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Client
Joey Drew Studios
Bendy and the ink machine
Joey Drew Studios needed a development partner they could keep coming back to and trust. Across multiple engagements, Pockets brought Bendy and the Ink Machine to PS5 and Xbox Series, rebuilt the Switch version with higher fidelity, and delivered quality-of-life improvements with full Steam Deck support.
Year
2026
Service
Porting
Website
https://joeydrewstudios.com/batimPlatforms
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Bendy and The Ink Machine / / CHALLENGES
The Challenge
Bendy's atmosphere is the game. The 1930s rubber-hose look depends on heavy real-time lighting, ink shaders and post-processing. Those visuals are what players come for, and matching them on constrained hardware across every SKU was the challenge.
- 9 | platforms shipped and supported
- 4K/60 fps | PS5 and Xbox Series
- Verified | Steam Deck status
OUR ROLE
What We Owned
- New-gen ports | PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, taking full advantage of the hardware capability and pushing them to visually and keep excellent performance
- Steam Deck & QOL | verification, control and UI improvements, and quality-of-life bug fixes across the all SKU https://joeydrewstudios.com/batimupdate
- Epic Games Store | PC and as an invited early adopter of mobile release, including storefront-specific integration and submission
- Switch rebuild | a full re-port lifting the fidelity well above the original release
Bendy and The Ink Machine / / DELIVERY
Full Platform Technical Stack
What We Deliver
Platforms
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PS5
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Xbox Series X/S
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Android
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iOS
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Epic Games
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Steam
Certifications
TRC
XR
LotCheck
EGS/EGSM
Steam Deck
Technical
What Made This Hard
Atmosphere on a budget
The horror lives in the lighting. Cutting the rendering cost enough for Switch and mobile without flattening the ink-soaked look meant rebuilding the effects rather than turning them down.
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A fanbase that knows every pixel
Bendy's audience has watched the game played thousands of times over. They know what the studio corridors are meant to look like, and they notice when something's missing. Every platform had to meet the version they already had in their heads.
02
Seven storefronts, seven rulebooks
Epic on PC and mobile, the App Store, Google Play, eShop, PSN and Microsoft Store each carry their own certification requirements and submission process. We handled all of them on an ever changing market.
03
What The Client Said
Let’s Work Together
Ready To Ship Something Great?
We partner with studios that need technical depth and production confidence.
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