Bristol’s Gaming Community
After a recent meeting about Bristol Game Jam, it became apparent that there is a growing community of games people in our fair city. Now those of us who’ve been around the games block for a bit (I first started messing with creating graphics (badly) on a ZX81 and my first game on the BBC Micro), knew that in the wider region we had a number of games developers come and go including Microprose (RIP), Pivotal Games (RIP), Hothouse Creations (RIP) and Confounding Factor (RIP). However since then, as the smart-phone market has emerged, it seems like lots of interesting stuff has been happening, so I’ve put together a list of what I think is happening here in the city (listed A-Z) – let me know if I’ve missed anything at tom at aurochdigital dot com – or contact us at Bristol Games Hub, thanks.
Video Games Developers (developers who make games, though they make other non-game stuff and apps too):
- Aardman Digital
- Auroch Digital (Consultancy as well as Games Development)
- Clockwork Cuckoo
- Demon Apathy
- Force of Habit
- Large Visible Machine
- Lo Fi Games
- Mobile Pie
- Mubaloo
- My Oxygen
- Opposable Games
- Red Wasp Design
- Toxic Games
- The Motion Monkey
- Thought Den
- ToolBox Design
- Echoic (Audio)
- Engine Room Games (core tech)
- Gusset (Audio)
- James Parker Writing
- Red Panda (Audio)
- Slingshot (street & pervasive gaming)
- SN Systems (Sony’s development tools creator)
- Arc System Works Europe (Publisher of BlazBlue and other games)
Games & Education
- Games Technology BSc (UWE)
- Digital Cultures Research Centre (UWE, includes lots of game studies academics)
- Bristol Games Hub (non-profit games dev space & community – plus office space for cheap!! sign-up for the newsletter here.)
- Bristol Facebook Page (email debbie at aurochdigital dot com to join)
- Games Jam Main Site
- PM Studio (where lots of game related stuff happens)
- Explay (Games festival)
- Neon Play (Cirencester)
- Fayju.com (Swindon)
- Geek Beach (Swindon & Bristol)
- Mutant Labs (Plymouth)
Game Jam 2012 in Bristol at the PM Studio
A Great Becoming... 