endorsedOngoing

Unity Game Development and Web Platform for Educational Game Studio

Services Covered:

Unity 3D Game Development • Mobile Application Development • Website Development • Software QA and Testing

Industry

Gaming

Duration

91 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 January 2019

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

77/100

Good

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Client

Endless Studios

San Francisco, United States of America

Project Summary

Rubikal supports an educational game studio with Unity-based desktop and mobile game development and web development for a product platform. They provided a small dedicated team (two Unity developers, one QA, and a people partner) to build and port games, implement a Vue.js frontend, and handle hosting/backend setup. The client reports Rubikal delivered stability, reliability and helped unite and maintain games from multiple studios.

Key Challenges

Need for Unity game development and maintenance
Need to port desktop games to mobile
Need to aggregate and maintain multiple games from different studios and build a unified web product platform

Project Deliverables

Two desktop Unity games (PC, Mac, Linux)
Ports of desktop games to mobile (five ported, additional ports in progress)
Website frontend and product platform built in Vue.js
Hosting and backend setup on AWS/GoDaddy
Ongoing maintenance and bug fixes across about a dozen games
Potential maintenance support for a native Electron desktop application

Project Solution

Rubikal delivered Unity game development for desktop titles, ported multiple desktop games to mobile, and provided ongoing maintenance and bug fixes across roughly a dozen games. The vendor expanded into web development to build the product platform, implementing frontend frameworks in Vue.js and handling hosting and backend setup on AWS and GoDaddy. The engagement is supported by a four-person Rubikal team including two Unity developers, a QA engineer, and a people partner/project manager; collaboration uses Slack, Monday/Trello, Unity CoLab and GitHub.

Project Outcome

Provided security and stability that allowed the client to execute their roadmap reliably
Ported five games to mobile with several more in progress
Unified and maintained games developed across multiple studios, preventing fragmented ownership
Consistently delivered on time with strong project management support

Platforms

Desktop
Mobile
Web

Tech Stack

Unity
Vue.js
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Electron
GitHub

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“A passionate team, Rubikal’s work has brought success to the company that otherwise would not have been achievable. Their efforts have helped unify disparate sections of the product in a timely manner. Customers can expect exceptional project management and high levels of technical skill.”
Nan Chu
Gaming Director
Date: 05/04/2020