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Socks Studio

Socks Studio

Tech stack

The tools we build with

Split by discipline: the game pipeline on one side, the web stack on the other, and what each tool is for.

Everything we build with, split by discipline and grouped by the job it does. We pick from these lists per project rather than forcing every brief through the same stack.

Game development

Games

A 2D pipeline in Unity: prototype, build, release, patch.

Game projects

01

Engine and code

Where the game itself gets made.

  • Unity

    The engine behind every game we ship: 2D scenes, physics, animation and custom editor tooling.

  • C#

    The language our gameplay, systems and editor tools are written in.

  • Unity 2D

    Tilemaps, sprite animation and 2D physics, which is all our games need.

02

Ship and iterate

Getting a build in front of players and keeping it there.

  • Steam

    Store pages, builds and post-launch updates for finished PC titles.

  • Git

    A branch per feature and a history we can walk back through when something stops feeling right.

  • Figma

    UI layouts, HUD mockups and art direction before anything gets built.

Web development

Web

From a marketing site to a platform with a long roadmap.

Web projects

01

Languages

What the code itself is written in.

  • TypeScript

    Typed JavaScript that catches mistakes before they reach production.

  • JavaScript

    The language of the web and the foundation of everything we ship in the browser.

  • PHP

    The language behind years of our platform, e-commerce and CMS work.

  • Python

    Scripting, tooling and the odd side project like our PyQuickie extension.

02

Front end

How interfaces get built and styled.

  • React

    The UI library behind most of the interfaces we build.

  • Next.js

    Our go-to framework for fast, search-friendly websites and web apps.

  • Astro

    A framework for content sites that ship almost no JavaScript.

  • Livewire

    Reactive interfaces for Laravel apps without a separate frontend stack.

  • Alpine.js

    Small interactions dropped straight into server-rendered pages.

  • jQuery

    The classic DOM library, still running large parts of the web.

  • Tailwind CSS

    Utility-first CSS that keeps styling fast and consistent.

  • Bootstrap

    The CSS framework behind many of the sites we maintain and extend.

  • Vite

    The build tool behind our fastest front-end setups.

03

Back end and data

The systems and storage behind the interface.

  • Node.js

    The JavaScript runtime behind our tooling, APIs and server-side code.

  • Laravel

    A PHP framework for building solid, maintainable backends quickly.

  • Prisma

    A typed database client for our TypeScript projects.

  • MySQL

    The relational database behind most of our PHP and platform work.

  • PostgreSQL

    A powerful open-source database we use for modern application work.

  • Redis

    In-memory storage for caching, sessions and queues.

  • GraphQL

    A query language for APIs that sends exactly the data a page needs.

04

CMS and commerce

So clients can edit their own content and sell from it.

  • WordPress

    The most widely used CMS, tuned for clients who edit their own sites.

  • Craft CMS

    A flexible, developer-friendly CMS for content-rich client sites.

  • Statamic

    A Laravel-based flat-file CMS that keeps content and code in one repo.

  • Storyblok

    A headless CMS with a visual editor, ideal for component-based sites.

  • Shopify

    The platform we recommend for most online stores.

05

Hosting and infrastructure

Where the work runs once it is live.

  • Vercel

    Zero-config hosting built for Next.js projects.

  • Netlify

    Simple, reliable hosting for static and Jamstack sites.

  • SiteHost

    Managed hosting for Laravel and PHP sites that need to sit close to their customers.

  • AWS

    Cloud infrastructure for the projects that need more than a platform host.

  • Render

    Straightforward hosting for APIs, workers and background jobs.

  • Kinsta

    Managed WordPress hosting we trust with busy client sites.

  • WP Engine

    Enterprise-grade WordPress hosting for client sites that cannot go down.

  • Cloudflare

    DNS, CDN and security in front of most sites we look after.

  • Docker

    Containers that make every environment behave the same.

06

Design and workflow

How the work gets designed, reviewed and shipped.

  • Figma

    Where our designs are made, shared and handed to development.

  • Git

    Version control on every project we touch, no exceptions.

  • GitHub

    Where our code lives, gets reviewed and ships from.

  • BrowserStack

    Real-device testing so sites work everywhere, not just on our machines.

Not sure which fits?

We will tell you

Send us the problem rather than the stack. We will come back with what we would use and why.

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