endorsedOngoing

Electron-based Player Client Development for Paradox Interactive

Services Covered:

API Development • Custom Software Development

Industry

Gaming

Duration

85 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 July 2019

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

76/100

Good

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Client

Paradox Interactive

Stockholm, Sweden

Project Summary

Brainhub provides software development services to a video game company (Paradox Interactive), producing and maintaining Electron-based player client software for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Their work has been adopted by over 16 games and reaches over five million monthly average users. The team has consistently supplied skilled programmers over a multi-year engagement and communicates via virtual meetings, email, and messaging.

Key Challenges

Produce, maintain, and develop player client software.

Project Deliverables

Client software for Windows, Linux, and macOS (Electron-based)
QA automation
Integration with games and vendor platform software

Project Solution

Developed and maintained cross-platform Electron-based player client software for Windows, Linux, and macOS; integrated the client with the company's games and third-party vendor platform software to form a complex runtime environment; and delivered extensive QA automation to support the runtime. A 2-5 person team of Brainhub engineers worked on the engagement and communicated via virtual meetings, email, and messaging.

Project Outcome

Adoption by over 16 games and more than five million monthly average users.
Consistent assignment of enthusiastic and skilled programmers over a multi-year engagement.
Project management located in-house for the majority of the project.

Platforms

Desktop
Embedded System

Tech Stack

Electron

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.63

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Brainhub's work has been adopted by over 16 games and has reached over five million monthly average users. The team has been consistent in assigning enthusiastic and skilled programmers over a multi-year timespan. They communicate through virtual meetings, emails, and messages.”
Anders Törlind
Product Manager
Date: 10/01/2025