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's festival of games culture, bringing aspiring developers closer to the industry & providing interactive fun for families! 4-10 February 2023
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Ahead of Tears of The Kingdom test your knowledge of Hyrule with Lostgamer.io - perfect for nerds who love Zelda and also love maps.
You can do an Elden Ring version too but even a slight chance of being back in Caelid is too much for us.
lostgamer.io/breath-of-the-
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Zelda in Tears of the Kingdom: Link, you must find me!
Link, meanwhile:
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Make sure you get your nominations in for any awesome people you know and/or work with.
Gonna do the soft sell again 😆 but if you have seen work that I have been doing over last 2 years, could nominee me for Unsung hero (I think category I'm applicable for due to job change)
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We're in the final stretch!
Just 7 days left to get your nominations in. If you know a game dev who needs more recognition, don't wait, nominate them today!
Nominate Here: gamedevheroes.co/2023-nominatio
#GameDevHeroes #GDH23
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My government alert looked different to everyone else's. What does this mean?
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If you're headed to watch at IMAX this week and think it's really fun - we made a handy guide to getting started with your own imaginary adventures for friends and family!
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Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves lands this weekend – in IMAX 
Never explored the fantastical world of D&D?
Check out our handy guide to role-playing games, from the @YorksGamesFest experts 
scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/yorks
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Check out our handy guide to role-playing games, from the @YorksGamesFest experts scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/yorks1
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I can't get over how freakin' cool this is from
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Huge thanks to National Lottery players, our ambitious project will futureproof the museum for decades to come, creating two new galleries to showcase our world-class collections, and an additional passenger lift, making the museum accessible to more visitors
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As we announce over £3.7m of #NationalLottery funding to the @MediaMuseum and @ThePieceHall, our North Director @hjfeathers talks to @yorkshirepost about how our new strategy "sets out a really clear vision"
Read more: yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/mi
#Heritage2033 #HeritageFund
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This is happening TONIGHT!! ✨
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The Game Beyond Entertainment online panel
27 March | 6PM | FREE
Hosted by @jayannlopez_
Featuring creatives from:
Citizen Sleeper
Endling – Extinction is Forever
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
Not for Broadcast
We'll always have Paris
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Calling all #Gamedevs! The Indielab Games UK
Accelerator 2023 is open for applications.
Want to discover how this fully-funded programme can ⏩accelerate the growth of your business? Sign up for a no-obligation briefing before you apply:
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🚨Applications are open for the Indielab Games UK
Accelerator 2023 . Created to support #Gamedevs across the UK looking to accelerate ⏩ their business growth. For more details on the fully-funded
programme and info on how to apply 👉
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Here is my daily spam about THIS SATURDAY'S Game Sessions Open Day at BAFTA HQ:
✨Three panel talks - Made in the UK, The Art of Games, and Performance in Games w Very Cool Speakers™️
🎶An audio-visual Music exhibition
🎮A playable nominees showcase
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bit.ly/3Jow24u
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Video Games or Videogames? Help! So divisive but I’ll take a majority vote.
- Video Games65.3%
- Videogames34.7%
49 votesFinal results
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A good watch of Jamie sharing his passion for games, Yorkshire and The North!
#Yorkshire #GR20 - thanks
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Game Republic turns 20! 
We recently spoke to Jamie Sefton about why Yorkshire and the North are a great place to make games and the 20th Anniversary of Game Republic which Barclays are delighted to be supporting.
See the full interview here: barc.ly/3KM61ON
We recently spoke to Jamie Sefton about why Yorkshire and the North are a great place to make games and the 20th Anniversary of Game Republic which Barclays are delighted to be supporting.
See the full interview here: barc.ly/3KM61ON
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Fantastic to see such a diversity of games in this year's #BAFTAGamesAwards - 45 games in total, versus 39 last year and 35 the year before
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Congrats to all #BAFTAGamesAwards nominees, it's wonderful to see so many past #YGF friends nominated for some wonderful games this year.
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Our Awards Nominations are being revealed LIVE today at 2pm! What games do you think will have made the list...? 👀✨
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Pedro Pascal is out here just making a career doing escort missions
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Just been working on a little updated logo for Starblight. Now I've introduced some of that red colour and made it link up to the game's theme a little more. Thoughts?
#pixelart #IndieGameDev #gamedev
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Wish I coulda been there in person to celebrate Yorkshire games!!
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✅ First-EVER public talk
✅ Broke the Q&A machine
GG Josh Davidson, our Intern Tech Designer, who smashed it at the !
Didn't catch us in person? Come chat with us about opportunities at Bulkhead here 👉bit.ly/3RWI88M
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Super report last night featuring the fab work of with interviews including .
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💫 Studio Lead did a talk for the excellent last week.
👀 Check it out here, a 20 min video with full closed captions & transcript!
📣 Call it what it is! Why approaching story like a craft helps you do it better...
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Cheeky clip of me hyping up the crowd hiding in here~ I loved being a part of this wonderful festival and the people in it were ✨the best✨
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Thank you so much @YorksGamesFest for having me earlier this month
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Lovely for our panel to feature in this nice little round up of the great - thanks Lauren!
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Thank you so much @YorksGamesFest for having me earlier this month
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Thank you so much for having me earlier this month 🎮✨
Watch the full vid on my TikTok ❤️
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Check it out, an entire record of the talk I gave at - with a transcript and closed captioning.
“Call it What it is” is about approaching story in games with a craft mindset.
gutefabrik.com/craft-call-it-
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Studio Lead @hannahnicklin did a talk for the excellent @YorksGamesFest last week.
Check it out here, a 20 min video with full closed captions & transcript!
Call it what it is! Why approaching story like a craft helps you do it better...
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🚨CALLING ALL YOUNG GAME DESIGNERS🚨
There is still time to get your entries in for the 2023 BAFTA Young Game Designers competition!
Entries close on 6 March at 5pm GMT, so be sure to submit before the closing date for a chance to be a #BAFTAYGD winner 🏆
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🎮Yorkshire Games Festival
Screenwriting students and Games Design students experienced a day of talks from industry speakers, games to play, and a networking session where they had the chance to meet experts from the industry 🤩
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I do love some free swag at events. So shout out to for this little haul yesterday. Great event content and branded socks, are you kidding me?! Amazing.
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was a blast! I really enjoyed the talks and the panel last night. It was great to meet so many new people 😄🤝
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Shout out to the team & students in attendance.
Amazing talks this afternoon from , & our very own . And arguably some of the most powerful dungarees I’ve seen & fantastic stage hosting from .
Till next time!
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Thanks to all who attended our panel at – and a special thanks to our panellists and 🎉🎮
As part of our panel, we asked members of the games industry to say a few words about Yorkshire’s wonderful gaming heritage...
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What an amazing event was shout out to everyone that came to do talks and an extra special shout out to all the organisers and volunteers for putting on such an amazing event I can't wait to come back next year!
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