On Friday the 17th of April, I went to New Games Plus!
New Games Plus is a part of London Games Festival, a showcase of new and upcoming video games from a variety of indie developers. Over the course of my time there I would be chatting with developers and other members of industry, handing out business cards, and playing a whole bunch of games with my friend and fellow DPS student, Pelin.
My objective for the day was to put myself out there and network, talk to lots of people and hopefully hand out a few business cards. This was pretty challenging, as i’m still very new to spaces like these- my only experience prior being Develop Brighton. Luckily, I had come prepared as my mentor Lili (who you can read about here) had already given me plenty of top tips on what to say!
One of the first booths we approached was of Museful, a game by Nostalgicat where you play as a little lizard painting the world colourful. I loved the painterly style, and had a chance to speak with the developers and artists behind the game. After following them on Instagram and picking up some stickers, we exchanged business cards so that we could follow each other on Linkedin and socials!
Another booth we approached was GodsTV by Melbot. After playing for a while, we struck up conversation with the social media manager, who talked us through her role on the team and showed us some incredible art assets and character designs. I shared my busines card with her, and we followed eachother on LinkedIn as well.
Whilst there, we also saw the Nippets booth and Nicola Strina, who we worked with on a live brief (you can read about it here) ! He let us know that next week the social media team would be posting our animations, hooray! We also met The Lamb from Cult of The Lamb.
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