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Ocean View
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Game Development Outsourcing, Done Right

Game Development Outsourcing, Done Right

Embedded co-development from a senior UK Unity studio. We work in your tools, attend your standups, and ship against your backlog. No offshore team behind a project manager.

What "Outsourcing" Actually Means With Us

Embedded, not external

We join your Slack, Teams, or Discord, attend your standups, work in your Jira or Linear, and push to your repos. Day to day, we are indistinguishable from your internal team.

Senior-only

Every engineer is David or Adam directly, or a named senior contractor from our vetted bench. No juniors learning on your budget, no PM acting as a middleman.

Rolling monthly, no lock-in

Start with a two-week trial sprint if you want. Continue monthly, or scale down without penalty. We don't believe in retainer contracts that punish you for not needing us.

The Work Models We Offer

Embedded co-development

One to two senior engineers slot into your team, billed at a day rate on a monthly cadence. Our most common engagement.

Best for: studios with an existing team who need senior capacity, specialist skills, or a milestone push.

Fixed-scope project

A defined deliverable, a fixed price, milestone billing. Useful when scope is well understood and you want predictability.

Best for: ports, audits, prototypes, or feature builds with a clear specification.

Technical audit and consult

Three to five days, paid diagnostic, written recommendations. A focused way to get senior eyes on a codebase or architecture decision.

Best for: pre-acquisition reviews, performance investigations, or architecture sanity checks.

Full process detail, rates, and engagement model FAQ live on how we work.

Tools We Work In

Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Jira, Linear, Notion, Confluence, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Perforce, Plastic SCM. If your team uses something else, we will learn it.

Remote-First by Default

We work remote-first. Every one of our 44+ delivered Upwork projects (5.0 rating, 100% Job Success) has been remote. Same engineers, same processes, no quality difference between remote and on-site work.

Why UK Outsourcing Beats Offshore

  • Timezone overlap: GMT/BST, full EU overlap, four to five hours with US East Coast.
  • No language or cultural translation overhead during design reviews and code feedback.
  • UK contract law, UK IP transfer terms, English courts as the default jurisdiction.

For the full alternative-by-alternative comparison against in-house hires, freelancers, and offshore agencies, read Why OVG.

Process at a Glance

1

Discovery call

A 30-minute conversation with Director David. No salespeople. We cover scope, architecture, team structure, and timeline.

2

Scoped proposal

Within 48 hours, you receive a written proposal with scope, milestones, pricing, and a start date. NDA signed first if you prefer.

3

First sprint

Within two weeks of contract sign, we onboard into your tools and start the first sprint. No multi-week ramp.

See how we work for the full process.

Frequently Asked Questions

We are senior-only, UK-based, and have no PM layer. You talk to the engineer doing the work. Day rates are higher than offshore per hour, but total delivered cost is usually lower because there is no translation friction, no rework cycle, and no junior bench to subsidise.
Yes. A two-week sprint commitment is a common starting point. No longer-term lock-in required to see how we work in your codebase.
Half a day for a technical audit. Two weeks for embedded work. We don't impose long minimums to gate access.
Both, depending on the work. Fixed-price suits well-scoped projects; day-rate suits embedded co-development where priorities shift. See How we work for the full engagement-model breakdown.
Always. There is no PM layer. David handles discovery and architecture; Adam handles gameplay and prototyping. You communicate with the engineer doing the work.
We are rolling monthly. Either side can end the engagement with reasonable notice. No equity, no lock-in, no penalty.

Ready to Outsource With Confidence?

Tell us about your project. David replies within one working day with availability, suggested approach, and a ballpark estimate.

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