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Full-Cycle Game Development Services
Full-cycle game development is the complete process of developing a game from its initial concepts to its fully realized final version. This includes all stages – conceptualization, pre-production, production, testing, launch, and post-launch support. It’s a comprehensive approach encapsulating many disciplines, including programming, art, design, quality assurance, and production.
Our Game Development Services
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
We work closely with our clients to develop visions into compelling concepts. Through collaborative brainstorming sessions, we can help translate even the most complex ideas into tangible game mechanics and themes to secure your target audience.Game Development for Any Genre
From the most complex real-time strategy games to first-person action-adventure titles and more, we possess a wealth of experience in realizing games of every genre. We understand what it takes to fully realize a game’s mechanics and design to allow it to shine within its genre.
PROTOTYPING
Magic Media will not only design gripping game mechanics and concepts but also create prototypes to ensure our clients are informed of our work and to build a solid foundation of work to iterate on. This also works as a useful indicator for any required changes in the gameplay.
PROJECTS OF ANY SIZE
Magic Media has extensive experience working on full-cycle game development projects of any size, including smaller indie projects, and AA and AAA budgets. Regardless of a project’s scope, we work to deliver the best possible experience for your target audience while adhering to your vision.
TESTING
We extensively test all our full-cycle development projects to eliminate game-breaking bugs, refine technical performance, and remove anything that could negatively impact the player’s experience. We do everything to ensure our projects are as polished as possible.
Post-Launch Game Support Services
We continue to support our full-cycle game development projects after their launch with additional content and bug fixes as our clients need. Encouraging players to continue engaging with a game after its release is a crucial service in the modern gaming industry.
We Offer
We offer the best work on the current platforms, tech and engines
PC GAME DEVELOPMENT
We develop high-quality PC games that work on a wide variety of hardware. Our development and testing processes ensure that our PC games run smoothly across the huge selection of hardware choices available to players.
CONSOLE GAME DEVELOPMENT
We develop console games for every major platform and design them to take full advantage of their unique features. We ensure that every console game we develop runs smoothly across the board, whether it’s for a single platform or it’s a cross-platform release.
MOBILE GAME DEVELOPMENT
Our mobile games for Android and iOS devices range from casual titles to complex action games, RPGs, and more. Regardless of your mobile game needs, we have the expertize to make it come to life.
UNREAL ENGINE 5
We leverage the power and incredible features of Unreal Engine 5 to deliver unforgettable gaming experiences. Unreal Engine 5 allows us to craft immersive worlds with unparalleled visual fidelity with its wide array of features.
UNITY GAME ENGINE
Unity offers a versatile game engine that enables us to craft various games for different platforms. Leveraging its intuitive interface and powerful features, full-cycle game development for all platforms is more efficient than ever.
PROPRIETARY ENGINES
Not limited to just Unreal Engine 5 and Unity, the Magic Media team can quickly understand proprietary engines and adopt them for full-cycle game development as our clients and projects require it.
your development Team
We offer the best work on the current platforms, tech and engines
DEVELOPERS
Our developers are on hand to deliver efficient code to help ensure games perform well and without issues regardless of the full-cycle game development project’s size and ambition. Their expertize covers a myriad of programming languages, game engines, and software, suitable for bringing development projects of any kind to life.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
For our full-cycle game development work, a creative director will lead the project to ensure our work matches your every ambition. They will realize your game world most vividly down to every last detail, regardless of your game’s visual style and themes, and ensure the entire team works to achieve this cohesive vision.
PRODUCERS
Our producers are highly skilled and experienced in ensuring the delivery of diverse full-cycle game development projects on time, on budget, and in the most efficient manner possible. Scheduling is critical to the successful completion of full-cycle development projects regardless of their scope, and our team ensures that every one of our projects is well-structured, and organized and adheres to required milestones and deadlines.
DESIGNERS
Game design is the cornerstone of full-cycle game development, and our designers work diligently to deliver compelling game mechanics, settings, narratives, and more, to craft the most engaging experiences possible. Our designers work closely with different teams to craft a consistent and captivating gaming experience, informed by our experience and our clients’ requirements.
ARTISTS
Our artists deliver exceptional art for games whether they’re 2D or 3D, for any genre and visual style. Our artists boast diverse skills, capable of delivering second-to-none concept pieces, characters, environments, and much more to deliver distinct visual aesthetics. Our experience means nothing is off the table, including science fiction, fantasy, contemporary settings, and much more.
TESTERS
Testing is one of the pivotal stages of the intricate full-cycle game development process we employ. We take immense pride in the technical state of all our development projects and the faultless player experiences we offer. Our diligent testers are critical to our refined full-cycle game development process.
Let us help you
Full-cycle game development is the process of creating a game from start to finish, from the initial concepts to its final, fully realized version. This includes conceptualization, game design, programming, art, animation, and much more – a full suite of services to deliver a finished game. Though each game’s process is slightly different, the phases of game development typically include planning, pre-production, production, testing, launch, and post-launch. Full-cycle game development is commonly completed in-house by development studios, but service providers often enter agreements with studios to develop their games.
The process of developing games wildly varies across projects. AAA projects can take multiple years to develop from start to finish due to their typically high-end visual fidelity and game length. Indie projects tend to take less time to complete but remain time-consuming. They can take months or years depending on the scope of the project and its ambitions. With efficient management and producers as part of your development team, the full-cycle game development process can proceed efficiently and without interruption. However, it’s not uncommon to see delays so that developers can further refine their titles before release and rework aspects of the game if needs be.
We can develop games for all platforms. Some of the most common platforms include PCs, and game consoles such as Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and mobile games. Though each platform has its intricacies to be aware of during full-cycle game development, we’re more than equipped to handle cross-platform development projects as well as developing for a single platform. Furthermore, we have extensive experience developing games for VR headsets, such as PSVR2 and Meta Quest 2.
let’s Create MAgic
At Magic Media, our strength lies in our size and diversity, allowing us to offer gaming services including full-cycle game development, co-development, video production, trailers, and comprehensive artistic services. Whether you’re in need of innovative technology or a team driven by creativity, we are prepared to put our skills and knowledge into your project.