Establishment of a Dedicated R&D Studio for Mobile Game Development and Tech Infrastructure Enhancement

The client faces difficulties in hiring highly skilled Unity developers locally due to market competition and talent scarcity. This hampers project updates for best-selling mobile games and affects overall development timelines. They require a strategic approach to build an autonomous development team in an offshore location to improve resource availability and project continuity.

A mid-sized high-tech software company specializing in mobile game development, aiming to expand and upgrade its development capabilities through establishing a remote R&D center.

• Establish a fully operational game development studio dedicated to supporting existing major projects.
• Hire a goal-driven local team leader capable of independently managing recruitment and development workflows.
• Build a high-performing development team skilled in Unity and related game development technologies within 8 weeks.
• Deploy full-cycle workflows including design, development, testing, and debugging support.
• Implement a robust internal communication infrastructure to facilitate seamless remote collaboration.
• Provide high-performance hardware and a comfortable office environment to maximize team productivity.
• Support ongoing R&D activities to enhance and update existing game projects to meet market demands.

• Team recruitment platform for hiring specialized Unity developers, QA testers, and designers.
• Onboarding process integrated with team leader oversight for seamless integration.
• Project management system tailored for game development workflows.
• Communication infrastructure supporting regular check-ins, proactive collaboration, and issue resolution.
• High-performance hardware provisioning including workstations with advanced graphics capabilities.
• Remote collaboration tools enabling efficient interaction between onsite and offshore teams.

• Version control systems (e.g., Git, Perforce)
• Continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Bug tracking and project management tools
• Communication platforms (e.g., Slack, Teams)

• Team scalability to accommodate future project growth
• System performance supporting real-time collaboration with minimal latency
• Data security and access control compliant with industry standards
• High availability and disaster recovery capabilities
• Hardware setup supporting high-fidelity graphics and processing for game development

By establishing an offshore R&D center, the client aims to significantly accelerate game project updates, improve resource availability, and attract top-tier talent in the region. Expected outcomes include a reduction in hiring cycle time, increased project delivery speed, and enhanced development quality, ultimately supporting the client’s market competitiveness and innovation pipeline.