Games and interactive entertainment
Independent studios and service companies ask for community sites, player account portals, build and asset trackers, and storefront integrations that let a small team look after a large audience.
Scotland
Software, web and app development for Dundee businesses
Dundee gave the world Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto, became the UK's first UNESCO City of Design and now sits at the centre of a cluster of games studios, biomedical researchers and creative firms. We build web applications, SaaS products, shops and websites for businesses on the Tay, with every stage handled remotely.
- Delivered remotely to businesses in Dundee
- Video calls in UK working hours
- A written proposal before any work starts
- Progress, files and invoices in your client panel
Local context
A city that keeps redesigning itself
Dundee was once a world leader in jute and textiles. When heavy industry declined, the city reinvented itself, and in 2014 it was named the first UNESCO City of Design in the UK. The V&A, whose Dundee museum sits at the heart of the city's waterfront regeneration, lists the innovations behind that title: aspirin, biomedical research that has contributed to hundreds of cancer drugs, comics such as The Beano and The Dandy, orange marmalade, and the video games Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto.
Games remain central to the city's identity. Abertay University trains game designers and developers and sits at the heart of the local game development cluster, and the University of Dundee has named design as one of its areas of excellence. Scottish Development International adds the cyberQuarter, a cyber security research and development centre, and the CoSTAR Realtime Lab at City Quay, a virtual production facility that is part of a national network.
The life sciences side is just as strong. Ninewells Hospital, the Drug Discovery Unit and the Centre for Targeted Protein Degradation work alongside the Dundee Technology Park and Medipark, and the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc offers a sustainable innovation hub with its own skills academy. Each of these brings small suppliers, spin-outs and service businesses that need software to grow.
Sectors
Sectors we build software for in Dundee
Biomedical research and health
Spin-outs, contract researchers and health services need sample registers, study participant portals and data workflows with strict permissions and a full audit trail.
Design, publishing and digital media
With comics and design woven into the city's history, publishers, design studios and media producers want digital catalogues, subscription content and client approval tools.
Culture and the visitor economy
Galleries, venues, tour operators and hospitality businesses around the waterfront want ticketing, memberships, timed entry and direct booking that keeps customer data in their own hands.
Engineering, mobility and offshore energy
Manufacturers and engineering firms connected to the innovation parc and the growing east coast offshore wind supply chain need quoting, job tracking and supplier portals that replace paper and spreadsheets.
Common requests
What Dundee businesses ask us for
A city that mixes game studios, laboratories and a growing visitor trade produces some distinctive briefs.
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Player and community platforms
Account portals, newsletters, forums and support tools that sit alongside a game and keep its audience engaged between releases.
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Research data with proper controls
Registers for samples, consents and results where each user sees only what their role allows and every change is recorded.
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Online catalogues for creative work
Searchable archives, print-on-demand shops and licensing enquiries for illustrators, publishers and design studios.
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Bookings for attractions and tours
Timed tickets, group bookings and memberships that run on the venue's own site with reminders that reduce no-shows.
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A spin-out's first product
A secure, subscription-ready release that turns a research method or tool into something customers can sign up to and pay for.
Services
Software, app and web development services in Dundee
Website design and development
For Dundee studios, labs and venues we build sites that show the work well, load quickly on any device, meet accessibility standards and make it simple to book, buy or get in touch.
Custom software and web applications
We build the internal tools a Dundee team is missing, whether that is a production tracker for a games company, a sample register for a lab or a scheduling system for a venue.
App development
Staff, volunteers and researchers can share one installable web app on phones, tablets and desktops, with offline-friendly screens wherever the work leaves the desk.
SaaS product development
For founders spinning a product out of the city's universities or studios, we deliver a first subscription release with accounts, billing, roles and an admin panel.
E-commerce development
Makers, publishers and food producers can sell online with merchandise, prints, digital downloads or marmalade-style specialities, backed by stock, delivery and accounting links.
API and system integrations
We connect storefronts, ticketing, CRM, payment and accounting tools so sales, members and orders flow between them automatically.
How we work
How we work with Dundee teams
Our collaboration with Dundee clients happens online from start to finish. We run workshops over video, share interactive prototypes you can click through in a browser, and keep each decision in your client panel so artists, scientists and finance staff can all follow progress in their own time.
Work starts only once you have accepted a written proposal covering scope, milestones and price. At the end of each milestone you see the software running, ask for changes and approve it before we continue.
A call about your brief
A video call to understand the business, the people who will use the software and what has to change.
A written proposal
Scope, milestones and price in writing. Nothing starts until you accept it.
Build in visible stages
Each milestone is reviewed with you; progress, files and decisions stay in your client panel.
Launch and look after it
Go-live when you are ready, then maintenance and hosting if you want them.
Nearby
Also working with businesses near Dundee
Sources
Sources for the local facts on this page
- V&A Dundee: Dundee wins UNESCO City of Design status (accessed 5 November 2026)
- Scottish Development International: the Tay Cities region (accessed 5 November 2026)
- Abertay University: about us (accessed 5 November 2026)
FAQ
Questions from businesses in Dundee
Do you work with game studios in Dundee?
Yes. We build the web side of a game business: community sites, player portals, storefront integrations and internal production tools. We do not build the games themselves.
Can you build software for a university spin-out?
Yes. We often take a validated research tool and build the secure, paid product around it. See SaaS development.
Do you build ticketing for attractions and venues?
Yes. Timed entry, memberships and group bookings can run on your own site. Our travel and hospitality page explains more.
Do we need to meet in person at any point?
No. Calls, prototype reviews and approvals all take place online, with notes and files kept in your client panel.
How do we find out what it would cost?
We prepare a written proposal priced on your project's scope. Our project quote questions are the place to start.
Plan your project with us
Prefer to give the full picture? The quote wizard asks about your business, your current systems and what should change, and we reply with a clear, competitive proposal.