Mobile Game Development Services

For new projects, we can take responsibility for the Unity engineering from early technical planning through to a production-ready mobile build.

A successful mobile port is more than changing the build target. Input, UI, performance, memory, plugins, platform services and the assumptions made by the original game may all need to change. We start by understanding the existing project and identifying what can stay, what needs adapting and where the major risks are before committing to the full port. If you're considering bringing an existing title to iOS or Android, our dedicated Game Porting service covers the process in more detail, the Nova Blast case study shows the work on a real project, and the Porting Feasibility Checker gives you a first read on complexity before we speak.

Mobile hardware makes performance problems particularly visible. A game can run well on one device while struggling with frame rate, memory, heat or loading times on another. We profile real builds and focus on the bottlenecks that are actually affecting the project rather than applying generic optimisation checklists. Typical work includes frame-rate and frame-pacing issues, memory usage and leaks, loading times, rendering and shader cost, asset and build size, sustained thermal performance, and device-specific problems. Where the project is on an older Unity version, a Technical Audit or Unity modernisation phase often comes first. For the full detail on profiling and optimisation work, see our Performance Optimisation service.

Unity can target mobile on almost any project. Mobile being supported is not the same as mobile being good.

Our permanent team stays small and technically focused. David and Adam remain close to the engineering work, while trusted contractors and specialists can be brought in when a project needs additional capacity or disciplines. Depending on the project, that can include additional engineering, backend, art, UI/UX, audio and QA support. That means a larger mobile project doesn't have to be limited to two people, but we also don't pretend to maintain a large permanent bench when the work doesn't require one. Where you already have a team of your own, we can work alongside it as an embedded co-development partner instead.