Pagano World
Game Studio · Development Services

We build hits.
And elevate products.

We are a west-coast game studio that provides premium development services for today’s product pipelines in video games and neighboring sectors.

Let’s chat Our approach
01 / Work

The chart toppers.

Select projects that we had the pleasure of working on.

StatusPro Visualizer
VR · On ESPN · Emmy Nominated

StatusPro Visualizer

Lead execution of the world’s first POV NFL telestrator, based on mass market f2P playbook. While fans think it took him months of practice to record his first segment, Dan Orlovsky only took minutes after he was first introduced to it.

POVR can be seen in-season on ESPN’s NFL Live and is expanding to college.

Watch Dan Telestrate →
NFL Pro Era
VR · Meta Quest · Top-seller

NFL Pro Era

Helped turn training software into the initial game. Designed and lead execution of the throw, locomotion and several other innovative features. Helped build the team and lead various skus of the platinum selling VR franchise.

An all-time best seller →
Spark: Daily Puzzle
Mobile · Education · Top Charting

Spark: Daily Puzzle

We helped vet several features and meta, giving guidance on mass market design principles. Our key playbook pillar was to keep the flow tight, surfacing the right things at the right times.

On release in 2025, Spark reached #1 in Education on iOS and Android.

Play today →
02 / Services

Services our clients love.

We bring the power of crafting mass market hits to you through development service offerings that little can compete with, no one can match. Wielding a best practice playbook developed across 70+ games on mobile, social, VR, we partner with your team to align on the target and then execute with high integrity at break-neck speeds.

01

Product Elevation

We improve all aspects of your product’s execution to put it on the right path for a win. We help:

  • Troubled product turnarounds
  • Turn AI vibecode to finished products
  • Save money with OPEX optimization
  • Up the look and feel polish
  • Product/Feature/Pipeline critiques & deep analysis
02

Gamification

Not a buzzword for us, we apply our hit-driven methodologies to all interactive products to make them “quality” and “sticky” for your users. We predictably:

  • Increase Engagement
  • Increase Retention
  • Increase Monetization
  • Optimize usage patterns
  • Deploy Realtime Analytics
03

Hit Making

We apply our lifelong practice of making hits at every slice of the product life cycle within your budget. We specialize in:

  • Finding the fun
  • Innovating
  • Creating new
  • Adapting to new platforms
  • F2P Live Ops
03 / Clients

Companies who trust us.

A sample of clients we’ve had the pleasure of working with.

Movie Studio
Hospitality
Sports Technology
Game Studio
Sports Technology
Mental Fitness
04 / Team

USA-first staffing.

Pagano World a west coast based studio with HQ in Los Angeles. Key staff are strategically located in talent-dense development centers of Seattle, San Diego, Portland, and Louisiana.

We proudly source our staff first from the United States of America and strive to beat global outsource prices.

Mike Doom

Mike Doom

Managing Director
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Jay Doherty

Jay Doherty

Art Director
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Ian Berdei

Ian Berdei

Technical Director
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Joey St. Lucas

Joey St. Lucas

Production Director
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Our DNA
EAZyngaDisneyWarner BrosUnityIllfonic
Our specialties
SimulationCasualSportsKidsSocialMobileVRF2P
05 / Our approach

What makes us different.

We have a unicorn approach to creating new & elevating interactive products. Competitors simply can’t do what we do. We don’t just play to win; we play to win to play.

i.

Endless Innovation

Our deep history pioneering early markets are rooted in innovation that helped write the best practices playbook for mobile, social, and VR.

ii.

GSD Hustle

We train like athletes to sprint with explosive power in Milestones to Get Sh*t Done and hold an aggressive attack pattern through endless Live Ops marathons.

iii.

High Predictability

Creating new doesn’t have to be a coin flip. Our battle-hardened production techniques enable ships that are on time, on budget, and above quality.

iv.

Prioritize Fun

We strongly believe when you’re having fun, the output is just better. It’s obvious when a team had fun making a product vs being a grind. Our culture has us excited to come to work on Monday to GSD because it’s fun!

v.

Harmonize Ops

Rooted in music and the circadian rhythms of living things, we’ve found patterns of harmony that we inject into our workflow, design, balance, progression and beyond.

20+
Years in the trenches
70+
Projects in the portfolio
35M
Peak MAU on a single title
1
Obsession: hits
06 / Contact

Need a closer?
Hit up Pagano.

growth@pagano.world