Complexity of video game development

Game development is fun, but incredibly difficult.
Most people think that “programmer + artist = game”. This formula can be valid for very small projects. Most often these are projects with endless gameplay and the absence of any kind of narrative.
If we take a game that is more or less filled with content, then everything is more complicated.

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Let’s list the specializations required to create a game:

• Producer
• Project manager
• Screenwriter
• Game designer
• Level designer
• Concept artist

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In case of 3D:

• 3D modeler
• Texture artist
• Rigger and animator

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In case of 2D:

• 2D artist
• Sprite animator
• Fx-artist
• Programmer
• Technical artist
• Sound engineer
• Marketer
• PR manager
• Community manager

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In the case of a commercial release of the game, the following are added:

• Lawyer
• Accountant
• In the case of an online project:
• FrontEnd developers
• Server administrators and deploers