CO-DEVELOPMENT FOR REAL-TIME VFX, LIGHTING, DESTRUCTION AND CHARACTER FX

BUILT BY DEVS. serving DEVS.

01 · THE STUDIO

A NEW STUDIO.
A SENIOR TEAM.

Founded in 2024, DEVCO is a 30+ person co-development studio spanning VFX, Lighting, Destruction, and Character FX. Built in the US and working globally, we bring experienced teams to ambitious productions around the world.

FOUNDED

ARTISTS & DEVELOPERS

AAA IN PRODUCTION

AAA title lanched

FOUNDED

CO-WORKERS

AAA IN PRODUCTION
PS5&PC

AAA RELEASED
PS5&PC

02 · co-development

BUILT TO EMBED.
STRUCTURED TO DELIVER.

We integrate directly into partner teams, adapting to established pipelines, tools, and review rhythms. Accountable craft leadership, secure production environments, and clear quality gates keep delivery visible, consistent, and on track. The result is delivery that is repeatable by design.

03 · The Crafts

SPECIALIST CRAFTS.
ONE PRODUCTION SYSTEM.

Across VFX, Destruction, Lighting, and CFX, DEVCO Studios applies one production system—combining senior craft ownership, pipeline-integrated workflows, propriatry toooling, continuous review, and delivery built for your engine, visual direction and performance targets.

slim ghariani

For more than 25 years, Slim has worked across games, feature films, and episodic production, as an FX artist, technical director, supervisor, department leader, and studio director. His career includes Sony Interactive Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment, Amazon Game Studios, FuseFX and Technicolor. That cross-industry experience informs DEVCO’s senior-led, production-ready approach.

04 ·leadership

FOUNDER & STUDIO DIRECTOR

05 · productions

1 RELEASED.
5 IN PRODUCTION.

Since 2024, DEVCO has supported six AAA productions across PlayStation 5 and PC. Marathon has shipped; five remain in production, each delivered through our co-development model.

EVERY FRAME EARNS ITS PLACE

From hero moments to ambient detail, we author real-time VFX that hold up at native resolution and ship within budget on console and PC.

REAL-TIME VISUAL EFFECTS

BREAK IT BEAUTIFULLY

Fracture, debris, and dust systems engineered for gameplay. Authored offline, optimized for runtime, and tuned to feel as good as they look.

DESTRUCTION & SIMULATION

LIGHT THAT TELLS THE STORY

Mood, readability, and performance in balance. We light environments and cinematics that carry narrative weight without burning your frame budget.

LIGHTING & ATMOSPHERE

MUSCLE. CLOTH. HAIR.
MOTION WITH WEIGHT.

Simulation that moves with the character, not against it. Muscles, Cloth, hair, and secondary motion built to survive gameplay, cinematics, and close-ups.

CHARACTER FX

WE BUILD WHAT WE NEED

A look inside our internal tooling. Custom pipelines, automation, and review systems built in-house to keep a lean team shipping at AAA pace.

TOOLS & PIPELINE