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Game Production Academy

Practical game production training for producers, production leaders, and studios

Game Production Academy helps producers, production leaders, and studio teams improve the way games are planned, communicated, delivered, and learned from.

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We create practical courses, workshops, consulting support, mentoring, and free resources for the realities of modern game development: production confidence, risk visibility, milestone readiness, communication, AI-supported workflows, and sustainable delivery.

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Founded by Liam Wickham, the Academy is expanding its course catalogue with experienced educators, consultants, and production practitioners.

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Who we support

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Producers and production leaders

Courses, mentoring, templates, and practical guidance for producers, senior producers, project managers, development managers, and production leaders who want more confidence, clarity, and structure in their work.

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Studios and teams

Workshops, consulting, health checks, and training support for studios that want better visibility, stronger operating rhythms, and clearer decision-making across production.

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Educators and institutions

Structured teaching resources and academic materials for programmes that teach game production, project management, professional practice, or capstone delivery.

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What we teach

Game Production Academy is growing weekly. Current and upcoming training areas include:

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  • Game production fundamentals

  • Risk management for game development

  • AI for Game Production

  • Milestone readiness

  • Producer communication and reporting

  • Co-development and outsourcing workflows

  • Studio operating rhythms

  • Leadership and production confidence

  • Practical tools, templates, and examples

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Courses

Our courses are hosted on Thinkific and are designed for practical use by producers, leads, students, and studio teams.

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Current and upcoming courses include:

  • Risk Management for Game Developers

  • Implementing a Risk Management System for Game Studios

  • Roadmapping 101

  • AI for Game Production

  • Additional specialist-led game production courses

 

Rather than teaching theory in isolation, our courses are built around real production situations, usable examples, and applied exercises.

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Studio support

For studios, Game Production Academy provides practical support when production work needs more clarity, structure, or confidence.

Support can include:

  • Production health checks

  • Studio workshops

  • Consulting and advisory support

  • Producer mentoring

  • Risk and milestone readiness reviews

  • Training rollout support

Free resources

Start with the free material.
 
The Academy publishes practical articles, videos, podcast episodes, templates, and newsletter insights for producers and production leaders.
 
Use these resources to improve planning, communication, risk visibility, delivery confidence, and sustainable production practice.

About us

Game Production Academy was founded by Liam Wickham, a game production consultant, educator, and author with more than 25 years of experience across game development, studio operations, leadership, teaching, and organisational change.

Liam is the author of Risk Management for Video Game Professionals and has worked across AAA, AA, independent development, and large-scale organisational transformation.

The Academy is now expanding with new courses, educators, consultants, and specialist contributors.

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