Gauteng, South Africa · Available for client work

Unity Game Developer for Hire - Make Games Play

Let's build something great.

Make Games Play is a boutique game development studio. Led by Jared Brandjes, built around a trusted network of creators and specialists - programmers, artists, designers, sound - scaled to what each project needs.

Trusted by

Playdigious Mobile Remake Habitat XR AR · Mobile NeuroXR VR · Healthcare ContentBox Metaverse · Edu Simgenics Multiplayer · B2B Sooqista Multiplayer · Mobile

What we do

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Game Production

Managing the full creative pipeline - 2D and 3D art, animation, sound design, and all matters of visual wizardry. We coordinate a trusted network of specialists to deliver polished, shippable games without the client needing to source talent themselves.

GrowBud Cyberful Shapez Mobile Jelly Jumper Fractalians Virtual Window Zombie Zone VR
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Game Development

Gameplay code, AI behaviours, economy, inventory, quests, save systems, optimisation and implementation of all art assets. Built for extensibility so adding content never means rewriting code. Clean, data-driven C# from prototype to ship.

Wild Voices: Pangolin GrowBud Shapez Mobile Fractalians Virtual Window
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Multiplayer & Networking

Dedicated servers, P2P and relay - including custom relay deployments inside closed networks and integration with Unity Game Services (UGS), Steam, and Epic Online Services. Specialising in Mirror Networking, with experience in Unity Netcode for GameObjects. We also retrofit multiplayer onto existing single-player projects without rewiring the core.

3D Pact Jelly Jumper Fractalians Virtual Window
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VR & AR Development

Meta Quest (standalone and PC-tethered), PC VR, and mobile AR. Comfort, interaction design, and performance budgets - the things that determine whether an immersive experience actually works. Shipped across healthcare, education, and entertainment.

Wild Voices: Pangolin Cyberful Zombie Zone VR
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Mobile Development

Performance across device tiers, dynamic layouts for every screen and orientation, localisation, cloud saves with connectivity recovery, and full App Store and Play Store submission. Unity mobile done properly.

Wild Voices: Pangolin Shapez Mobile Jelly Jumper Fractalians
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UI & UX

Menus, HUDs, inventories, and control schemes where every state is legible and every interaction has weight. Complex enough to carry a full production. Structured so designers iterate without touching code.

GrowBud Shapez Mobile Fractalians Virtual Window
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Connected Services

Playfab for accounts, leaderboards, and economy. Firebase for real-time sync. OpenAI for dynamic NPC dialogue and AI-driven interactions. Integration experience across all major live-service and LLM platforms.

Wild Voices: Pangolin GrowBud Fractalians Virtual Window
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Rapid Prototyping

Playable in days. Built to answer a specific question - validate a mechanic, pitch to investors, or de-risk a design before full production.

Wild Voices: Pangolin Zombie Zone VR
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Studio Originals

Concept through commercial release - designed, built, and published under our own IP. Every service we offer has been stress-tested on our own work first. GrowBud on Steam is our latest.

GrowBud

Wild Voices: Pangolin Latest

2-week rapid development of AR realtime conversation with a Pangolin for Habitat XR.

VR & AR Mobile Game Development Connected Services Rapid Prototyping
22/02/2026 AppStore Google Play Client Website

GrowBud Latest

A cannabis cultivation companion that sits as a sidebar on your desktop. Grow strains, complete orders, test your luck in minigames, and uncover surprises 🪴

Game Development UI & UX Connected Services Studio Originals Game Production
22/02/2026 Steam Presskit
3D Pact Networking

3D Pact Networking

Implemented a robust networking layer to enable cooperative training and spectating scenarios in the existing 3D Pact software.

Multiplayer & Networking UI & UX
12/08/2025 Product Website

Cyberful

VR hand-tracked application for arm and hand injury rehabilitation on Meta Quest 2 for NeuroXR.

VR & AR UI & UX Game Production
05/04/2024 Product Website

Shapez Mobile

Rebuilt the popular desktop factory game, Shapez, for release on iOS and Android for Playdigious.

Game Development Mobile Game Production
23/03/2024 iOS Android

Jelly Jumper

Experience the ultimate climbing adventure in our futuristic lab. Climb, compete, and conquer! Made for Sooqista.

Mobile Multiplayer & Networking Game Production
12/12/2023 iOS Android

Fractalians

Crossplay 3-in-1 Web3 ARPG & MOBA & BR Mobile & PC Game for Sooqista.

Game Development Multiplayer & Networking Mobile UI & UX Connected Services Game Production
05/11/2023 Updates on X

Virtual Window

Online multiplayer metaverse for Open Window - featuring quests, items, customisation, levelling, chat, emotes, and NPCs. Made by ContentBox.

Multiplayer & Networking Game Development Connected Services UI & UX Game Production
30/05/2022 Website

Zombie Zone VR

A virtual reality survival shooter demo. Made by ContentBox.

VR & AR Game Production Rapid Prototyping
20/11/2019 Download

Have a project in mind?

Reach out and let's talk scope, timeline, and fit. We're based in Gauteng, South Africa and work with clients globally.

jaredbrandjes@gmail.com LinkedIn