Buyer guidance
Short, practical notes for building a shortlist, testing a proposal, and protecting the project before work begins.
Start with playable work and engine experience. Ask who owns game design, art, engineering, backend systems, testing, release, and updates. A clear delivery plan is more useful than a long service list.
Location affects meetings and context, but many UAE projects use teams serving several emirates. Compare availability, business-hour overlap, travel expectations, evidence, and who is responsible for delivery.
A local office is useful for face-to-face work. A UAE-present distributed team may offer broader production capacity. Ask where the assigned team works, who attends meetings, and how decisions are documented.
Ask for matching projects, target platforms, performance plans, art pipelines, multiplayer ownership, source handover, testing devices, and post-launch support.
Write down the user roles, main journeys, integrations, security needs, launch platforms, analytics, support expectations, and who owns store accounts.
Fixed price works best when scope and acceptance rules are stable. Hourly or dedicated team models suit changing products. Compare assumptions and change handling before comparing rates.
Review the legal business name, public website, portfolio, service pages, independent reviews, leadership visibility, project references, and a written proposal that matches the discussion.
Confirm scope, milestones, acceptance rules, source ownership, confidentiality, security, third-party costs, communication, support, termination, and handover.