James Summar, PMP, CSM

Game Production and Project Management

Welcome!

Hi! I'm James Summar. I have worked as a Game Producer for the last 6+ years, most recently at Dire Wolf Digital and prior at Making Fun, Inc. Altogether, I have nearly 11 years of industry experience spanning Production, Design, QA, and Community Management.

Projects at Dire Wolf Digital

Dune Imperium: Digital

Led & directed a cross-functional team to ship the digital adaptation of the studio's hit tabletop game and two DLCs.

Full SDLC, Live Services, 2 DLCs
Steam, App Store, Play Store, Xbox

Released March 13, 2024

Rise of Ix DLC

Led & directed a cross-functional team to ship a critical tech updates patch, numerous patches, and 1 DLC

Technical refresh, Live Services, 2 DLCs
Steam, App Store, Play Store, Switch

Released July 31, 2024

Munchkin

For Munchkin and other games in the DWD catalog, I provided patch support, release and publishing support, and whatever else was needed when a project was running hot.

Steam, App Store, Play Store

Released March 09, 2023

Projects at Making Fun, Inc.

Runestrike CCG

Led & directed a cross-functional team to ship an original IP for Windows, MacOS, Android and iOS. Led live services and ongoing content development.

Producer, Content Design, Writer, QA

Eternium ARPG

Project Mgmt, QA, Marketing

Dominion Online

QA, Comm Mgmt, Player Support

Competencies

Skills

Leadership
Communication
LiveOps & DevOps
Agile and Waterfall methodologies
Risk management
Strong learner
Product & Project management
Product Management

First-party platforms

Play Store Console
App Store Console
Steamworks
Microsoft Partner Center
Nintendo Developer Portal

Apps

Unity, Unity Cloud
JIRA, JQL & Confluence
Google Workspace, esp. Sheets & Docs
Telemetry Tools
Slack admin
DeltaDNA