Packages for Indies
Get exactly what your game needs even more easily. Our indie-friendly bundles nail the essentials at every crucial stage so you can keep building strong and release with confidence.
Indie game art support for every stage of development
Indie Game Packages
Prepping your vertical slice? Planning a Kickstarter? Racing to hit a milestone?
These indie-focused bundles give you what you need to speed up progress and save precious budget
EARLY STAGE
Art Direction & Vis Dev
Nail your game’s look before you build a single asset. Define your visual style, tone and mood with a curated art bible your whole team can follow.
- Style workshops
- Concept sketches
- Fully documented Art Bible
$2,200 (10% saving)
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PRODUCTION STAGE
Stylised Character Bundles
Need your first cast or a final trio?
Get 3 characters designed, built and ready to drop into your game. Built to match your style and your players’ expectations
- Concept-to-model for 3 characters
- Choose your tier: NPC Squad, Mixed Crew or Hero Trio
- Fixed pricing, scoped by complexity
From $8,000 (10% saving)
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LAUNCH PACK
Key Art & Gameplay Trailer
Polished store assets are everything if you want players to hit “buy”. With this bundle, you’ll secure key art and trailers that perform, ready for the big launch.
- Store-ready key art (all formats)
- Storyboard with 10 shot frame
- 10% off trailer production when bundled
Scoped per project (10% saving on trailer)
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Who We Are
MLC Studio partners with indie developers and teams to provide clear guidance and art support that fits into their development process.
Whether it’s turning ideas into early concepts, building demos, or hitting key production milestones, we help teams keep momentum and move forward with confidence.
Can I customise a package?
Absolutely. We’re flexible, we’ll work with you to scope extra features or changes during onboarding.
Are these prices final?
Yes – unless major scope changes are introduced post-signoff (e.g. new style, design changes in 3D etc) or there are customisations to the package discussed at time of brief.
Do I need to provide anything?
For trailers, we’ll need gameplay footage.
For art direction, just a rough idea of the game and your goals.
How do revisions work?
Each package includes set revision rounds (usually 2 per phase). If you need more, we can include this as an add-on, no problem.
What if I don’t have a style guide?
No problem, our Early Stage package includes defining one. However, all production packages assume a locked style.
Can I swap characters or mix tiers?
We’re happy to discuss a customised bundle, just let us know what you’re thinking and we’ll quote it up
Ship games that players and publishers love
Build characters that sells your game
Believable characters are essential for player engagement. With these bundles, your game gets characters that look great, feel fantastic and work perfectly in-game
NPC Squad
3 Entry-Level Stylised Characters
Quickly populate your world with 3 low-detail NPCs for a consistent style and minimal overhead.
Includes:
- 3x low-detail NPCs: Concept art + 3D model
- 1 outfit + 1 simple accessory per NPC
- Shared style + same rig specs
Revision Rounds:
- 2 x concept
- 1 x per modelling phase (high poly, low poly, textures)
$8,000 (8% saving)
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Mixed crew
Hero + Support
Add to your game’s main character crew with this balanced bundle of 1 mid-detail hero and 2 low-detail NPCs.
Includes:
- 1x mid-detail hero (up to 3 basic accessories)
- 2x low-detail NPCs (1 accessory each)
- Concept art, base body + outfit for each
Revision Rounds:
- 2 x concept
- 1 x per modelling phase (high poly, low poly, textures)
$11,150 (8% saving)
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Hero Trio
3 Stylised Characters
Big boss, hero, whatever 3 key characters you need for your game, this package will deliver!
Includes:
- 1x high-detail hero + up to 4 simple Accessories
- 2x mid-detail heroes + up to 3 simple accessories
- Concept art, base body + outfit for each
Revision Rounds:
- 3 x concept
- 2 x per modelling phase (high poly, low poly, textures)
$18,500 (8% saving)
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All bundles assume a locked visual style. Need one defined?
Start with our Art Direction Package.
How MLC Studio supports indie developers
We provide much more than just game art to support you to success
Impactful Vertical Slice
Build a polished, playable demo that turns heads. We help create vertical slices that impress publishers and investors, setting your game up for funding and future success.
Polished, engaging vertical slices
Compelling Pitch Deck
Help your indie game stand out from the crowd. With our industry expertise, make the most of our unique insights into what catches the attention of publishers and investors.
Present a well-branded and credible pitch deck that inspires confidence among both investors and publishers to help secure the backing you need.
Branded and beautiful to impress publishers
Publisher Network
Securing a partnership with the right publisher isn’t easy.
Get access to MLC’s wide network of trusted publishers, and we’ll help arrange meetings with the perfect match for your game.
Connections that set you up for success
Co-Development
Partner with MLC for co-development of your demo. Seamlessly integrate your team with MLC to maximize your budget, get priority access and lead artist QA.
Benefit from our expertise in publishing guidance, game design, budget planning, pitch deck design, revenue forecasting, and research support, ensuring your project’s success at every stage.
Support from game concept to launch
MLC has supported over
500 indie developers
in a nutshell
We’re the game art partner who truly has your back through to launch and beyond.
We provide much more than just game art to support you to success.
Outcome-focused
We care about one thing – helping your game ship successfully. Our teams plug in with a clear focus on your commercial goals.
Game-ready art that performs technically and creatively.
Production-Smart Art
We’re most valuable to you when the art we create ‘just works’ in your engine project. So we prioritise it.
Experienced artists with robust pipelines and processes.
Strategic Partnership
We get what matters, and what doesn’t. Partner with us ad hoc, long-term or for full co-dev, and we’ll work alongside you to plan, prioritise and and get the most from your budget at every stage.
Developers can plan smarter and ship with confidence.
True team energy
We blend right in with your existing team, tools and style of working. Project collaborations are far more enjoyable and productive with open collaboration.
Collab directly with our artists with direct integration in your tool stack.
4.9 out of 5 based on 100+ reviews
Game development is make or break
Partner with MLC to reduce risk, stay on trackand launch with confidence.
Constantino Carrega
KAYO - Playmakers
Working with MLC was an extremely positive experience for PlayMakers. Communication was clear and efficient. They were able to pair us with a great Designer in Margo, who was a perfect fit for the mission. If you are looking for a team of experienced designers to work with and tackle your game production needs rapidly, efficiently and with expertise, I highly recommend working with them.
ReviewTheo Corvaisier
Remnant Records - Noctiluca Studio
Excellent experience with MLC. The team is talented, friendly and helpful. We will continue to work with MLC, and highly recommend them.
ReviewDaniel Arnold-Mist
Under A Rock - Nordic Trolls
MLC's competence in all areas of animation excels in the industry. Nordic Trolls has had an amazing experience working with the team (their creative ideas shine through in our project).
We would highly recommend MLC to any professionals seeking high quality results for their game or animation needs. It has been a pleasure and we will continue to work with them in the future!
Kia Armani
Regenstrum
Love working with MLC! Shoutout to Elise who've I had the distinct pleasure in working with together!
ReviewCory Heald
Whisker Waters - Underbite/Merge Games
MLC helped up the quality of animations for our upcoming game. I was extremely pleased with the results and have already added budget to work with them on our next project.
ReviewJohn Warner
The Last Hero of Nostalgaia - Over The Moon Games
I had a fantastic experience working with MLC. Getting artwork created for a given direction is not always easy, but the team at MLC are really fantastic listeners. They were able to understand exactly what we needed and gave us a high quality product as a result. In the handful of times where we had a miscommunication (which will happen anywhere) it was easy to offer feedback and the team was quick to pivot. I'll be working with them in the future for sure.
ReviewHunter Wu
Expedition: Agartha - Matrioshka Games
We work with MLC as one of our main partners in game development. Huge help to make our game a reality. I would recommend MLC to anyone who needs an creative team to meet your requirements for creative digital projects.
ReviewStuart Townsend
Super Rare Games
I had the absolute pleasure of working with Hannah, Max and a number of superstar artists and animators for the creation of the OTXO Key Art. From the outset they were extremely passionate, professional and totally focussed in ensuring the brief was smashed outta the park! They listened, refined when needed, and executed a stunning piece of work that we’re all so proud of! Fine work MLC!
ReviewJon Malave
Eonfall - NeoRelm Studios
It was such pleasure working with MLC! Everything went very smoothly from start to finish. I really appreciated their team's responsiveness to any questions or concerns. My custom 3D assets were completed and delivered much earlier than I anticipated. MLC certainly exceeded my expectations!
ReviewAustin Miller
Gallant
Have worked and am currently working with MLC, and they are one of the best studio collectives that our team has worked with in the lifespan of our game project.Easy to get started, up front and honest pricing, and they offer the majority of needs any project can throw at them. I would highly recommend working with them, and their team of artists/consultants.
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