Depot Desk — An Opinionated Git UI
In mid-August 2026, we began working with alpha testers on Depot Desk, our cross-platform, opinionated Git UI. It is currently in closed alpha, with early users helping us refine the…
Project management and technical consultancy in Edinburgh
Insurgent Studios is a project management and technical consultancy based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Since 2005 we have managed and delivered games, apps and software, carried out technical and project due diligence, founded studios and hired their teams, written successful funding applications, and built museum installations and research and development prototypes.
The projects below are that work. Our services describes the engagements behind them, and you can talk to us about your own.
SoniQueue — An Alternative Sonos Controller for Android
In December 2025, we released SoniQueue, our alternative third-party Sonos controller app for Android. It grew out of our own listening habits and a desire for a few extra tools…
Infrastructure Management — Migration and Automation
Since 2020, we have managed infrastructure for several clients: the systems their teams depend on to do their work, rather than the products those teams ship. For one client, we…
Unlocking ECA’s Animation Archive
From autumn 2020 into spring 2021, we worked with Edinburgh College of Art’s animation department to explore how its archive could become a resource for new creative work. Supported by…
The Reality Lab — A Mixed Reality Teaching Platform
During 2020–2021, we developed The Reality Lab, a proof-of-concept mixed reality teaching platform supported by Innovate UK. It addressed a problem made urgent by lockdown: how to deliver practical lessons…
GiftGuard — Secure Gift Card Technology
GiftGuard was a proposal to bring secure gift card technology based on cryptography and blockchain to market. Insurgent Studios led a successful consortium application to EIT Digital, working with Ingenico,…
Square Slice Studios — Grant Morrison and Magic Leap
In July 2018, we announced Square Slice Studios’ creative partnership with Magic Leap, bringing years of conversations and creative development into public view. The venture brought us together with author…
BTL Group — Technical Due Diligence
In the first half of 2018, we provided technical due diligence and project management oversight for BTL Group, a blockchain technology company with offices in London, Vancouver and Calgary. We…
Skymoons Edinburgh — Starting a Studio
From December 2016 to May 2017 we set up Skymoons Edinburgh, working with the company’s Chinese parent and the incoming Edinburgh management to take a studio from nothing to a…
The Ship: Remasted on Linux and Mac
Through June and July 2016 we carried out a second engagement for Blazing Griffin on The Ship: Remasted, separate from the AI work we had done over the previous winter.…
INSCREENIT
INSCREENIT is our internal platform for developing bespoke interactive installations. It brings together interactive technology and custom hardware solutions for experiences in museums, exhibitions and retail settings. Our museum work…
The Ship: Remasted — Game AI
We provided technical expertise to Blazing Griffin for its 2016 release of The Ship: Remasted, with a particular focus on the development of a new AI system. That engagement ran…