Dedicated Game Development Team | Nine Pixels
Engagement Model

Your Studio. Managed for You.

A cross-functional game development team (engineers, artists, QA, and a team lead) working exclusively on your game in two-week agile sprints. You own the product; we handle everything else.

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Team Lead
Your single point of contact
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What Is a Dedicated Team?

Your Extended Studio. Managed for You.

A dedicated team is a group of pre-vetted engineers, artists, and QA specialists assembled for your project, with a Team Lead managing operations. They work exclusively on your game.

Unlike hiring individual contractors, you don’t manage the team directly. The Team Lead handles standups, sprint planning, and blockers. You get studio-level output without the HR overhead.

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Ongoing development

Your game needs continuous development and you need a team fully ramped up on the codebase at all times.

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No internal dev capacity

You have a great concept but no engineering team. A dedicated team gives you a full studio without the hiring cost.

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Live service games

Live ops and updates require a team that knows the game inside out and can ship fast.

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Evolving scope

Your roadmap will change as you learn from players. A dedicated team adapts sprint-by-sprint without change orders.

What’s Included

Everything Your Team Needs to Deliver

A dedicated team is a complete delivery operation, not just developers.

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Team Lead Included

Manages sprints, coordinates the team, and is your single point of contact. You get accountability without managing individuals.

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Agile Sprint Delivery

Two-week sprints with playable builds and live demos every cycle. Full transparency throughout.

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Flexible Scaling

Scale team size up or down with two weeks’ notice. Add specialists for milestones, release roles after phases.

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QA Integrated

Test cases written alongside development. Bugs logged within the sprint, not discovered after handover.

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Weekly Reporting

Written updates on progress, velocity, and blockers every week. Always informed without attending every standup.

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Cross-Functional

Engineers, artists, and QA in one structure. No handoff delays between vendors, one accountable team.

How It Works

From Brief to Building in Weeks

A structured onboarding that gets your team building fast.

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Brief & Scope

Tell us what you’re building, tech stack, timeline, and roles. We confirm team composition within 24 hours.

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Team Assembly

We present candidate profiles for each role. You approve the composition before anyone is contracted.

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Onboarding Sprint

Environment setup, codebase access, sprint planning. The team is productive within one week.

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Sprint Delivery

Two-week sprints with playable builds every cycle. Live demo at end of each sprint; you steer the next.

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Scale & Optimise

Monthly reviews to assess velocity and adjust composition. Scale up, scale down, or add specialists as needed.

Why Nine Pixels

Why Dedicated Teams Work With Nine Pixels

What makes our dedicated teams different.

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Team Lead Quality

Our Team Leads are senior developers, not PMs. They answer technical questions, review code, and make architecture decisions.

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Transparent Velocity

Sprint velocity tracked weekly. If the team is blocked or under-performing, you know immediately.

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Careful Assembly

We match team composition to your project, not our bench availability. If the right people aren’t available, we tell you.

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Your IP Always

All code and assets belong to you from day one. No conditional transfer, confirmed in every team member’s contract.

Client Testimonials

What Our Clients Say

Trusted by studios, publishers & brands across the UK, Europe, and beyond.

Mobile Game

Nine Pixels delivered our mobile game on time and on budget. Their Unity team was exceptional, they anticipated problems before they became blockers and the quality of the final product exceeded everything we had scoped. We’re already in talks for our next title.

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Rob Hartley
CEO, Ironforge Studios · London, UK
Hyper Casual

We brought Nine Pixels in to build our hyper casual title. Best call we made on that project. The team knew exactly what they were doing and we shipped two months ahead of schedule.

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Karen O'Brien
Head of Production, Apex Interactive · Manchester
Dedicated Team

The dedicated team model was perfect for us. Nine Pixels assigned us developers, a 3D artist, and a QA lead, they felt like an extension of our own studio from day one. Our game hit 500K downloads in the first week of launch.

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Ahmed Khan
Founder, NovaByte Games · Dubai, UAE
WebGL

Nine Pixels built our WebGL game from the ground up, browser optimisation, game economy, cross-platform support, everything. Their expertise across both Unity and web deployment is rare. Huge commercial success and we’re building a sequel together.

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Tom Nakamura
Co-founder, PlayForge Labs · Singapore
Co-development

What sets Nine Pixels apart is that they think like game developers, not contractors. They pushed back when our design decisions would have hurt the player experience: and they were right every time. Our retention metrics are the best we’ve ever seen across 12 titles.

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Luca Ferrara
VP Product, Stormgate Entertainment · Milan
Staff Augmentation

We needed senior Unity developers urgently mid-project. Nine Pixels had them onboarded and contributing within 72 hours. Their talent pool is genuinely impressive and the communication was flawless throughout. We’ll use them again without hesitation.

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Claire Dubois
CTO, PixelPulse Studios · Toronto, Canada
FAQ

Dedicated Team FAQs

Common questions about dedicated game development teams.

How quickly can a dedicated team start?+
Most teams can be assembled within 2–3 weeks. First week: team selection and briefing. Second week: environment setup and first sprint planning. By week three the team is in active development.
Can we choose the team members?+
Yes. We present candidate profiles and you have full approval over who joins. We arrange interviews if you want them. We never impose team composition.
Who manages the team day to day?+
Your Team Lead manages standups, sprint planning, and coordination. You direct the product roadmap; the Team Lead translates it into sprint work.
Can we scale the team mid-engagement?+
Yes, with two weeks’ notice. Add for a milestone, release after a phase, or bring in a specialist. The Team Lead manages transitions to preserve sprint continuity.
How is the team billed?+
Monthly, at a transparent day-rate per team member plus a Team Lead coordination fee. Full rate card provided before you commit. Infrastructure costs billed separately at cost.
What happens at engagement end?+
Full handover: code documentation, repository clean-up, knowledge transfer sessions, and a final technical overview. Ongoing availability on a reduced retainer if needed.
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Ready to Build Your Dedicated Team?

Tell us about your project and we’ll propose a team composition within 48 hours.

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