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Game development studios · Buyer persona

Know the publisher scout, the brand manager and the player before you pitch.

A buyer persona for a game studio describes the publisher scout, the brand or agency manager and the player, who pay in different ways. GullySales works on personas for each and the material that suits them.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What buyer persona means

A buyer persona is a plain description of the kind of customer who actually buys from you. It includes what they search, what worries them and who else they ask before deciding. GullySales builds this from real enquiries and past sales rather than a generic template, then uses it to write every page and advert.

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Last updated 22 Oct 2026.

For game development studios

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The publisher scout judges by feel and by the team”

    They play the build, check whether the studio finishes things and ask who is on the team. A short deck and a smooth build serve this persona better than a long design document.

  • “The brand manager judges by risk and date”

    They have a launch date and a budget. Their fear is a late or buggy game that embarrasses the brand. They want examples, a clear process and a studio that explains testing.

  • “The agency producer wants a partner who is easy to work with”

    They manage a client and a deadline. They value quick, clear answers, a fixed review process and a studio that does not surprise them with extra charges.

  • “The player judges by whether the game is fun and fair”

    Players come from stores and communities. They care about performance on their phone, the first minutes of play and how the studio treats feedback.

What we do

What we deliver for game development studios.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. Four written personas

    One page each for the publisher scout, the brand manager, the agency producer and the player.

    Result: A persona page the team reads before a pitch.

  2. A pitch variant per persona

    A short version of the pitch for each persona, led by the thing that persona checks first.

    Result: A pitch for each buyer type.

  3. A question bank

    The questions each persona asks, with the studio's honest answers and supporting documents.

    Result: A bank of answers linked to evidence.

  4. Persona tags in the record

    A field in the pitch sheet noting which persona each contact fits.

    Result: You can compare outcomes by persona.

  5. A review after each pitch

    A short debrief to update the personas with what the buyer asked and what decided them.

    Result: Personas updated from real pitches.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiry match to persona
  • Conversion rate by persona
  • Content aligned to persona

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full B2B and B2C buyer persona development page

Who it is for

This is written for these game development studios.

  • Mobile game publishers looking for casual and hyper-casual titles
  • Console and PC publishers scouting indie prototypes
  • Brands and agencies commissioning branded or advergames
  • Edtech and training companies wanting game-based learning
  • Larger studios outsourcing art, porting or co-development
  • Media and film companies wanting a tie-in game
  • Founders building their own title and seeking funding
  • AR and VR clients commissioning experiences for events and showrooms

How it works

How the buyer persona work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Understand the current view

    We start with how your team currently describes the customer, since the gap between belief and reality is often the finding itself.

  2. 2

    Audit past enquiries and sales

    We look at recent enquiries and closed deals to see who actually bought, not who was assumed to buy.

  3. 3

    Interview customers and staff

    Short, structured conversations surface the real language, worries and triggers behind a purchase.

  4. 4

    Build the personas

    Findings are written into short, usable persona documents rather than a long report.

  5. 5

    Apply to your marketing

    We show exactly where each persona should change a page, an ad or a script you already have.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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How do we learn what publishers want?
Read the games they release and the talks they give, and ask developers who have pitched them. After each pitch, note the questions asked. These notes are more reliable than guesses.
Do we need a persona for players?
Yes, because their reception is part of what a publisher checks. Write about what players of your genre expect, the devices they own and what makes them stop playing.
Can one person be two personas?
Yes, for example a brand manager who also plays games. Choose the persona that governs the buying decision and write to that, while keeping the other in mind.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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