About

Background

Razor Sharp Studios Limited is a small games studio founded in late 2011 by Antony Bowler. We have worked for a large range of clients (see Games) of all sizes. Our work has appeared in countless games on multiple platforms. We have taken games from pitch to project completion and everything in between. We have authored and supported libraries, demos, tools, samples and technical documents for console software development kits in use worldwide by hundreds of developers and publishers.


What can we bring to your project?


  • Development expertise: 20+ years of industry programming and development. Full development lifecycle.
  • Concept development: Creation of completely new IP, brand new features, or spin-offs.
  • Project scale: Small indies to multi-site AAA and porting houses. We've worked with them all.
  • Planning: Tech evaluation, risk assessment, deliverables, budget and schedules.
  • Leadership: Direction, motivation, collaboration, peer reviews, mentorship and more.
  • Process: Analysis, design and development. Industry leading development practises.
  • Refinement: Coding standards, platform compliance, testing and tweaking.
  • Completion: Bug squashing, optimisation and shipping.

Specialities

The following is an abreviated list of skills. For a full list please get in touch.

  • Unreal, Unity, Custom Engines and Tools
  • PC development including C, C++ and C#.
  • Console Development & Platform Compliance: Switch, PS4, XB1, PS3, PSVita, PS2, PSMobile, iOS.
  • Simultaneous Cross-Platform Development
  • Tool and Toolchain development

    Disciplines
    • Core engine technologies (including ECS)
    • AI
    • Gameplay
    • Rendering
    • Networking
    • Audio
    • Optimisation (including SIMD)
    • Tools and Technical documentation


    Managing Director / Lead Programmer: Antony Bowler

    Antony Bowler Antony Bowler is the founder and Managing Director of Razor Sharp Studios Limited. He has over two decades of experience in the video game industry across multiple disciplines. Prior to founding Razor Sharp Studios, he worked on games and technology for companies such as; Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, The Bitmap Brothers and QBranch Wireless.