Dawn Manning, Author at Starloop Studios

About Dawn Manning

Dawn Manning has been a Marketing Manager at Magic Media, the group behind Starloop Studios, since 2022. She specialises in SEO and making the group's game development, art, VFX and technology services easy to find for the studios that need them. On the Starloop blog, Dawn writes for studio leaders and producers: how co-development lets a team scale without adding headcount, how to onboard a co-development partner, how studios are using AI in production, and practical guides on PS4/PS5 development and mobile performance. She is based in Ireland.

Areas of expertise

Game co-development and scaling studio teams
Onboarding outsourcing / co-development partners
AI in game development
Console (PS4/PS5) and mobile game development, including performance

How to Onboard a Game Co-Development Partner: From Technical Audit to First Milestone

To onboard a game co-development partner successfully, define five [...]

By Dawn Manning|2026-09-22T12:11:51+01:00September 22, 2026|Co-Development, Featured|0 Comments

How Can Game Studios Scale Development Without Increasing Headcount?

Why Hiring Alone Is Not Enough to Scale Game Development [...]

By Dawn Manning|2026-07-09T11:48:37+01:00July 9, 2026|Co-Development, Featured|0 Comments

How Game Studios Use AI in 2026

AI in game development is no longer experimental. In 2026, [...]

By Dawn Manning|2026-05-07T12:59:54+01:00May 7, 2026|AI Game Development, Other Categories|0 Comments

Mobile Game FPS Drops: The Fast Debug Checklist Studios Use

FPS drops are one of those problems that feel simple [...]

By Dawn Manning|2026-03-11T14:15:08+00:00March 11, 2026|Other Categories|0 Comments

How PS4 and PS5 Game Development Works in 2026

PS4 and PS5 game development in 2026 combines advanced [...]

By Dawn Manning|2026-05-19T12:22:50+01:00January 5, 2026|Featured, Game Development|Comments Off

AI in Game Development, How Studios Use AI to Build Better Games

Artificial intelligence in game development is [...]

By Dawn Manning|2025-12-12T12:26:29+00:00December 12, 2025|AI Game Development|0 Comments

Game Co-Development Services That Scale Your Studio

Game co-development services help studios deliver bigger, better games [...]

By Dawn Manning|2025-08-19T13:17:41+01:00August 19, 2025|Co-Development, Featured, Game Development, Outsourcing|0 Comments

Why Game Studios Are Turning to Co-Development to Build Better Games Faster

What makes co-development such a powerful strategy in 2025? As [...]

By Dawn Manning|2025-07-01T12:34:38+01:00July 1, 2025|Co-Development, Featured, Game Development, Outsourcing|0 Comments

The Best Game Engines for Mobile Game Development

One of the most critical decisions for mobile game [...]

By Dawn Manning|2024-04-11T17:24:49+01:00April 10, 2024|Featured, Game Development, Mobile Games|0 Comments

Portals of Possibility: Uniting Gamers, Defying Limits with Game Porting

Game porting is a common practice in the gaming [...]

By Dawn Manning|2024-04-10T12:13:53+01:00July 6, 2023|Featured, Game Development|0 Comments