Key roles in a successful team

Though it is very important that each member has a well-defined role, when dealing with small teams it is likely that one member will have multiple roles and that those roles are shared between more than one member.

This is one reason why small teams usually offer better career opportunities to those who can cover several roles. Working in a small team, where people are required to work on different aspects of the game at the same time, they have the opportunity to show their different talents and thus to advance their careers. It is also a good opportunity to learn new skills and expand their overall expertise.

Generally speaking, the key roles that need to be covered in a mobile dev team are: Design, Art\Modeling, Programming, Sound, QA\Testing, and Production. These are all key aspects of a game development and each of these roles will be explored in the following sections of this chapter.

The following figure represents the average subdivision of total cost for the production of a game among the different departments (source: gamecareerguide.com/).