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Oddworld Soulstorm
When the world-renowned studio Oddworld Inhabitants approached Pockets to lead on the development of the Enhanced Edition of Oddworld Soulstorm, they were looking for both technical and design enhancements.
Year
2026
Service
Co-Development
Platforms
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Oddoworld: Soulstorm / / CHALLENGES
The Challenge
Pockets came onto Soulstorm ahead of launch, supporting the team through the run-up to release. When Oddworld Inhabitants came back for the Enhanced Edition, they wanted more than a patch, a pass over the core of the game, how Abe moves, aims and reacts, without changing what the game is.
OUR ROLE
What We Owned
- GAMEPLAY & ANIMATION | Abe's animation state system reworked so it read the world around him and responded naturally for the enhanced edition
- HAPTICS & CONTROLS | DualSense feedback built around Abe's heartbeat, rising with the tension of the moment
- PLATFORM PORTS | Bringing Soulstorm to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Steam
- OPTIMISATION | Getting a graphically demanding 2.9D game running smoothly on Xbox One, on top of a custom Unity engine port.
Oddworld: Soulstorm / / CHALLENGES
Full Platform Technical Stack
What We Deliver
Platforms
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Steam
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PS5/PS4
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Xbox Series X/S
Engine
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Unity
Gameplay
Movement
Jumping Aim
Scavenging
Looting & Possession
Certifications
GDK & XDK
Steam
Technical
What Made This Hard
Custom Unity engine
The game ran on a custom branch of Unity, pushed to the limit of what the engine could do. Every change had to be made with optimisation in mind from the outset.
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24-hour development
A worldwide team meant handovers happened while half the project slept. Communication had to be clear enough that work kept moving overnight, every night.
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Animation in 2.9D
Players feel that in a new dimensional space they need a different way of thinking. Animation states and transitions had to be read as sensible from angles a 2D pipeline was never built for.
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What Studios Say
Let’s Work Together
Ready To Ship Something Great?
We partner with studios that need technical depth and production confidence.
Oddworld: Soulstorm // More Work
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PortingCo-Development
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- Porting, Co-Development
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch, Playstation, Steam, Xbox
- Year
- 2026
Clive N’ Wrench
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Co-DevelopmentPorting
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- Role
- Co-Development, Porting
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch, Playstation, Xbox
- Year
- 2026
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Co-Development
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- Role
- Co-Development
- Platforms
- PC, Steam
- Year
- 2023
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Co-DevelopmentMobileMultiplayer
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- Role
- Co-Development, Mobile, Multiplayer
- Platforms
- Steam, Playstation, Xbox
- Year
- 2021
Pocket Mortys
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Live OperationsMobileMultiplayer
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- Role
- Live Operations, Mobile, Multiplayer
- Platforms
- Apple App Store, Google Play Store
- Year
- 2017
Smalland: Survive the Wilds VR
An open-world survival adventure built from the ground up for Meta Quest, the world of Smalland, at the scale of a Smallfolk.
Virtual Reality
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- Role
- Virtual Reality
- Year
- 2026
Hazard Pay
A 1982 clean-up job in a Cold War research facility , taken from Godot to PS5 and Switch.
Porting
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- Numskull Games
- Role
- Porting
- Platforms
- Playstation, Nintendo Switch
- Year
- 2026
Oddworld Soulstorm
When the world-renowned studio Oddworld Inhabitants approached Pockets to lead on the development of the Enhanced Edition of Oddworld Soulstorm, they were looking for both technical and design enhancements.
Co-DevelopmentPorting
- Client
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- Role
- Co-Development, Porting
- Platforms
- Steam, Xbox
- Year
- 2026