can be either online or hard copy on retail shops.
Legal aspects :-
In this department, persons consent with all legal matters , regarding
company, each game, copy right , etc..
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7. REFERANCES
Web Sites :-
• http://forums.elementalgame.com/404298/page/1/#2872677
• http://www.slideshare.net/Mranthony/games-industry-organisational-structure-
9538640
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_industry
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