Mission Control and The Games Industry in Teesside


Recently, I helped create and contribute to Mission Control, a campaign made to promote the games industry developments in Teesside (North-East England).

The campaign focused largely on Launchpad, a games dev startup located in Middlesbrough, which houses/supports multiple developers, including Radical Forge, FoxByte Games, and Sock Monkey Studios. There, we interviewed Launchpad's founder, Steve Dougan. 

We also met Olly Bennett (Radical Forge) and Bruce Slater (Cardboard Sword), both founders of Teesside games networking event Gamebridge, and talked to them all about their event. 

Other video content we created for Mission Control included an inside look at Launchpad, and various promotional videos for the campaign. We also ran social media channels for Mission Control, which helped to promote our message.

That message? Teesside is a great area for anyone who wants to work in the games industry. Thanks to the combined forces of Launchpad and Gamebridge, there are massive levels of support available for anyone there looking to make games. Alongside these, Teesside University's games courses and the annual festival event Animex (where major games developers give talks each year. Past contributors include Bethesda and Rare!) ensure Teesside is a fantastic space for games education as well. 

If you're interested in games development, take a look at Mission Control, and see the industry from the viewpoint of those who work in it. 


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