Gauteng, South Africa · Available for client work

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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Multiplayer & Networking

Dedicated servers, P2P and relay — including custom relay deployments inside closed networks and integration with Steam and Epic Online Services. We also retrofit multiplayer onto existing single-player projects without rewiring the core.

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Systems & Mechanics

AI behaviours, combat, economy, inventory, quests, and save systems — built for extensibility so adding content never means rewriting code. Clean, data-driven C# from prototype to ship.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Wild Voices: Pangolin

Wild Voices: Pangolin

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

22/02/2026 AppStore Google Play Client Website

GrowBud

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

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.

12/08/2025 Product Website

Cyberful

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

05/04/2024 Product Website

Shapez Mobile

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

23/03/2024 iOS Android

Jelly Jumper

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

12/12/2023 iOS Android

Fractalians

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

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.

30/05/2022 Website

Zombie Zone VR

A virtual reality survival shooter demo. Made by ContentBox.

20/11/2019 Download

Ember — Existential Game

Explore the thought-provoking mundane through the existential purpose of a stick drawn to a bonfire.

14/04/2019 Download

Mars Missions

Pilot your space ship through a deadly wave of asteroids into open space as the world around you gets faster and faster.

14/09/2017 Google Play Appstore

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.

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