Dino SlothGame technology consultancy

Services

Technical evidence for teams that need to ship.

Use the smallest engagement that can answer the delivery question. Work is remote by default, with scope shaped around the build, evidence and expertise genuinely required.

01 · One technical decision

Technical decision session

One engineering decision, thought through properly: how to attack a frame-time problem, whether to fork the engine, which middleware to buy, or how to de-risk a delivery plan.

Defined scopePreparation, session and written recommendation →
 02 · Hands-on diagnosis

Unreal performance review

Builds, Insights traces, GPU captures, memory, loading and iteration evidence—ranked into work the team can verify.

Full accessFive consulting days →
 03 · Team and workflow

Engineering effectiveness review

Build and cook times, DDC hit rates, sync-to-playable, CI and PR turnaround, regression detection, tooling gaps and where the working day goes.

Seven consulting daysReview details →
 04 · Technical deal support

Technical delivery diligence

Can the team ship what it has promised, how far the engine has been forked, who is technically load-bearing, and what the cost to finish really is.

Fixed scopeDiligence details →
 05 · Strategic work

Need company or deal advice?

Leadership, M&A strategy, founder counsel, speaking and selective work beyond hands-on game technology live on Robert Troughton’s personal platform.

RobertTroughton.co.ukVisit the advisory site →
Investors · trial engagement

Red-flag screen

A focused go/no-go view before full diligence: four consulting days over a committed ten-working-day window from access, focused on the deal-breakers rather than a full report.

How the screen works
10working days, committed
4consulting days

Free project health check

Eleven questions. Nothing submitted.

A private browser-based check covering performance, pipeline, schedule, ownership, partners and runway. There is no email gate and the answers are never sent anywhere.

00 / 11

Use it to spot whether several symptoms may be different views of the same problem.

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Before working together

See the output, method and boundaries.

Sample reports

See the shape of the answer

Three concise fictional excerpts covering performance, diligence and studio growth.

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Working method

Access, references and conflicts

What repository access is actually needed, what happens to your traces afterwards, and how to speak to a prior client under NDA.

How I work

Adjacent topic

A cautious position on AI

Where AI intersects with games work—and where legal, security or ML expertise belongs.

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Worried about granting access? That is usually the real decision, not the fee. Access and confidentiality sets out exactly what access is needed, what can be done with none at all, and when material is deleted — and there is a one-page security summary your infosec team can have without asking.

Not sure which route fits?

Twenty minutes is enough to establish the smallest useful scope. It is free, and there is no pitch.

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