From integration to GLI approval in just 10 months: What’s possible with Quixant Launchpad™

Developing a game for the regulated land-based casino market is a complex undertaking. Beyond creating engaging game content, you have to navigate gaming-specific hardware requirements, peripheral integration, communication protocols, accounting and audit functionality, security requirements and regulatory certification.

For organisations entering the land-based gaming market for the first time, these challenges can create significant barriers, requiring specialist expertise, substantial development resources and potentially years of work before a game is ready for deployment.

But what if that foundation was already in place?

That’s the opportunity Quixant created with Launchpad™, its purpose-built game software platform designed to simplify the development of land-based gaming solutions. And now, with its first customer successfully achieving Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) approval, Quixant has demonstrated what that approach can deliver in practice.

Without prior casino slot machine experience to GLI approval in 10 months. In December 2025, a new Quixant customer embarked on a project to bring its game content into the regulated land-based casino market. Despite having no previous experience developing casino slot machines, the customer achieved GLI approval at the beginning of October, just 10 months after the project officially began.

The solution brought together three critical elements:

• Launchpad™ game software platform: A purpose-built software foundation providing the gaming-specific functionality needed to support regulated land-based game development.
• Quixant’s IQ 2 gaming hardware: A reliable, gaming-optimised computing platform designed to work alongside Launchpad as an integrated solution.
• Dedicated engineering expertise: Hands-on technical support throughout development, integration, troubleshooting and the GLI approval process.

Rather than having to develop and integrate an entire gaming platform independently, the customer was able to build on Quixant’s existing technology and expertise, concentrating its resources on developing its own game content.

The result was a successfully approved solution, demonstrating how the right technology partner can help simplify the journey from concept to a certification milestone.

More than software. A complete technology partnership.
What makes Launchpad different is not simply the software itself, but the expertise and support that comes with it.

From the outset, Quixant worked closely with the customer’s engineering team, helping them understand the platform, import their games and set up the tools and systems needed to build and test their games.

The project involved detailed technical integration guidance, hardware configuration and hands-on troubleshooting across graphics drivers, display configurations and security-related functionality. This collaborative approach helped resolve technical challenges throughout development and supported the customer’s progression through GLI evaluation.

It also demonstrates the value of working with a partner that understands the complete gaming technology ecosystem. By bringing together purpose-built software, gaming hardware and specialist engineering knowledge, Quixant can help customers reduce integration complexity, overcome technical challenges and navigate the requirements of regulated gaming environments.

It’s a turnkey approach designed to let customers focus on creating differentiated gaming experiences, while Quixant provides the technology foundation underneath.

Why this matters for game developers and manufacturers
For businesses looking to enter or expand within the land-based gaming market, the implications are significant.

Traditionally, developing the underlying gaming platform is a substantial undertaking, requiring specialist knowledge of hardware integration, gaming protocols, accounting systems, security and regulatory requirements. Launchpad offers an alternative.

Built specifically for regulated land-based gaming, the platform provides established functionality including game and device orchestration, accounting and meters, audit capabilities, peripheral integration and support for gaming communication protocols such as SAS.

It is designed to work with different game development environments, helping customers integrate their existing content without having to recreate the underlying gaming infrastructure.

Combined with Quixant’s gaming hardware and engineering support, this approach offers several important advantages:

• Accelerate your path to market: Build on an established software foundation rather than developing every gaming-specific function independently.
• Reduce development complexity: Simplify the integration of hardware, peripherals, gaming protocols and essential platform functionality.
• Navigate certification with greater confidence: Benefit from a platform that has undergone GLI functional evaluation, supported by Quixant’s experience helping a customer achieve gaming approval.
• Focus on what differentiates your business: Direct more development effort towards game content, player experiences and innovation.
• Build a foundation for future growth: Develop on a common technology platform designed to support future products and opportunities across different markets, subject to local regulatory requirements.

For established gaming manufacturers, this can mean reducing the resources required to develop and maintain the underlying technology.

For new entrants, including game content developers looking to expand into regulated land-based gaming, it can help remove some of the technical barriers that have traditionally made market entry challenging.

A proven foundation for future projects
Achieving GLI approval with its first Launchpad™ customer represents more than the successful completion of an individual development project. It validates the combined approach of providing the software platform, gaming hardware and engineering expertise as one integrated solution.

Just as importantly, the experience gained throughout this first implementation has helped Quixant further strengthen its development processes, technical documentation, integration capabilities and customer support model. This creates a more established and repeatable foundation for future Launchpad™ projects.

While every gaming application and regulatory jurisdiction has its own requirements, customers can now benefit from a platform and support model that have been demonstrated through a real-world certification process.

As Quixant continues to expand the Launchpad™ ecosystem, the objective remains clear: to make it easier for game developers and manufacturers to bring their ideas to life, navigate technical complexity and reach their target markets.

Could Launchpad accelerate your next gaming project?
Whether you are an established gaming manufacturer developing your next generation of products, a game studio exploring opportunities in land-based gaming, or a business looking to enter new regulated markets, you don’t need to build everything from scratch.

Quixant brings together gaming-specific software, purpose-built hardware and decades of industry expertise to help you develop smarter, simplify integration and accelerate your path to market.

Our first Launchpad™ customer has demonstrated what’s possible. Now we’d love to explore what we could help you achieve.

Talk to our team about Launchpad™ and discover how we can support your next gaming project.

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