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BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

CEO of the company that has organised an eSports tournament that took place in the UAE in February 2022.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire dev.family, and what were your goals?

To create a dynamic mobile application where eSports enthusiasts can participate in tournaments. The challenge is to integrate an existing game to the newly created mobile application and manage the tournaments through it. Where then, the participants would be able to log their records, win prizes and unlock further in-game features.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

With the help of recommendations. Deciding factors were communication and transparency from day one. Common understanding and holistic approach to achieve the target goal.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Implemented integration of the very popular mobile app game PUBG Mobile using latest technologies, like React, Node.js and MySQL. Steps involved the development of UX/UI to begin with, then integrate backend using API calls and deploy front-end changes using React, while it all being hosted and managed in GCP. The second stage of development involves updating this application from the level of the usual platform for gaining access to the game at the tournament and receiving prizes, to a full-fledged application that will host the leading gaming disciplines, where you can register, monitor tournaments online, receive prizes and view the results of all tournaments, along with selection of additional disciplines like Dota, CS:GO, Fortnite etc.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

The team includes mobile developer, designer and manager. A back-end developer was from our side.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

An app was downloaded more than 15 000 times.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

The manager brought all the requirements and edits to the team as carefully as possible

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

A few factors to mention:

1. Very technically savvy - able to do engineering with the latest technologies like React very comfortably
2. Genuine interest in the project and maximum input allocated
3. Ability to go extra mile when required, stress/pressure and tight deadline handled outstandingly

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

The only improvement is that the team needs to grow in numbers and allocate back-end resource internally, so they could become a fully-fledged dev team, able to take on complex tasks from end-to-end.