About me
Dennis Butijn
Video Game Producer
With a passion for gaming and a talent for project management, I transform creative concepts into successful games through effective team collaboration and a focus on fun, engaging gameplay.
Hi! My name is Dennis and I'm a Video Game Producer, studying Creative Media and Game technologies at the Breda University of Applied Sciences.
I started playing games before I could walk, and my passion for games only grew ever since. From Crash Bandicoot to Elden Ring to The Last of Us, I've played all kinds of game genres.
I excel in project management, maintaining a high-level overview of scope and coming up with creative solutions to risks and problems.
My goal is to maintain a healthy team dynamic and structure to guide the team towards the creation of a beautiful end product.
Contact me if you're interested in working with me.
Relevant experiences
Unreal Engine tutorials on YouTube
During my time learning game development, I've spent a lot of time learning the hard skills using tutorials. I found that over 90% of the tutorials don't explain anything, and solely make the thing.
With the experience that I built up using Unreal Engine for over 4 years, I am making my own tutorials: videos of around 5 minutes that do explain both show the theoretical part, as well as making the practical part with a humorous twist added to it.
I'm trying to aim this YouTube channel to be "the channel I wished I would've had when I started making games in Unreal Engine".
Video about starting with Unreal Engine, explaining the use of actors.
Rocket League esports commentator
In 2019, I started commentating Rocket League games. I started out commentating for a small amateur competition, but 2 years later I was able to say that Rocket League commentating turned out to be my side-job.
I've commentated for multiple organizations, fluctuating between 10 to 8000 viewers.
Rocket League commentating has made me feel comfortable to talk in front of a big audience in a non-native language.
To know more about my commentating history, you can visit my Rocket League caster portfolio!
Rocket League broadcast management
As a Rocket League broadcast manager, I have gained invaluable experience in collaborating with programmers and graphic designers to ensure that our broadcasts were of the highest quality. This has involved working closely with these teams to create engaging graphics, overlays and animations that enhance the viewer experience.
Additionally, I have been responsible for creating schedules of commentators and streamers for our broadcasts, ensuring that they know what time they're expected to start, and ensuring that they're up to date with the latest league standings.
Managing a group of 20+ members has been a challenging but rewarding experience, as I have developed leadership and organizational skills that served me well in my projects as a video game producer.
Overall, this experience has taught me how to manage a large multi-disciplinary team efficiently.
How a broadcast looked like
Commentator highlight reel
Availability schedule of streamers and casters. Using this sheet to make the planning for broadcasts
Announcement of broadcast planning
Collaboration with the graphic design team
Skills
Project management
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Outsource management
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Scope overview
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Budget management
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Resource management
Communication
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Communication with leads to align vision and track overall progress
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Stakeholder communication to proof progress through latest build
Adapting to team's needs
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Change > Plan
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1 on 1s with team
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People management
Agile methodologies
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Fluent with scrum
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Knowledge of kanban and waterfall
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Experience in transitioning from a scrum workflow to a kanban workflow
Hosting scrum rituals
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Preparing sprint reviews and retrospectives
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Making sure the full team is involved during the scrum rituals
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Listening to the team and changing planning and/or dependencies for the next sprint
Software
Jira
Confluence
Office 365
Google Workspace
Trello
Unreal Engine 4 & 5