Toño Jimenez

Toño is a game developer and production consultant with nearly 20 years of programming experience and over a decade in the games industry, spanning indie, AA, and AAA teams. He started his career as an engineer, shipping features and systems on titles like Halo, Minecraft, Pokémon GO and multiple co‑development projects, before moving deliberately into project management and production. That shift came from a simple frustration: engineering had clear standards and guardrails, while production often ran on vibes, cargo‑cult Agile, and fantasy dates. For the last several years, Toño has focused on fixing that gap. He specializes in bringing engineering‑level rigor to planning: honest breakdowns, realistic capacity mapping, and production systems that actually reflect how multidisciplinary teams (art, design, code, audio, QA) work together. As founder of Toño Game Consultants, he helps indie and AA studios turn fuzzy roadmaps and endless scope into shippable plans, and advises funded team