UK Game Development Studio

Work-for-Hire Game Development

After Dark Studios supports studios and publishers worldwide with complete development, targeted engineering, platform porting, performance optimisation and production milestones.

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Flexible production support

How we can help

Full or Milestone Development

Take ownership of a defined feature, platform, milestone or wider production scope, with clear technical responsibility and delivery goals.

Programming & Engineering

Gameplay, tools, rendering, audio, networking, systems, libraries, build pipelines and low-level technical problem solving.

Programming & Engineering services

CPU & GPU Optimisation

Profile bottlenecks, improve frame time and rendering cost, reduce platform-specific performance problems and optimise critical code paths.

Game optimisation services

Platform & Device Porting

Adapt games and technology for console, desktop, mobile, TV and connected devices, including platform integration and performance work.

Game porting services

Asset Support

Support production with art and music requirements alongside engineering, coordinating technical constraints with content delivery.

Production Support

Integrate with an existing team or provide targeted support for a difficult milestone, technical risk, compatibility issue or platform objective.

30 years of professional experience

Engineering across hardware generations

Our experience spans early home computers, PlayStation generations, desktop and mobile platforms, smart TVs, connected devices and current development environments. That breadth is particularly useful when a project needs practical debugging, porting or performance work rather than a one-size-fits-all solution.

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Technical coverage

Hands-on development

  • C/C++ and low-level optimisation
  • x86, x64, ARM, ARM64 and MIPS
  • Rendering and GPU performance
  • Audio, networking and systems
  • Gameplay, tools and build systems
  • Console, desktop, mobile, TV and embedded platforms
Need experienced development support?

Bring us the difficult part.

Tell us what you are building, where the project is blocked, and what platform or milestone you need to reach.

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