• $65K credits + grants
  • 3 weeks
  • starts Wed Oct 28
  • rolling applications
  • meet us at GamesBeat Next Nov 2–3

Talofa Games × Cognition · Cohort 1

Devin for Gaming

A 3-week program for game studios that want to put Devin, the AI software engineer, to work on their game. Any engine: Unity, Unreal, Godot or your own.

Start quest: apply Sign up for Devin Play Monster Walk

Official collaboration

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Devin for Gaming is sponsored by Cognition, the company behind Devin, and Talofa Games, the award-winning studio behind Monster Walk. Talofa Games is an official advisor to Cognition on AI gaming and the future of gaming. Talofa is building AI workflows and a platform for games for good.

Loot

What you get

$65K

in Devin credits and grants: $15K on approval, plus 1:1 matching up to $50K

Weekly

office hours with Talofa and Cognition engineers

IRL

workshops in person at Cognition's office

Legendary drop

A free Devin plushie for every studio

The Cognition otter, laptop included. One per studio, handed over at the first in-person workshop. Or come say hi at GamesBeat Next, Nov 2–3: email jenny@talofagames.com to set up a time to chat.

Quest log · Monster Walk

What it did for us

Results from the first 19 days of running Devin on Monster Walk (Unity). All numbers come from our own repository.

52 → 879 Devin PRs merged per week
1,630 PRs merged in 19 days
< 1 h median PR, open to merged
48 automations running the studio
105 Unity Play verifiers
20 headless test suites

Download Monster Walk

Monster Walk is Talofa's step-powered monster-collecting game for iPhone and Android. Scan the code or use the store links.

App Store Google Play Play Monster Walk
QR code that opens https://www.talofagames.com/monsterwalk/

Trophy room

Talofa is an award-winning studio

Recognition for Monster Walk and Talofa Games from Unity, VentureBeat and Supercell.

Spring 2026 · Studio Talofa Games takes part in Supercell's AI Innovation Lab

We joined Supercell's 8-week AI Innovation Lab, which funded the development of Pulse Match.

 Spring 2026 · Monster Walk Talofa named a winner of the Unity for Humanity social impact grant

Monster Walk is one of 10 winners chosen from 515+ applications. The grant will expand the game with mini games and new fitness types.

 2025 · Studio Talofa Games wins the Unity Social Impact Award

Recognized among Unity's 2025 Social Impact honorees.

 2025 · Studio Named a Game Changers 25 top gaming startup

Talofa Games made the 2025 list of the most innovative gaming startups.
In the press: 44 articles, podcasts and talks
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Skills unlocked

Things you'll learn

  • Sub-Devins
  • Agentic QA
  • Merge train
  • GEO
  • SEO
  • ASO
  • Playable ads
  • Build fail → fix PR
  • Economy review
  • Precedent ledger
  • Engine Tester sessions
  • Shared bug board
  • Proof screenshots
  • and many more
Optimization guides, free to read: GEO: get your game cited by AI assistantsSEO: a game studio site that ranksASO: store listings that convert

Quest chain

How it runs

3 weeks, starting Wed Oct 28. Workshops are in person at Cognition's office and run on your own project. Every studio gets a free Devin plushie.

  1. 1
    Week 1 Rolling applications and onboarding: create your Devin account, receive your $15K starting credits, connect your repo.
  2. 2
    Week 2 Workshop 1, in person at Cognition's office: setting up Devin on your project, first merged PRs. Office hours.
  3. 3
    Week 3 Workshop 2, in person at Cognition's office: sub-Devins, automated QA and automations. Office hours.
  4. 4
    Demo day Each studio shows what it shipped. The cohort Slack stays open afterwards.

Recruit a studio

Refer a studio, earn 5K credits

You receive 5K Devin credits for every VC-backed gaming company you refer that joins the cohort and spends more than 5K of its own Devin credits. Ask them to enter your name in “Referred by”, or share the QR code.

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New quest

Apply for Cohort 1

Two steps. Applications are open on a rolling basis during week 1, and we reply to every applicant by email.

Want to talk first? Meet us in person at GamesBeat Next, Nov 2–3. Email jenny@talofagames.com to set up a time to chat.

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Create your Devin account

Same terms as Devin for Startups: $15K in credits land in the Devin account you apply with on approval; Cognition then matches every dollar you reload, up to $50K in grants on your next $100K of usage.

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Tell us about your studio

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