The Game Development Services (GDS) chapter of the GGDA promotes best practices in external development and services and to foster creation of a trusted and curated ecosystem of external service providers. Reliance on external development, co-development, art and audio services, development tools, translation and localization, independent contractors and staff augmentation has become an increasingly important aspect of the game development and publishing landscape. 

We increase scalability, creativity, flexibility, and expertise available to developers and publishers core teams. We have formed this chapter to assist developers and publishers to consistently achieve trusted external development at scale and to enable service providers to more reliably manage dealflow to ensure sustainability.
The GDS chapter is open to both service providers and users as we ensure that both groups interact in a trustworthy and transparent manner. Contact wes@skylandarts.com for more details.