Platform and porting

Your team already has a game to build and maintain. Bringing it to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox or another PC platform adds a second set of constraints, from the renderer and memory budget to the SDKs and release process.

We can own a defined porting workstream or join a port already in progress. Start with your current build, engine branch and target platforms. We establish a runnable baseline, investigate the difficult parts early, and build a plan your technical leads can review alongside the rest of production.

A proprietary engine is a valid starting point. We port custom engines and work with modified Unreal branches, adapting platform layers, toolchains, threading, storage, input and the assumptions made by the runtime. Your team keeps its engine and a clear account of the changes it needs.

Rendering work can include adding or adapting Vulkan, DirectX 12, Metal and console backends, bringing shader compilation across, and checking resource binding and synchronisation. We investigate frame time, memory use, streaming and asset packaging on the target hardware as part of the port.

PC ports deserve the same engineering attention. Native Linux and macOS support, SteamOS and Bazzite deployments, and Windows graphics-backend work each have their own build, runtime and input considerations. We scope native support and compatibility-layer requirements explicitly with your team.

Players need their accounts, progress, purchases and social features to behave correctly. We integrate platform SDKs with your existing game systems and backend, so a port includes the services and lifecycle behaviour around the frame as well as the renderer itself.

We agree the relevant features and edge cases for each target. That includes offline behaviour, user changes, interrupted sessions and the platform’s requirements, with reviewable implementation work in your codebase.

We bring the target into your build farm, asset pipeline and test process. Builds, packaging, platform-specific configuration and diagnostics should be repeatable, so your team can continue working on the port alongside the original version.

Certification fixes, store submission, release responsibilities and post-launch support are agreed with your producers and technical leads. We help work through the platform requirements and their edge cases, keeping the implementation and the remaining risks visible through regular build reviews.