Weekly 60-min calls
Production reviews over Unreal builds, animation shots, or tooling roadmaps with shared debugging, paint-overs, and milestone planning.
Mentoring
Toucan Studios OÜ mentoring keeps your projects production-ready.
I partner with Game City Kajaani and studios worldwide to mentor artists, developers, and indie teams through fully guided four-week sprints. Every engagement bridges creative vision and technical execution so you can ship real work—not just study it.
As Owner & Technical Director at SG Production OÜ, I also build the pipelines, automation, and dashboards that keep these projects running, so you'll always get advice grounded in current production realities.
- 🎮 Unreal Engine mentoring from first prototype to release.
- 🎨 Animation workflow coaching and portfolio preparation.
- ⚙️ Asset pipeline, project organization, and collaborative production training.
- 🤝 Support for indie teams aligning gameplay, art, and engineering.
- 🎤 Workshops, talks, and one-on-one coaching for creative professionals.
SG Production OÜ
Full-stack production systems that support your mentoring sprint.
Alongside Toucan Studios, I lead SG Production OÜ—delivering full-stack web development and pipeline automation for animation, VFX, and game studios since 2022. Remote teams in Valgjärve, Estonia and worldwide rely on our tooling to keep art, engineering, and production in sync.
- Built custom backends, dashboards, and client portals tailored to studio workflows.
- Automated asset management and creative pipelines so artists can stay focused on craft.
- Designed production management tools that keep distributed crews aligned.
- Mentored cross-functional teams in software best practices and workflow optimization.
💡 Every mentoring recommendation reflects live SG Production buildouts, so you get tactics proven inside real productions.
What’s included
Every Toucan sprint delivers structured coaching plus SG Production-grade systems.
Customized assignments
Briefs aligned to your goals—Unreal milestones, animation workflow drills, pipeline automation tasks, or portfolio upgrades.
Async reviews & DM support
Annotated Loom walkthroughs plus Slack/Discord check-ins within 24 hours so blockers never stack up between builds.
End-of-sprint review
Documented outcomes, production notes, and the next four-week curriculum so momentum continues after each sprint.
Pricing
Pick the sprint that matches your production timeline.
Core Sprint
€690 / 4 weeks
- 4 × live sessions covering Unreal, animation, or pipeline goals
- Async notes within 48 hours
- Private Notion board + SG Production documentation
VIP Sprint
€1,150 / 4 weeks
- 2 × sessions per week for rapid Unreal or animation milestones
- Daily async check-ins
- Pipeline setup or optimization (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Buildkite)
- Leadership coaching + stakeholder-ready communication templates
DevOps Tutoring Package
€1,350 / 4 weeks
- Audit + rebuild of CI/CD, build farms, and release scripts
- Infrastructure-as-code reviews (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi)
- Observability setup: dashboards, alerts, on-call runbooks
- Two paired-programming/tooling sessions each week
Tracks
Choose the lane that mirrors your real production goals.
Unreal Engine & Gameplay
Prototype-to-release coaching with system design critiques, blueprint/code reviews, optimization passes, and milestone planning.
Animation Workflows
Shot reviews, look dev, and studio-ready portfolio prep using the same workflows I teach through Game City Kajaani partnerships.
Pipeline & Production
Asset management, project organization, and collaboration tooling that keep indie and studio teams shipping.
SG Production Systems
CI/CD design, infrastructure-as-code, observability coaching, and automation lessons delivered with paired-programming support.
FAQ
Still unsure? Here are quick answers.
How do we start?
Book the free strategy call. If we’re a fit, you’ll receive a short application, contract, and invoice to lock in your sprint.
Do you offer team mentoring?
Yes. Engineering orgs and creative teams can book shared sprints or office hours. We’ll align on objectives before kickoff so DevOps, gameplay, and art stakeholders see value.
Can I continue after four weeks?
Most mentees renew for another sprint or shift to a maintenance cadence (bi-weekly sessions).
What if I need help between calls?
Use the shared Notion board to drop videos or Git links at any time; you’ll receive annotated feedback within 24 hours (12 hours for VIP).
Toucan Studios OÜ
Book your Toucan or SG Production sprint.
Availability is limited to five teams or creators per month so every plan stays hands-on and production-focused.
Apply for Mentorship