Los Angeles Indie Game Studio Completes Pre-Production on Discretion: Operation Hummingbird

Mr. Green Productions Builds an Unreal Engine 5 Game Pitch and Companion Television Series Using AI-Assisted Development Tools

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / September 25, 2026 / Mr. Green Productions, a Los Angeles-based indie game studio, today announced the completion of full pre-production on Discretion: Operation Hummingbird, a third-person stealth action game and companion television series led by three women. The independent studio developed the project without a publisher or outside funding and has assembled a comprehensive pitch package for potential partners.

The project combines original character design, Unreal Engine 5 production and AI game development tools to demonstrate the game’s characters, environments and operation sequences before full production. Three lead characters – Knuckles, Sofia and Dr. Hailey – were originally designed and illustrated by a commissioned human artist before being developed into 3D characters for the project.

Rather than treating AI as a replacement for the creative process, Mr. Green Productions used tools including Magnific and Seedance as part of its development workflow. The resulting Unreal Engine 5 game presentation maintains the visual direction established by the original artwork across more than 40 environments.

“The characters were already alive on paper,” said Darren “Mr. Green” Sanford, creator of Discretion. “AI didn’t make them. It let us walk them into the engine so partners could see what we already saw. The artist comes first, the tools come second, and a human team builds the final game.”

The completed pitch package includes three lead character models, 21 operation sequences, a 15-part boss encounter, renders spanning more than 40 locations, a key art suite and a series bible for the television component.

Discretion: Operation Hummingbird follows three assassins who have each lost everything to the same global syndicate. Rather than switching between characters simply for variety, players coordinate all three characters during each operation and take control of whichever character the situation requires. The studio describes the gameplay as a system in which no single character can complete a mission alone.

The project arrives as the global games audience continues to expand. Newzoo’s 2026 Global Games Market Report forecasts 3.70 billion players worldwide this year and estimates the global games market will generate $213.9 billion in revenue. Newzoo also reports that women represent a major part of the global gaming audience, with 76% of women in its 36-market study reporting that they played games during the previous six months.

“For a long time, getting into the room meant having a publisher first,” said Sanford. “That’s no longer true. If you have an artist, a story and the right tools, you can show up with the goods.”

With pre-production complete, Mr. Green Productions is now positioned to present Discretion: Operation Hummingbird and its companion television concept to potential development and production partners.

About Mr. Green Productions

Mr. Green Productions is a Los Angeles-based independent studio developing original action franchises across video games and television. Learn more at https://mrgreenpro.com.

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