endorsedOngoing

Gameplay Engineering & Game Art for Live-Service PC Game

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • Staff Augmentation

Industry

Gaming

Duration

41 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 March 2023

Team Size

6-10 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

83/100

Strong

Project Capability Score (PCS) estimates how capable N-iX Games is of successfully delivering a project like this, based on its past experience, track record, and ability to handle similar work. Learn more about PCS

Client

Confidential

Austin, United States of America

Project Summary

N-iX Games is embedded with a small game development firm to develop a complex, competitive, real-time live-service PC game in Unity, handling gameplay engineering and game art from concept through 3D modeling. The vendor's team participates in sprint planning and execution and has been on the project for three years. The client praises the team's speed, quality, responsiveness, flexibility and ownership, noting consistent on-time delivery even under tight deadlines.

Key Challenges

Provide gameplay engineering contracting for a complex real-time live-service PC game
Provide art contracting across the game art workflow from concept art to 3D modeling

Project Deliverables

Gameplay engineering for a real-time live-service PC game in Unity
Game art workflow including concept art and 3D modeling
Embedded engineering and art team participation in sprint planning and execution

Project Solution

N-iX provided an embedded team of engineers and artists (6-10 people) integrated into the client's workflow and sprint planning. They performed senior-level gameplay engineering primarily for PC (and occasionally mobile) in Unity and contributed to the full game art pipeline from concept art through 3D modeling. The vendor worked as a core part of the client's team over an extended engagement (three years).

Project Outcome

The team delivered consistently on time and demonstrated outstanding speed and quality
The vendor integrated as a core part of the client's team, showing high ownership and responsiveness

Platforms

Desktop
Mobile

Tech Stack

Unity

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“N-iX Games is still working on the project, but the client has praised the speed and quality of their work. The team consistently delivers on time, even willing to work past office hours or on weekends to meet tight deadlines. Their flexibility, talent, responsiveness, and work ethic stand out.”
Kartik Trehan
CEO
Date: 01/28/2026