Short answer: expect a good studio to turn goals into testable behaviours, expose technical risks early, deliver through staging, and document how the system is operated.
Discovery
The first deliverable is shared understanding: player journey, operator controls, integrations, scale assumptions and acceptance criteria.
Production
Work should arrive in reviewable increments. Staging, migration rehearsal and failure testing matter as much as the happy path shown in a demo.
Handover
Agree who owns source code, credentials, build instructions, releases and future compatibility work before development begins.
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