Leviathan Digital develops its own games on a rev-share basis and takes on contract work with other indie teams. We are slowly building a hub for up and coming UK talent.
Designers, programmers, artists, audio and narrative folk. Rev-share and contract seats open.
Contract and freelance development with indie studios across the UK, Europe and further out.
Open world action adventure focused on accessibility. Contributed level layouts and gameplay systems alongside the core team.
Retro styled first person shooter. Worked on combat spaces and encounter pacing across multiple levels.
Design contributions on an in development indie title with a small collaborative team.
Narrative design and QA for initial project, with ongoing freelance work across early stage projects. Details under NDA.
Visual information software built in Unreal Engine 5 for an industry client.
Short term contract work on a small team project.
Embedded with the team across multiple production cycles. Level design passes and general gameplay support.
Leviathan Digital is a small independent UK game studio. It started as the practice of designer Jack Stirling and is growing into a rev-share collective of developers working on several projects at once.
The studio runs in two modes. On the rev-share side we develop our own games and interactive projects in parallel, with the team sharing in what they ship. On the work-for-hire side we take on contract and freelance development with other indie teams, which helps keep the lights on between releases.
Past and ongoing collaborations include teams in the UK, Tokyo, Vienna and Dhahran, plus roles such as Associate Designer at Quantum Soup and technical work at Cubic Motion. We are comfortable wearing several hats, which is usually how indie development goes.
A small crew working on rev-share projects and contract work. We're actively growing — two open seats below.
Designer and developer working across gameplay, level design and narrative. Started Leviathan Digital as a solo practice and is building it into a small rev-share collective. Comfortable wearing several hats — design, production, and hands-on Unity / Unreal work.
Loves Souls-likes and roguelike/lites — every run teaches you something and getting better actually feels good. That's a big part of why he got into game development. Main focus is procedural generation: building systems that create variety and surprise without everything being hand-placed. Also into music, and wants to bring it more directly into games — not just as a soundtrack, but as something that's part of how a game feels and plays.
We're bringing more people into the studio. Artists, programmers, audio and narrative folk welcome. See the Join section, or send an expression of interest.
Details to be added. If you'd like to work with us on ongoing projects, get in touch.
Alongside contract work, Leviathan Digital runs as a rev-share collective working on several small to mid scale games and interactive projects in parallel. We are slowly bringing more people into that pipeline.
We want Leviathan Digital to be a friendly entry point into the UK games industry, and a steady home for people who are already in it. Most of the studio works on a rev-share basis, with contract work used to keep things running between releases.
We care more about reliability, communication and finishing work than about credentials or studio pedigree. If you can show up, do what you said you would, and talk to the rest of the team, we are interested.
The long term goal is simple. Build a hub for up and coming UK talent that ships a consistent stream of honest, well made games.
People entering the industry for the first time, including self taught developers and recent graduates.
Anyone coming back after time away from games, looking for a flexible way to get production work on a CV again.
Designers, artists, programmers and audio folk who have shipped a little and want to ship more.
People with credits who want flexible creative work alongside other things.
Disciplines include design, programming, art, audio, narrative and production. Tell us what you do and what you want to work on.
Most work is scoped small, from a few days of review through to multi month embedded contracts.
Greybox to polished spaces, sightlines, pacing and encounter layouts.
Mechanics, traversal, combat loops and progression systems.
Short, testable builds to answer the biggest design questions first.
Blueprints, scripting and small tools that help a team ship.
Multiplayer VR, installations and real time builds outside of games.
Short and long term embedded work with indie teams.
Second opinions, scope advice and feedback for solo and small teams.
Unreal and Python tutoring, plus mentoring for production teams.
Teaching, mentoring, motion capture and applied real time work. Game engine craft applied to other contexts.
Scripting work supporting the facial animation and capture pipeline.
Mentoring teams in Saudi Arabia through creative and technical production challenges.
Tutoring students in Unreal Engine and Python, with a focus on practical project work.
Development work on AR and geospatial applications outside of games.
Rev-share and freelance seats are open across design, programming, art, audio and narrative. Drop a short intro — we read everything.
Short notes are fine. A sentence or two about the project, the rough scope and a timeline is usually enough to start a conversation.