Roden Games

The company describes itself as a game consultancy: studios bring it in for a project or a problem instead of hiring permanently for it. Its own site names a single client, a studio behind one of the best-known sandbox games.

Consultancy work in game development usually means arriving inside an existing codebase with its own conventions and deadlines, and being useful quickly. That puts the weight on experience and on working independently, rather than on growing into a role over months.