Co-Dev
For studios needing senior technical capacity, Actuator joins your team to strengthen architecture, features, performance, and delivery process - so your game moves forward with confidence.
When your team needs senior capacity without losing ownership
A critical feature, technical bottleneck, or growing backlog can pull your team away from the work that matters most. Hiring permanently may take too long, while handing over the problem can create more integration risk.
Capacity gap
Your existing team needs experienced technical support for a defined challenge or demanding stage of delivery.
Growing complexity
Architecture, integrations, performance, or technical debt are making progress slower and harder to predict.
Need to keep moving
The project needs practical delivery support now, with your team still in control of the product and codebase.
A straightforward partnership with clear responsibilities
Co-Dev adapts to your team, tools, and project stage. We agree where support is needed before we start changing the code.
1. Define the challenge
Share the feature, bottleneck, milestone, or technical risk that needs senior attention.
2. Join the team
We align on architecture, responsibilities, communication, review practices, and the definition of done.
3. Deliver and strengthen
We implement, review, optimise, and transfer knowledge as the work moves into your team’s hands.
What you get
Senior technical support that helps solve the immediate challenge and leaves your team stronger for what follows.
Delivered features and fixes
- Implement specialist features, integrations, fixes, or optimisation work.
- Focus senior capacity on the bottleneck, milestone, or risk holding the project back.
- Move the work forward in your codebase and delivery process.
Stronger technical foundations
- Make architecture decisions that support the work now and later.
- Improve code quality, performance, and maintainability where they matter most.
- Reduce technical debt before it creates more friction for the team.
Knowledge that stays with you
- Share code ownership, reviews, and practical technical guidance.
- Document decisions and patterns your team can keep using.
- Build confidence and capability alongside the delivery work.
Shared ownership
- Work in your systems, with your team, rather than behind a handover boundary.
- Keep decisions, progress, and technical context visible throughout the engagement.
- Leave knowledge with the people responsible for the product after we step back.
Flexible support
- Bring us in for a focused technical challenge or a defined milestone.
- Add ongoing senior capacity when the project needs it.
- Shape the level of support around your team, priorities, and stage of delivery.
Delivered features and fixes
- Implement specialist features, integrations, fixes, or optimisation work.
- Focus senior capacity on the bottleneck, milestone, or risk holding the project back.
- Move the work forward in your codebase and delivery process.
Stronger technical foundations
- Make architecture decisions that support the work now and later.
- Improve code quality, performance, and maintainability where they matter most.
- Reduce technical debt before it creates more friction for the team.
Knowledge that stays with you
- Share code ownership, reviews, and practical technical guidance.
- Document decisions and patterns your team can keep using.
- Build confidence and capability alongside the delivery work.
Shared ownership
- Work in your systems, with your team, rather than behind a handover boundary.
- Keep decisions, progress, and technical context visible throughout the engagement.
- Leave knowledge with the people responsible for the product after we step back.
Flexible support
- Bring us in for a focused technical challenge or a defined milestone.
- Add ongoing senior capacity when the project needs it.
- Shape the level of support around your team, priorities, and stage of delivery.
What success looks like
Your team has more momentum now and a better foundation for the work that follows.
More delivery capacity
A demanding feature or technical problem gets experienced attention without waiting for a permanent hire.
Less technical drag
Performance constraints, architectural friction, and avoidable debt stop compounding around the team.
A stronger team
Your developers gain context, patterns, and confidence they can apply after the engagement ends.
Proof in practice
Explore a selection of projects where Actuator joined existing teams to support delivery, solve technical challenges, and strengthen the work already underway. The examples below span games, connected products, and digital experiences.
Co-Dev
Insight Report
Schrodinger's Cat Burglar
Abandoned Sheep
Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is a quantum puzzle heist adventure where Mittens gains the power to be in two places at once and puzzles her way through a secret research facility.
Co-Dev
Work Window
Work Window
Work Window is a virtual reality career-exploration app that lets students and clients explore workplaces through job shadowing and informational interview experiences, helping them narrow career options and prepare for next steps.
Co-DevDog Cloud
Dog Cloud
Dog Cloud combines a therapeutic dog massage bed with a mobile app that schedules massages, manages dog profiles, and provides personalised usage notifications.
Add senior technical strength where it has the most impact
Actuator works directly with your developers inside your existing process and codebase. We share ownership of the problem, deliver the work, and leave your team with stronger systems and better technical understanding.
Technical Collaboration
- Direct integration with your dev team
- Shared code ownership and responsibility
- Real-time technical guidance
- Knowledge transfer and best practices sharing
Feature Development
- Specialized feature implementation
- Performance optimization
- Cross-platform compatibility
- Integration with existing systems
System Architecture
- Architecture design and review
- Scalability planning
- Technical debt management
- System integration strategies
Code Quality
- Code review and improvement
- Best practices implementation
- Documentation standards
- Code maintainability
Performance Optimization
- Optimization techniques
- Memory management
- Load time reduction
- Frame rate optimization
Integration Services
- Third-party system integration
- API development
- Cross-platform compatibility
- System architecture design
Technical Support
- Technical guidance
- Problem solving
- Knowledge sharing
- Team training
Multiplayer & Networking
- Networking architecture
- Replication and synchronisation
- Latency and reliability improvements
- Multiplayer feature integration
Technical Collaboration
- Direct integration with your dev team
- Shared code ownership and responsibility
- Real-time technical guidance
- Knowledge transfer and best practices sharing
Feature Development
- Specialized feature implementation
- Performance optimization
- Cross-platform compatibility
- Integration with existing systems
System Architecture
- Architecture design and review
- Scalability planning
- Technical debt management
- System integration strategies
Code Quality
- Code review and improvement
- Best practices implementation
- Documentation standards
- Code maintainability
Performance Optimization
- Optimization techniques
- Memory management
- Load time reduction
- Frame rate optimization
Integration Services
- Third-party system integration
- API development
- Cross-platform compatibility
- System architecture design
Technical Support
- Technical guidance
- Problem solving
- Knowledge sharing
- Team training
Multiplayer & Networking
- Networking architecture
- Replication and synchronisation
- Latency and reliability improvements
- Multiplayer feature integration
Questions about co-development
Will Actuator replace or manage our development team?
No. We work alongside your team, agree responsibilities together, and contribute directly to the shared outcome.
Can you work with our existing tools and process?
Yes. The engagement is shaped around your codebase, engine or platform, workflow, review practices, and communication needs.
What kind of work is a good fit?
Feature development, architecture, performance, multiplayer or third-party integration, code quality, technical debt, and other defined delivery challenges are all suitable starting points.
How long does a co-development engagement last?
It can be sized around a focused task, milestone, or longer period of senior capacity. We agree the right shape after understanding the challenge.
Next step
Ready to add senior technical capacity to your team?
Tell us where delivery is getting difficult. We will start with the challenge, your team, and the most useful next step.
Email our team