How Do eSports Software Producers Operate?

Gaming production is very demanding. There is a ton of competition and professionals in the industry which need to be up with their game. Many tasks and projects are going on but some of the most important are running all the teams of experts and making sure the entire process of updating games and publishing new games goes smoothly. The types of teams behind video game production include game engineers, all kinds of IT developers who will program all the games; graphic designers who will be responsible for all the graphics and front end development; artists who will create the next best game character; and animators who will do all the animations which is also a very specific job; additionally, there are various levels of project managers. At the end of the day, the most important thing is making sure that the new and updated games are ready to go out on time and are working smoothly. Who wants to play a game full of bugs?

Creating video games sounds like a fun job. However, it is a job and indeed a serious business. People’s livelihood depends on it and that is where videogame fans need to draw the line between gaming as a form of entertainment and gaming as a form of business. It is a very creative field, and at the end of the day, the product is a result of the imagination of the entire team. But to get to that point, companies run teams, organize those teams and all the professionals working on the product, follow production schedules and work with the entire business network to make sure the product is released professionally. Other than the internal network, there is also the external network that software game production companies need to take into account. Just think about all the product licensing involved, all the various businesses that should be aligned and ready for product distribution, all the PR effort, the eSports teams, and players and social media postings, and let’s not forget the financial aspect of it, and the budgets, salaries, expenses of all sorts that need to be kept on track. It is a very demanding business industry indeed. Video game production companies need to make sure that they have a very smooth production process in place.

Clearly, in the software video gaming industry, there are high barriers to entry. There are many different professionals from various fields involved. However, this industry is more or less a brand new industry. There are so many job ads for all kinds of people ranging from data analysts to IT game developers but most of the universities have recently started offering some aspects of gaming as a major. The reality is that in this particular industry, game production professionals have learned their jobs on the go. Combining the fact that the industry is quite young with the fact that most of the key players such as the most famous eSports players are very young themselves, makes it both one of the most exciting and challenging industries to enter at the same time!

Also, there is a lot of regulation and legal requirements for game providers that are constantly changing. GDPR is in place and everyone is aware that this is a data-heavy industry.