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Level up your game development and launch: How monday.com supports enhanced project management in the gaming industry
Danny Coleman
28 March 2025
9 min read
Danny Coleman
28 March 2025
9 min read
monday.com is emerging as a game-changer to meet some unique challenges and we can help you implement it.
The worldwide gaming industry will grow to over $300 billion by 2026. Considering its recent and continuing growth, the industry is fast-paced and competitive, with some unique challenges.
Game development projects can be complex and often involve large teams, tight deadlines, and multiple phases. These projects usually involve diverse teams that need to work closely together—from developers and designers to artists and marketers. Managing resources and adapting to change quickly is vital for projects to run smoothly, on time, and budget. For all of that to work, effective communication and coordination are key.
monday.com is emerging as a game-changer to meet some unique challenges in the gaming industry. This flexible platform offers a comprehensive solution to manage production bottlenecks, particularly those caused by dependencies, by providing clear visualisations of project timelines and responsibilities. With monday.com, teams can seamlessly adapt to last-minute changes, ensuring no detail is overlooked. The platform's robust bug-tracking system allows developers to efficiently handle the influx of issues reported by QA, ensuring that every bug is accounted for and resolved on time. Most importantly, monday.com's resource management capabilities help alleviate the dreaded crunch periods by enabling teams to allocate resources effectively and maintain a balanced workload. By providing a structured, transparent, and adaptable framework, monday.com empowers gaming teams to deliver high-quality products without compromising their well-being. Let's look at how monday.com can support the gaming industry in more detail.
Game development projects can be complex and often involve large teams, tight deadlines, and multiple phases. These projects usually involve diverse teams that need to work closely together—from developers and designers to artists and marketers. Managing resources and adapting to change quickly is vital for projects to run smoothly, on time, and budget. For all of that to work, effective communication and coordination are key.
monday.com is emerging as a game-changer to meet some unique challenges in the gaming industry. This flexible platform offers a comprehensive solution to manage production bottlenecks, particularly those caused by dependencies, by providing clear visualisations of project timelines and responsibilities. With monday.com, teams can seamlessly adapt to last-minute changes, ensuring no detail is overlooked. The platform's robust bug-tracking system allows developers to efficiently handle the influx of issues reported by QA, ensuring that every bug is accounted for and resolved on time. Most importantly, monday.com's resource management capabilities help alleviate the dreaded crunch periods by enabling teams to allocate resources effectively and maintain a balanced workload. By providing a structured, transparent, and adaptable framework, monday.com empowers gaming teams to deliver high-quality products without compromising their well-being. Let's look at how monday.com can support the gaming industry in more detail.
1. Adaptable, flexible and scalable project planning and task management
Have you ever had a sprint where half the team is waiting on a feature stuck in review? With monday.com's Gantt charts and timeline views, you can track when a feature—like a new combat system or a UI overhaul—is ready for testing and make sure no one is left guessing what's next.
Key features such as custom templates help support recurring projects like game updates or seasonal events. They let you spin up a structured pipeline for recurring projects - whether a new content drop, a balance patch, or an expansion launch; monday.com keeps your processes consistent and efficient across repeatable projects and reduces unnecessary setup time.
We've seen gaming companies use monday.com to quickly scale and accommodate additional users and teams as they grow and take on more projects. You can continue using the platform without disruption, even as your teams scale.
Key features such as custom templates help support recurring projects like game updates or seasonal events. They let you spin up a structured pipeline for recurring projects - whether a new content drop, a balance patch, or an expansion launch; monday.com keeps your processes consistent and efficient across repeatable projects and reduces unnecessary setup time.
We've seen gaming companies use monday.com to quickly scale and accommodate additional users and teams as they grow and take on more projects. You can continue using the platform without disruption, even as your teams scale.
2. Improving collaboration and communication across teams
Game development isn't just about code—it's about syncing programmers, artists, sound designers, and QA to ensure everyone works together to reach common goals. Working this way will help your artists, designers, and developers see their responsibilities and track progress against tasks, increasing transparency and collective responsibility.
monday.com also serves as a centralised platform for project-related communication. Miscommunication can mean wasted time—or worse, missed deadlines. With monday.com, team members have a centralised hub to comment on tasks, share progress updates, and attach key files like build versions, concept art, or bug reports, ensuring everyone can access the latest information. Team members can set up notifications for task updates, comments, and approaching deadlines, ensuring no one misses an important update or a last-minute design change.
monday.com also serves as a centralised platform for project-related communication. Miscommunication can mean wasted time—or worse, missed deadlines. With monday.com, team members have a centralised hub to comment on tasks, share progress updates, and attach key files like build versions, concept art, or bug reports, ensuring everyone can access the latest information. Team members can set up notifications for task updates, comments, and approaching deadlines, ensuring no one misses an important update or a last-minute design change.
3. Customisable workflows
From defining an initial concept to post-launch updates, game development is a relay race—one missed handoff can jeopardise your team's ability to cross the finish line. Workflows in monday.com ensure that every stage of development runs smoothly with transparent workflows and smooth transitions.
Gaming companies can create dedicated monday.com boards for every phase of your project. Imagine pre-production, asset creation, programming, QA, and launch, each with a board that tracks unique workflows and tasks.
Real-time task tracking and status updates help project managers spot bottlenecks early and adjust allocations so the work keeps moving without costly delays.
Real-time task tracking and status updates help project managers spot bottlenecks early and adjust allocations so the work keeps moving without costly delays.
4. Resource allocation and task management
In game development, allocating resources effectively can mean the difference between shipping on time or slipping into crunch mode. monday.com allows assigning tasks, deadlines, and priority levels, ensuring optimal resource allocation and timely task completion. The time tracking feature is excellent for gaming companies, allowing them to monitor the time spent on each task, such as coding, asset creation, or bug fixing, informing better resource planning and optimisation.
By tracking time spent on tasks, gaming companies can make data-driven decisions and better manage budgets, especially when working with external contractors or freelancers. It allows for accurate billing and ensures that projects stay within financial constraints.
By tracking time spent on tasks, gaming companies can make data-driven decisions and better manage budgets, especially when working with external contractors or freelancers. It allows for accurate billing and ensures that projects stay within financial constraints.
5. Integration with other tools
Teams in game development rely on a stack of specialised tools—tracking bugs in Jira, managing code in GitHub, or keeping team communication flowing in Slack. monday.com seamlessly integrates with these platforms, ensuring they all work together. When you use monday.com as your base of operations and integrate it with your supporting applications, you'll reduce context-switching and improve overall workflow efficiency.
If you need something more tailored, monday.com's API lets studios build custom integrations, connecting proprietary tools like in-house asset managers, version control systems, or play testing dashboards. Regardless of what tools your team uses, monday.com ensures that they all work together, so your team spends less time juggling software and more time making great games.
If you need something more tailored, monday.com's API lets studios build custom integrations, connecting proprietary tools like in-house asset managers, version control systems, or play testing dashboards. Regardless of what tools your team uses, monday.com ensures that they all work together, so your team spends less time juggling software and more time making great games.
6. Automated reporting
Nobody likes pulling manual reports—especially when you've deadlines to hit and features to ship. With monday.com's dashboards, stakeholders can set up real-time reports that can track development status, bug resolution rates, or even player feedback—without sifting through folders full of spreadsheets.
Producers can get quick snapshots of sprint velocity, QA teams can monitor how fast critical bugs are squashed, and community teams can track engagement—all in one place.
Producers can get quick snapshots of sprint velocity, QA teams can monitor how fast critical bugs are squashed, and community teams can track engagement—all in one place.
Interested in finding out more?
Are you a leader within a gaming organisation looking to improve work management across your teams? Or a marketer or developer within a gaming organisation making recommendations to improve your processes for game development or marketing launch? If you want to see how monday.com can fit into your development pipeline, reach out to our monday.com experts, and we'll help you set up a workflow that keeps your projects moving, your teams aligned, and your deadlines on track—without the chaos.
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Business Information Services Manager
As Business Information Services Manager, Danny focuses on expanding monday.com services. Committed to enhancing business processes and team dynamics, his leadership emphasises operational excellence, authenticity, and transparency, aiming to positively impact his team's work experience.
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