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Game Production Alchemist

Rob Sandberg

Prepare to encounter unconventional perspectives on game production, LiveOps, leadership and transmutation.

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Latest Issues

The AI Deadline Nobody In Games Is Talking About Lands On 2 August With Real Fines Attached

  • EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations take effect 2 August 2026 and were not delayed by the Digital Omnibus

    • Fines reach 15 million euros or 3% of worldwide turnover, and UK and US studios serving EU players are in scope

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3 days ago
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Production 101 - #6 The Traits That Separate Good Producers From Everyone Else

Game Production Alchemist › Production 101 › Top Traits of High-Performing Game Producers

  • Emotional intelligence and active listening are the foundation of everything else.

  • Decisiveness matters more than always being right....

3 days ago
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Reading Bruno Baketarić Fixed the One Kanban Problem I Never Solved in Decades

  • Value stream mapping breaks on creative work because the route is never linear

    • The bucket column problem that no amount of extra columns ever fixed

    • Bruno Baketarić’s state-space reframe: name the condition, not the activity

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10 days ago
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Nobody Decided Godot Had an AI Problem for Months. Then Somebody Finally Did.

  • Godot’s new AI contribution policy was not an ethics decision. It was a decision about who owns a boundary that had been drifting since February.

    • Reviewer bandwidth was already an issue months before anyone treated it as one

    • A d...

17 days ago
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The AI Question in Games Needs a Second Axis, and Then a Third

  • Why “was AI involved” fails as a disclosure question and what replaces it

    • The five-layer AI stack quietly measures two different things at once

    • Provenance and licensing sit across every layer, not inside one

    • The labour cost...

19 days ago
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    Seasoned game producer with 30 years in the field. I blend insight with fun, mentor teams, and champion agile, efficient game production. Focused on player experience, I build consensus and value adaptability in this ever-evolving industry.

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