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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
2024
Service
Porting
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// 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.
9Platforms shipped and supported
4K/60 fpsPS5 and Xbox Series
VerifiedSteam 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
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Steam Deck & QOL
Verification, control and UI improvements, and quality-of-life bug fixes across the all SKU https://joeydrewstudios.com/batimupdate
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Epic Games Store
PC and as an invited early adopter of mobile release, including storefront-specific integration and submission
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Switch Rebuild
A full re-port lifting the fidelity well above the original release
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// Delivery
Full Platform Technical Stack
What We Deliver
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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.
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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.
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// Comparison
Comparison Study
Original Release 2018
The original Switch version shipped with the lighting, draw distances and particle work greatly cut back to hit performance. Players noticed the atmosphere that defines Bendy not being there.
PSH Update Release 2026
We rebuilt the port from the ground up rather than dialling the old one up. Developing new light lighting path to be bespoke for the switch version, bring up the ink shaders to match the other consoles and increasing draw distances while keeping a stable 30fps on Nintendo Switch 1.
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