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

Hands-on progress on the immediate challenge, plus improvements that make future delivery easier. Co-Dev succeeds when external expertise fits the team rather than competing with it. Actuator brings direct technical contribution, open communication, and a focus on leaving the project stronger than we found it.

Delivered features and fixes

Specialist implementation, integration, bug resolution, or optimisation work that moves the project forward.

Stronger technical foundations

Architecture decisions, code-quality improvements, performance work, and reduced technical debt where they matter.

Knowledge that stays with you

Shared code ownership, documentation, reviews, and practical guidance that build capability in your team.

Shared ownership

Work happens in your systems with your team, so decisions and knowledge remain visible and useful.

Flexible support

Bring us in for a focused technical challenge, a milestone, or ongoing senior capacity as the project requires.

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.

Co-Development Project Spotlight

Screenshot of Mittens using her quantum double in Schrodinger's Cat Burglar.

Schrodinger's Cat Burglar

Abandoned Sheep

Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is a quantum puzzle heist adventure. Control Mittens as she infiltrates a secret research facility, gains the power to be in two places at once, and puzzles her way home before breakfast.

Stage:Released

Started:March 2026

Timeframe:2 Months

Type:Game

Work Window

Work Window uses virtual reality job shadowing and informational interviews to help students and clients explore careers, narrow their options, and build confidence for next steps.

Stage:Live

Started:November 2025

Timeframe:4 Months

Type:App

Dog Cloud

Dog Cloud connects a therapeutic dog massage bed with a mobile app for scheduling automated massages, managing dog profiles, and receiving personalised usage notifications.

Stage:Live

Started:October 2025

Timeframe:Ongoing

Type:App

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Have a project in mind?

Tell us what you're building and where you need support.

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

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.

Have a project in mind?

Tell us what you're building and where you need support.