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Unity Game Development
View Service Page →We primarily build games and interactive products using Unity. Our work spans commercial games, educational projects, mobile and PC development, browser-based experiences and technically demanding interactive applications.
If you’re unsure whether your project fits, send us a brief and we’ll tell you directly.
No. We work with game companies, publishers, educational organisations and other teams building interactive products.
The important question is whether the project benefits from the kind of Unity engineering and technical ownership we provide.
Yes, within the right scope.
We have a small senior core team and can expand delivery through trusted contractors and specialists we’ve already worked with on real projects. We’re transparent about capacity and will tell you if a project’s team requirements would be better suited to a substantially larger studio.
Yes. Some engagements involve us owning most of the Unity development, while others involve working alongside an existing engineering, design or creative team.
For dedicated team reinforcement, see our Co-Development service.
Yes. We regularly work with existing codebases.
If the project’s condition or scope is unclear, we may recommend starting with a Technical Audit or Project Rescue engagement before committing to a larger body of work.
It depends on scope, platforms, content requirements and how much of the wider production we need to provide.
Once we understand the project, we can provide a structured estimate or proposal. For an early indication, use our Game Development Cost Estimator.
Unity is a mature cross-platform engine with a strong ecosystem and is particularly well suited to the kinds of mobile, PC, educational and interactive projects we work on.
Deep specialisation means we can spend less time learning the engine and more time solving the project’s actual engineering problems. Our engine comparison tool covers how Unity stacks up against the alternatives.
David Edgecombe holds Unity Certified Expert Programmer credentials. Certification is one piece of evidence alongside the team’s shipped projects and professional experience.
Mobile Game Development
View Service Page →Both. We build new Unity projects for iOS and Android and also work with existing games that need to be ported, modernised or improved for mobile.
Yes, where the source project and target experience make sense for mobile. We normally start by assessing the existing codebase, input, UI, plugins, performance and platform dependencies so we can identify what can stay and what needs to change. Our Game Porting service covers that work in detail.
Yes. We work on existing Unity projects with issues such as frame-rate instability, memory usage, long loading times, thermal problems and device-specific performance. We start by profiling the real build so the work is based on evidence rather than guesswork. See our Performance Optimisation service.
Yes. We develop Unity projects targeting iOS and Android and can work on projects shipping to one or both platforms.
Yes. Older projects often need package, SDK, plugin or Unity-version work before they can meet current mobile requirements. Depending on the condition of the codebase, we may recommend a Technical Audit or Unity modernisation phase first.
No. We work with game companies, publishers, educational organisations and other teams building interactive products. Pedagogy-led work is covered by our Educational Games service.
Yes, within the right scope. We have a small senior core team and can expand delivery through trusted contractors and specialists we've already worked with. We'll also be direct if a project's staffing requirements are better suited to a substantially larger studio.
It depends on the scope, platforms, content requirements and how much of the wider production we need to provide. Once we understand the project, we can give you a structured estimate or proposal. For an early indication, use our Game Development Cost Estimator.
Game Design Services
View Service Page →We offer GDD creation packages starting from £2,500. Full prototyping and economy design services are quoted based on complexity.
Yes. Once payment is complete, you own the bespoke design documentation, prototype assets, and other deliverables created for your project. Pre-existing tools and frameworks remain ours and are licensed for use within the delivered project. We sign NDAs before starting.
Our game design process begins with thorough market research and audience analysis, followed by concept development and rapid prototyping using Unity engine. We use iterative design methodology, continuously refining gameplay elements based on user testing and data-driven insights to ensure optimal player engagement.
We use rapid Unity prototyping to validate core game mechanics early in the development process. This approach allows us to test gameplay concepts, user interactions, and engagement metrics before investing in full development, saving time and resources while maximising the potential for success.
Yes, we provide comprehensive game design documentation that includes gameplay mechanics, user interface designs, technical specifications, and monetisation strategies. Our documentation ensures clear communication throughout development and serves as a roadmap for implementation.
Absolutely. Our team has prior experience designing educational games for prestigious institutions including Cambridge University Press and the Museum of London through earlier roles at Fish in a Bottle. We understand the unique requirements of educational content, balancing engagement with learning objectives to create effective educational gaming experiences.
Mobile game design requires special consideration for touch-first interfaces, shorter play sessions, and diverse device capabilities. We focus on intuitive controls, quick onboarding, and monetisation strategies that enhance rather than interrupt gameplay, ensuring optimal user experience across all mobile devices.
Game Monetisation Services
View Service Page →Not if done right. We focus on Rewarded Video Ads, which players voluntarily watch for bonuses. When implemented well, rewarded ads can actually increase retention because players feel they are earning value rather than being interrupted.
No. You keep 100% of your ad and IAP revenue. We charge a flat development fee or retainer for our services.
It depends on your genre, audience, and platform. Free-to-play with IAPs works well for casual and mobile games. Premium (paid upfront) suits narrative or niche titles with a dedicated audience. Subscription models are growing for games with regular content updates. We help you evaluate the trade-offs and choose the model that maximises lifetime value for your player base.
We use data-driven approaches to balance your virtual economy. This includes modelling currency sinks and faucets, setting price anchors that feel reasonable, and ensuring free players can still progress meaningfully. A well-balanced economy reduces churn and increases willingness to spend because players feel the value is genuine.
Yes. We integrate all major ad SDKs including Unity Ads, AdMob, IronSource, and AppLovin. We also set up mediation platforms that automatically serve the highest-paying ad for each impression, maximising your eCPM without you needing to manage individual networks.
App Store and Google Play have strict rules around in-app purchases, subscriptions, and advertising. We ensure your IAP flows use the official payment APIs, your subscription terms are clearly communicated, and your ad placements follow platform guidelines. This reduces the risk of rejection during review or removal after launch.
Educational Game Development
View Service Page →It depends on the scope, the platforms, how much content the game carries and how much of the wider production we need to provide. A focused single-mechanic game is a very different budget to a multi-language suite with reporting and LMS integration behind it.
Development is charged at our standard day rate of £600 ex VAT per engineer. For development projects, our typical minimum engagement is £15,000. Technical audits and paid discovery are scoped separately and can be smaller engagements. Once we understand the project we can give you a structured estimate or proposal. For an early indication, use our Game Development Cost Estimator.
Small, tightly scoped projects can be a couple of months. Most educational builds we see run somewhere between three and nine months, and larger multi-language or multi-platform programmes run longer.
Content volume and the number of stakeholders who need to review it tend to affect the timeline more than the engineering does. Our timeline estimator gives a rough indication before we speak.
Yes, and this is common. Clients regularly come to us with a curriculum, a research database, stories, artwork or subject expertise held by their own team, and need the game designed and built around it.
We are comfortable working alongside your educators, researchers, curriculum designers, illustrators or internal digital team rather than replacing them. Our team has done this with academic and institutional partners including Cambridge University Press, the Museum of London and the EU Horizon 2020 iRead consortium during earlier roles at fish in a bottle, and with The Language Conservancy on Vocab Builder.
Yes. You do not need to arrive with a finished game design. Plenty of clients arrive with a learning objective, a funded project or a body of material and no fixed idea of what the game is.
Where a project is not yet defined, we usually suggest a short paid discovery phase to establish the gameplay, the technical approach, a realistic scope and a defensible budget before committing to full production. It is not compulsory, and if the project is already clear enough to scope directly we will say so.
Yes. That covers moving off Flash or another dead runtime, upgrading an old Unity project, adding platforms, improving accessibility or performance, adding languages or content, and continuing development on something already released.
Our team rebuilt the Great Fire of London interactive for the Museum of London from a published Flash file with no original source code, recreating the full experience in HTML5. See our legacy modernisation service for the technical detail.
We typically build in Unity or for the browser using HTML5 and WebGL, which covers modest school Chromebooks, iPads, Android tablets, desktops and modern browsers without needing high-end hardware.
Native iOS and Android are available where mobile is the target, including managed-device, supervised and kiosk configurations, and we can build offline-first where connectivity cannot be relied on. Target devices are worth agreeing early, because they shape the technical plan.
Yes. Depending on what the project requires, that can include screen reader support for menus and instructional content, captions and subtitles, colour-blind safe palettes and high-contrast options, adjustable text size and dyslexia-friendly typefaces, remappable controls, adjustable timing and switch access.
WCAG 2.1 AA is the usual reference point. We build towards it and test against it as a development target rather than issuing a conformance certificate, and where formal certification or an external audit is required we will work with whoever provides it.
Where LMS integration is required, we first confirm the target platform, deployment environment and reporting needs. Depending on those requirements, the appropriate route may be SCORM, xAPI or a custom interface with single sign-on. Any standards-based integration is scoped and tested against the actual LMS rather than assumed to work universally.
Our SCORM vs Custom API post compares the approaches. Not every educational game needs LMS integration, so it is worth deciding early whether yours does.
Yes. Our team delivered Navigo for the EU Horizon 2020 iRead consortium during earlier roles at fish in a bottle, working across more than a dozen European research and education partners. That work won a Serious Games Society award in the Digital Game Competition.
We are used to projects with formal reporting requirements, multiple stakeholders and fixed funding windows. Where you are still preparing an application, a paid discovery phase can produce the scope, technical plan and costed budget the bid needs.
Gamification adds game-like elements such as points, badges and leaderboards to something that is not a game, to encourage engagement or completion. Serious games use game design itself as the delivery mechanism: the player is playing a real game, and the learning is built into how it plays.
We work on both. Word Fun World and Navigo sit firmly in the serious games category, while some corporate and training work is better served by gamifying material that already works.
Co-Development & Staff Augmentation
View Service Page →We can typically deploy a senior developer or a small squad within 1–2 weeks of signing an agreement, compared to the 3–6 months it takes to hire full-time staff.
For Co-Development, we recommend a Monthly Retainer or Day Rate. This gives you the flexibility to change priorities and assign different tasks as your production needs shift.
You do. Under our Master Services Agreement (MSA), the bespoke code, assets, and intellectual property we create for your project are assigned to your studio. Our pre-existing tools and frameworks remain ours and are licensed to you for use within the delivered project.
While we specialise in Unity, our engineering fundamentals allow us to adapt to custom C# frameworks. However, our peak efficiency is within the Unity ecosystem.
We are UK-based (GMT/BST), which allows for significant overlap with both US East Coast (morning overlap) and European/Asian (full day overlap) studios.
Performance Optimisation Services
View Service Page →Yes. We specialise in reducing Memory Footprint and eliminating Garbage Collection (GC) spikes that cause crashes on 2GB/3GB RAM devices.
A full profiling audit with a detailed report starts from £2,250 at our £750 audit rate. We scope the audit around the size, complexity and condition of the project, so the final figure depends on how much of the build we need to cover. Full optimisation implementation works on a retainer or day-rate basis.
We use a systematic profiling approach to identify the root cause of the lag, whether it's CPU bottlenecks, excessive draw calls, or memory leaks. By optimising assets, refining code architecture, and utilising techniques like object pooling and occlusion culling, we can significantly boost FPS without sacrificing visual quality.
Yes. We specialise in late-stage optimisation. We can perform a rapid audit of your codebase and assets to implement high-impact fixes, such as texture compression, shader simplification, and garbage collection reduction, to ensure your game meets certification requirements for Apple App Store and Google Play.
Yes, Unity is our primary engine. We have extensive experience with Unity's specific tools, including the Profiler, Frame Debugger, and Addressables system. Our team understands deep engine specifics, such as optimising the scriptable render pipeline (URP/HDRP) and managing Unity's garbage collector to prevent stuttering.
Battery drain is usually caused by inefficient processing or excessive rendering. We analyse your game's thermal footprint and optimise expensive operations. This includes reducing physics calculations, optimising UI redraws, and implementing varying frame rates for menus versus gameplay to extend player sessions.
Mobile devices have strict thermal and memory limits compared to PC. Our approach for mobile focuses heavily on memory management (preventing crashes on low-end devices) and thermal throttling (ensuring the phone doesn't get too hot). We test across a wide range of devices to ensure stability for all players.
Legacy Game Modernisation
View Service Page →Most projects fall between £15,000 and £60,000 depending on game complexity, asset volume, and whether the original source code is available. We start every engagement with a fixed-price audit (from £3,000) that returns a detailed scope, cost, and timeline before any rebuild commitment.
Yes. The Great Fire of London was reverse-engineered from compiled Flash with no source available. We extract assets, document existing behaviour, and rebuild in Unity to match the original feel.
Most upgrades complete in 2 to 6 weeks for mid-sized projects. The work is rarely the upgrade itself; it's the deprecated APIs, asset format changes, and rendering pipeline migrations that drive scope. We quote a fixed price after the upfront audit, which is scoped around the size, complexity and condition of the project.
Yes. We migrated Nub from Java (Ouya) to Unity for iOS, Android, and Steam. The approach is to use the original source as a behavioural reference and rebuild in Unity, redesigning where the original logic doesn't translate to modern platforms.
An upgrade preserves the existing project structure and migrates it to a newer Unity version. A rebuild starts fresh in Unity using the legacy game as a reference. Upgrades are cheaper but accumulate technical debt; rebuilds cost more upfront but produce a maintainable codebase. We recommend the right approach after the audit.
Typical ranges are 2 to 5 weeks for a small single-LTS-gap upgrade, and 6 to 16 weeks for a multi-LTS-gap upgrade on a larger project with custom render code, multiplayer networking, or heavy third-party plugin use. The Discovery phase gives you a project-specific estimate before we commit to the work.
Technically yes. Pragmatically, for large gaps we recommend stepping through intermediate LTS releases. This isolates breaking changes and lets you verify stability at each stage. Our Unity Migration Checker shows a recommended migration path for your specific version gap.
Actively maintained plugins (DOTween, Rewired, Photon, Mirror, FishNet) generally release Unity 6 compatible versions quickly. Abandoned plugins are the most common migration blocker. We audit every plugin in your project during Discovery and flag replacement candidates where needed.
Unity 6 has marked Built-in as maintenance-only, meaning no new features. For projects shipping soon on Built-in that meet requirements, you can defer. For projects with meaningful remaining shelf life, a URP migration is usually worthwhile but is a significant piece of work in its own right, with material, shader, and lighting work involved.
Yes. Most of our modernisation engagements involve games with live users and revenue. Our process is built specifically to protect live revenue during the transition, using staged rollouts, parity tests, and rollback plans.
London, UK. We work with studios, publishers, and educational institutions across the UK, Europe, and internationally. English-native communication, UK timezone working hours, and UK IP law.
Game Porting Services
View Service Page →Yes. Non-Unity titles are typically rebuilt in Unity rather than directly ported, treating the original game as the specification. The approach, cost, and timeline differ from a straight port, which is exactly what the feasibility audit establishes. See our Legacy Modernisation service for engine rebuilds and Unity version upgrades.
2 to 4 months for most PC-to-mobile ports, where the touch UX redesign and device-tier optimisation drive the timeline. A simple mobile-to-PC port with minimal UI changes typically takes 6 to 8 weeks. The feasibility audit gives you a range specific to your game.
Yes. Submission, compliance, and the store listing are part of the port, including age ratings, privacy requirements, and managing any review feedback cycles.
We haven't shipped a console title, so we scope console requests case-by-case and answer honestly about fit. The Unity engineering carries over; platform certification experience does not, and we'll say so upfront. If we're not the right team for your console port, we'll point you to a specialist porting house.
We'll tell you, with reasoning in writing. We'd rather lose the work than ship a port that damages your game's reputation. The audit report is yours either way, and you can use it to brief another team or to revisit the port later.
It's implementable. Cross-platform play adds engineering for account linking and matchmaking across platforms, and it's scoped in the feasibility audit so the cost is visible before any work starts.
App Store Launch Support
View Service Page →Yes. We specialise in App Store Rescue. We audit the rejection reason (e.g., Guideline 4.2 Minimum Functionality) and implement the necessary code or design fixes to get you approved.
Basic submission support starts from £2,000. Full App Store Optimisation (ASO) and asset creation packages typically range from £5,000 to £10,000.
Yes. We have extensive experience navigating the strict Apple App Store Review Guidelines and Google Play policies. We can interpret the rejection notice, fix the specific technical or content violation (such as metadata issues, broken IAP links, or privacy policy gaps), and handle the resubmission process for you.
Yes. ASO is a key part of our launch service. We research high-volume keywords, write compelling store descriptions, and design high-converting screenshots and video trailers. This ensures your game ranks higher in search results for terms relevant to your genre.
Absolutely. While we specialise in mobile, we also manage Steam page setups, Wishlist campaigns, and build validation for PC releases. We ensure your game meets Steam's specific build requirements and help you navigate their distinct marketing tools.
Yes. We can set up and manage Google Play Console internal testing tracks and Apple TestFlight groups. This allows you to distribute early builds to testers, collect feedback, and ensure your game is crash-free before the public global release.
You typically need a build (.aab or .ipa), high-resolution icons, screenshots for various device sizes (iPad, iPhone, Android Tablet), a privacy policy URL, and store copy (title, description). We provide a checklist and can create many of the visual assets for you if needed.
Multiplayer & Network Engineering
View Service Page →Yes, but it requires a significant refactor. We can audit your codebase to give you a realistic estimate of the conversion effort.
We handle both. We will recommend the right architecture based on your game genre (e.g., P2P for a 1v1 card game, Dedicated Servers for a competitive shooter).
We can provide LiveOps and server monitoring packages post-launch to ensure 99.9% uptime.
Unity Game QA and Testing
View Service Page →Our day rate is £600 ex VAT per QA engineer. A typical full QA pass on a mobile build takes 5 to 10 days. We work with a half-day minimum on retainer support.
Our pool covers iOS and Android across a range of hardware tiers, plus Windows PC and major browsers for WebGL builds. Specific device coverage is shared during scoping.
Yes. Our team is built around senior Unity engineers, so we test from the inside: profiler-driven performance work, scene-level reproduction, and engine-aware crash triage.
5 to 10 days for a mobile build, depending on scope. Pre-launch platform certification typically adds another 3 to 5 days.
Yes. We cover platform holder requirements end-to-end including store listing compliance, content rating, and submission support.
No. We have access to a wide library of iOS and Android devices, as well as current-gen consoles and PC hardware.
Yes. For long-term projects, we can set up Unity Test Runner and automated scripts to handle repetitive tasks like menu navigation and smoke tests.
Yes. We are familiar with the Apple App Store and Google Play guidelines and will flag any content or functionality that is likely to trigger a rejection.
Educational Institutions
View Industry Page →We work directly with your subject matter experts from day one. Every gameplay mechanic, challenge, and reward loop is mapped to specific learning objectives in your curriculum framework. We produce a detailed Game Design Document (GDD) that links each feature to measurable learning outcomes before development begins.
We design around the audience, data collected and requirements confirmed by the institution. For children's titles, that can include data minimisation, age-appropriate consent flows, high-privacy defaults and careful review of third-party SDKs. Legal and compliance requirements are agreed with the client rather than assumed to apply identically to every project.
None beyond what you already have. We optimise for the hardware institutions actually deploy - Chromebooks, budget Android tablets, older iPads, and interactive whiteboards. We test on real school-grade devices during development, and provide a hardware compatibility report before launch.
Teachers see real-time dashboards showing each learner’s progress, quiz scores, and time-on-task. Administrators can export aggregated data for reporting. We connect to your existing LMS so there’s no separate login or manual data entry required.
We understand institutional procurement. We can work with purchase orders, provide W-8BEN/W-9 forms for international clients, accommodate multi-stage approval processes, and deliver against milestone-based contracts. We have experience working with university procurement departments and public sector frameworks.
Yes this is one of our specialities. We have successfully converted Flash-based educational games to HTML5 and Unity, preserving gameplay fidelity while adding modern features like mobile support, accessibility, and LMS integration. See our Fire of London case study for Museum of London. For a full overview of our approach, see our legacy modernisation service.
Game Studios
View Industry Page →Typically within 3-5 business days. Our developers are experienced at reading existing Unity codebases, adopting house coding standards, and integrating into Jira and Slack workflows. We request a brief technical onboarding document and repository access, then we're productive from the first sprint.
You do. The bespoke code we write for your project is assigned to you upon payment, while our pre-existing tools and frameworks remain ours and are licensed for use within the delivered project. We sign NDAs before accessing your codebase and do not retain copies of your proprietary code after the engagement ends.
Yes, on every engagement without exception. We sign NDAs before accessing any code, documentation, or project details. We also carry professional indemnity insurance and are ICO registered for data protection compliance. If you're working on an unannounced title, your project details stay confidential.
We're based in London (GMT/BST) but regularly overlap with US East Coast and European studios. For US West Coast clients, we can adjust schedules to ensure 4+ hours of overlap for standups and code reviews.
For ongoing co-development we work on weekly or monthly rates with transparent sprint reporting, so you only pay for capacity you use. For well-scoped features (a porting layer, a UI system, a multiplayer integration), we can also provide fixed-price quotes with milestone-based payments.
Three things. Pedigree: our lead developer worked on RuneScape Mobile at Jagex. Integration: we join your tools and processes, not the other way around. Accountability: you get a consistent team with a UK-registered company behind them, not a solo contractor who might disappear mid-sprint. Our named client projects and case studies show that model in practice.
We're honest about this one: we have not shipped a console title, and certification experience does not carry over from mobile the way the Unity engineering does. We scope console requests case-by-case and tell you upfront whether we're the right team; if we're not, we'll point you to a specialist porting house. See our game porting service for the full picture.
While we specialise in Unity, our engineering fundamentals allow us to adapt to custom C# frameworks and proprietary editor tools. However, our peak efficiency is within the Unity ecosystem, so we're upfront about that during the discovery call.
Startups & Indie Studios
View Industry Page →Typically within 1-2 weeks. Once we have agreed scope and signed contracts, we request repository access and a brief technical onboarding document. Our developers are experienced at reading existing Unity codebases and are productive from the first sprint.
We work on paid engagements, weekly rates, milestone-based, or fixed-price per feature. We do not take equity or revenue share. This keeps the relationship clean and ensures our incentives are aligned with shipping your game on time.
We work in short sprints with clear deliverables, so you always have a shippable build at the end of each cycle. If funding changes, we can pause cleanly. You own all the code, documentation, and assets produced up to that point.
We can help you build a polished vertical slice or demo that makes a strong impression on publishers and investors. We have experience building pitch-ready prototypes that demonstrate core gameplay loops, visual quality, and technical feasibility.
You do. The bespoke project deliverables are assigned to you upon payment, while our pre-existing tools and frameworks remain ours and are licensed for use within the delivered project. We sign NDAs before accessing your codebase and do not retain copies of your proprietary code after the engagement ends.
We work across Unity 2021 LTS through the latest 6000.x releases, with experience in both URP and HDRP. For mobile-focused titles we typically recommend URP for its performance characteristics. We also have production experience with FishNet for multiplayer.
It depends on scope, platform, and complexity. A focused mobile game prototype might cost £8,000 to £20,000. A full mobile game from concept to App Store typically ranges from £25,000 to £80,000. A multiplayer game with persistent servers and live operations starts from £50,000 and scales with feature depth. We provide a detailed quote after the technical assessment, and we offer milestone-based payment so you are never paying for work that has not been delivered. For general benchmarks, see our cost guide and interactive estimator.
Yes. We have built rapid prototypes and MVPs in as little as 2–4 weeks. For very early-stage projects, we can work on a fixed-price basis for a defined scope, keeping the engagement focused and the budget predictable. Our rapid prototyping framework cuts development time by 30–50% on these kinds of projects.
Our game studios page is designed for established studios that already have a development team and need to augment capacity or bring in specialist skills for a specific phase. This page is for startups and indie teams that may not have an engineering team yet and need a partner to take them from concept to launch. The service is the same senior developers and the same engineering quality; the engagement model is shaped around the stage of your company.
Corporate Training
View Industry Page →Potentially. We first confirm the target LMS, deployment environment, reporting requirements and the standards it supports. SCORM may be an option for a browser-based package, while other projects may need xAPI or a custom interface. The integration approach is scoped and tested against the actual platform rather than presented as universal compatibility.
We build analytics into every training experience. Pre/post knowledge assessments, time-to-competency tracking, scenario completion rates, and decision-quality scoring give your L&D team hard numbers on training effectiveness, not just completion checkboxes.
We can build scenario-based simulations for compliance training, customer service, health & safety, onboarding and soft-skills development. Any training where active decision-making improves retention is a strong candidate for gamification.
Yes. We can build a content management layer that lets your team update scenarios, quiz questions, regulatory text, and product information without touching code. This keeps your training current as regulations and products change.
We design around the enterprise requirements confirmed during discovery, which can include SSO integration, data minimisation, restrictions on third-party services, and on-premise or private cloud hosting. We can complete your vendor security questionnaire and work with your IT team on deployment.
A focused module (one training scenario, 10-15 minutes of gameplay) typically takes 8-12 weeks from kickoff to deployment. Larger programmes with multiple scenarios and branching paths take 4-6 months. We provide a detailed timeline after scoping your learning objectives.
Our primary track record is in educational game development for academic institutions like Cambridge University Press, the BBC, and the Museum of London. Corporate training is a natural extension of that expertise, and the skills transfer directly: learning objective alignment, gamification design, accessibility, analytics, and multi-device deployment. We are transparent about this because we think honesty builds better working relationships. If you want to assess our capabilities, we recommend reviewing our case studies and speaking with us directly about your requirements.
The core skills are the same: designing interactive experiences around learning objectives, measuring outcomes, and making content engaging enough that people actually complete it. The differences are in context. Corporate training typically has tighter timelines, stricter IT security requirements (SSO, on-premise hosting), LMS integration needs, and a focus on behaviour change rather than knowledge acquisition. We handle all of these. For academic projects, see our education page.
Potentially. We can assess existing slide-based packages, PDF training materials or video modules and scope an interactive rebuild around the learning objectives and available source content. This is similar to our legacy modernisation service, applied to training content rather than consumer software.
Museums & Cultural Heritage
View Industry Page →We treat curators as the primary stakeholder. Early workshops map your collection’s key narratives to interactive mechanics. Curators review every content milestone and sign off on historical accuracy before development proceeds. Our team has prior experience working alongside curators and historians at the Museum of London and with pedagogical teams at Cambridge University Press through earlier roles at Fish in a Bottle.
Yes. We design for the hardware museums actually use, including large-format touchscreens, kiosk PCs, iPads in secure enclosures, and visitor BYOD via QR codes. We test for continuous 8+ hour daily operation and build auto-restart and remote monitoring so your front-of-house team can manage the installation without developer support.
Yes. We are experienced with grant-funded projects and can provide milestone-based deliverables, impact measurement reports, visitor engagement analytics, and the documentation frameworks these funders require. Adam has prior experience delivering against EU Horizon 2020 grant frameworks (Navigo, while at Fish in a Bottle), and our team is familiar with the documentation, milestone reporting, and impact measurement requirements of major UK funders including Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England.
This is one of our specialities. We reverse-engineered and rebuilt the Great Fire of London interactive for the Museum of London, converting it from obsolete Flash to modern HTML5 without any original source code. Learn more about our full process on our legacy modernisation page.
We design for the full spectrum of museum visitors: children, elderly, wheelchair users, and visitors with visual or motor impairments. All projects include WCAG 2.2 AA compliance as a minimum, with adjustable text sizes, high-contrast modes, screen reader support, and touchscreen alternatives to fine motor interactions.
Yes. We can build companion web apps or mobile experiences that extend the gallery visit, letting visitors revisit content, share highlights, or explore deeper at home. This also provides valuable post-visit engagement data for your team and extends the return on your investment beyond the physical exhibition.
It depends on your goals. Gallery kiosk interactives are best for focused, in-gallery engagement with a specific exhibit, running on museum-owned hardware for short visitor interactions. Companion apps are better for extended engagement before, during, and after the visit, running on visitors’ own devices. Many museums benefit from both. We help you decide during the initial curatorial workshop based on your collection, visitor flow, and budget.
We choose the technology based on your project requirements. HTML5/WebGL is ideal for browser-based kiosk interactives and companion web apps that need no installation. Unity is better for complex 3D exhibits and projects that may later deploy to mobile app stores. Native mobile (iOS/Android) is best for companion apps with offline functionality and push notifications. We often combine technologies across a single project.
A focused gallery kiosk interactive typically takes 10–14 weeks from curatorial workshop to installation. A companion mobile app with deeper content takes 14–20 weeks. Legacy modernisation projects (e.g. Flash to HTML5) range from 6–12 weeks depending on the complexity of the original. We provide a detailed timeline after the initial curatorial workshop.
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