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Production Strategy
How to Pitch a Game to a Publisher: Build, Deck, Budget and Ask
Assemble a publisher pitch around a clear game, a representative build, a credible production plan and a specific commercial request.
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Production Strategy
Guides for choosing delivery models, building credible budgets and making production commitments with visible assumptions.
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Game Development Budget Template: A Producer-Ready Cost Model
A practical budget structure for team burn, external production, tools, contingency, platform work and cash timing, with an editable CSV template.
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Production Strategy
Video Game Development Cost: Build a Defensible Estimate
Estimate a game with transparent scope, team, schedule and risk assumptions instead of a headline price that hides the production model.
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Production Strategy
Game Development Outsourcing: Models, Costs, Risks and a Working Checklist
A producer-focused guide to choosing an outsourcing model, defining ownership, planning onboarding, controlling delivery risk and designing a clean hand-off.
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Game Co-Development vs Outsourcing: Which Model Fits the Work?
A practical way to choose between an embedded co-development team and a bounded outsourcing engagement based on ownership, uncertainty and production risk.
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How to Choose a Game Development Partner: 12 Due-Diligence Questions
Evaluate a game development studio by comparable evidence, production fit, decision access, security, quality systems and the shape of its proposed engagement.
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Production Strategy
Game Development Trends 2026: What Gamescom Reveals Mean for Production Teams
A cautious production reading of Gamescom 2026, focused on playable proof, partner delivery, platform scope and what public dates change.