OUR SERVICES

If you need help achieving your creative vision with minimal compromise, we can help.

We specialise in Technical Art/Animation/Design & Engineering – we don’t just provide resources, we embed into your team & understand the vision.

So whether you need a bit of help getting your game across the finish line, or you need help taking on whole features – we’ve got you covered!

TECHNICAL ART

Technical Art & Pipeline Development
Technical Animation
UI Design & Implementation
Lighting & Environmental Effects
VFX Creation & Integration

TECHNICAL DESIGN

Systems & Technical Game Design
Level & World Design
Rapid Prototyping & Iteration

ENGINEERING

Programming (C++, C#, Python, Blueprints)
Rendering & Shader Development and Optimization
Performance Profiling & Optimization
Bespoke Tools Development & Pipeline Automation
Platform Porting

UNREAL ENGINE

Extensive expertise in Unreal Engine 4 and Unreal Engine 5 development, covering Blueprints, C++, gameplay systems, engine customization, and a wide range of advanced technical content creation tools.

OUR BACKGROUND

Before forming Blueshift Interactive, our founders contributed to a wide range of acclaimed projects across AAA and indie at leading studios.

GAMES WE’VE WORKED ON

GOOD BOY

UNREAL ENGINE 5 | PUBLISHED BY TEAM 17 | EPIC MEGAGRANT RECIPIENT

We partnered with Observer Interactive on Good Boy, an ecosystem-driven metroidvania with cosy vibes built in Unreal Engine 5. Our team provided engineering and technical art support, alongside licensing elements of our proprietary tech stack.

Key contributions include:

  • Early prototyping of core gameplay systems, source control setup, C++ groundwork, and UI development
  • Gameplay engineering, including equipment and QTE-style minigame systems with full Blueprint integration
  • R&D on a kinematic movement system
  • Foundation for PCG (Procedural Content Generation) tools
  • Development of terrain shading & tooling, and setup of runtime virtual texturing for advanced blending techniques
  • GPU-driven terrain and foliage deformation
  • Level streaming & player persistence support
  • Creation of a bespoke non-linear dialogue system integrated directly into Unreal Engine to support narrative and quest functionality

UNDISCLOSED VR PROJECT

UNREAL ENGINE 5 | META QUEST 2 / 3 | FUNDED BY META

We provided engineering support on an unannounced VR project for Meta Quest 2 / 3, with a focus on deep performance optimisation, alongside developing new gameplay features. Our work contributed to halving frame times across the board to achieve a consistent stable 72 FPS experience – meeting the strict performance requirements for VR.

Key contributions include:

  • Extensive use of Unreal Insights to identify and reduce CPU bottlenecks from characters, physics objects, Blueprints, and other systems
  • Multithreading critical processes to leverage available worker threads on Quest hardware
  • Optimisation of draw calls and environment geometry to ensure efficiency with tile-based rendering on the Quest hardware
  • Developed a vertex animation plugin for converting skeletal animation to GPU-based animation, supporting CPU sockets and a range of workflow improvements
  • Assistance with upgrading the engine version from 4.27 to 5.4
  • Collaboration with technical design to implement new gameplay features within performance constraints
  • General bug fixing and technical support across multiple project areas

UNDISCLOSED PARK RANGER SIM

UNREAL ENGINE 5 | HOUDINI | PROCEDURAL WORLD

We were initially engaged to provide technical consultation for a client developing on a parker ranger simulation game in Unreal Engine 5, with a particular focus on procedural workflows and large-scale, terrain-based map. Following an comprehensive audit and technical report, our role expanded to direct development support, building bespoke systems to optimise the team’s procedural world-building pipeline through deep integration and abstraction of Houdini Engine.

Key contributions include:

  • Development of a custom system which integrates Houdini Engine with Unreal Engine’s world partition system, enabling the efficient management of a large, terrain-based world through a tile-based workflow
  • Bespoke tooling which integrates directly to allow artists and designers to easily interact with the procedural tools
  • Design and development of a data-driven system for procedural biome generation, enabling artists and designers to define logic without interacting directly with Houdini
  • Development of HDAs (Houdini Digital Assets) to integrate with the data-driven workflow we developed, including support for spline and mesh-based “brushes” to drive procedural generation

UNDISCLOSED TEST PROJECT

UNREAL ENGINE 5 | PROTOTYPING

We contributed to a high-profile collaboration project involving a well-known gaming and entertainment brand. Using Unreal Engine 5, we developed a playable prototype to emulate the feel and style of the client’s IP, and prototyped new mechanics for an ice-based weapon.

Key contributions include:

  • VFX and shader support for an ice-based weapon
  • Technical animation support for hit reactions and a modular weapon integration
  • Development of a status effect system to enable rapid prototyping of various effects
  • Integration of art assets
  • Collaboration with game design to implement responsive movement-based abilities, and snappy combat-based abilities
  • Rapid prototyping to support a pitch for securing a major licensing contract

TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR PARTNERS

BRUCE SLATER – CEO @ RADICAL FORGE

“Blueshift are the best at what they do! They are able to operate at a fast-pace, within the confines and constraints of our clients & studio culture. Their work goes above & beyond, with contribution to the creative process, and help with the technical side. Passion for making good games, and doing it properly, runs through their veins. Radical Forge is proud to partner with Blueshift as and when we can.”

Kenan Wilsher – CEO @ OBSERVER INTERACTIVE

“Blueshift are a fantastic team that helped us take our project to the next level, helping us to take our prototype to the level needed to acquire a publisher. They helped us to implement core systems that rapidly sped up development time. Their passion and commitment to making games is unmatched and they can confidently handle any challenge given to them. We would love to work with them again!”

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