Wales @ Game Developers Conference 2024

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This is Games. This is Wales. We’re a small but mighty nation shaped by our people, inspired by our places, and alive with creative talent. Thanks to Welsh Government support via Trade & Invest, Creative Wales is proud to be at Game Developers Conference 2024 with some of Wales’ leading digital tech companies, who are all here to showcase their creative output in front of international audiences and make new connections.

Our ambition is to build on our success to date and create a thriving creative cluster for the Games sector in Wales, by attracting new inward investment and offering highly-skilled careers for creative professionals. We have seen exponential growth in recent years with major companies anchoring themselves here, thanks to the opportunities and excellent lifestyle available – Wales truly is the best place to live, work and play.

Speak to our team about the opportunities and support offered to companies looking to locate their business in Wales as well as opportunities to do business with the excellent Welsh companies exhibiting at this year’s GDC.

The creative industries in Wales are of huge value to the local economy, with 3,545 businesses operating across sectors including Film, TV and Animation, Games, Music, and Publishing, employing 32,500 people overall as of 2022.*

* Data sources: Annual Population Survey (employment); Inter-Departmental Businesses Register (number of businesses and turnover); Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (weekly earnings data). Years refer to calendar years e.g. 2022 refers to the year ending December 2022.

Rocket Science Corp.

Rocket Science Corp. is an expert backend engineering co-dev studio that tackles gaming's toughest challenges, enabling top industry talents to create out-of-this-world experiences for leading developers and publishers across the globe.

Recently, Rocket Science launched Atomic Theory to create exceptional experiences in the co-dev gaming space. At its core, Atomic Theory offers in-game development and UI/UX services with teams located in Cardiff, Wales; Austin, TX; Albany, NY; and across North America and the UK.

www.rocketscience.gg

@rocketsciencegg Rocket

atomictheory.gg @atomictheorygg

COPA Gaming

Established in 2022 as an integral part of COPA Cymru, a BAFTA Cymru award-winning production house based in Cardiff, COPA Gaming now has a life of its own.

Our mission is to craft exceptional gaming experiences for a diverse global audience. With a steadfast commitment to quality and innovation, we take pride in developing captivating games that reflect the unique spirit of Wales.

www.copagaming.co.uk

Contact:

Osian Williams

osian@copacymru.com

Dragon Scale Studios Ltd.

Dragon Scale Studios is a game development studio based in Cardiff, Wales, working on its first project Set

Sail! A 4 Player, Couch Co-op, Pirate Party Adventure, as well as other exciting projects in this new, pirate IP.

Formed of 6 graduates from the University of South Wales, and working with student and graduate contractors, we have already had success in Tranzfuser, I71, EGX and DunDev.

We stand by our 5 values:

—Mighty

—Games

—Welsh

—Ambitious

—Fun

www.dragonscalestudios.co.uk

Contact:

Luke Maloney

contact@dragonscalestudios.co.uk

Dragon Scale Studios

Good Gate Media

Good Gate Media are an indie game developer and film production company based in Cardiff, Wales.

Founded by John Giwa-Amu in 2018, we've since released 6 games including The Complex and Five Dates and produced a movie with a major Hollywood Studio. Our current slate includes film, television and a further four games.

www.goodgatemedia.com

Contact:

Alex Lightman

alex@goodgatemedia.com

Imersifi

We create world-class Virtual Reality applications that allow for the simulation of any environment or scenario, providing limitless possibilities for learning and development experiences. Imersifi deliver market leading, natural, and effective XR training and entertainment solutions. As the only masters-level qualified VR studio in Wales, Imersifi stands out for its expertise in interaction design, data integration, and user-centric instructional design.

The team has a proven track record delivering VR training for a variety of industries, including medical, health and safety, and engineering. Imersifi's unique offering is the ability to create fully bespoke, tailored, and easily updatable VR experiences with integrated learning.

www.imersifi.com

Contact:

contact@imersifi.com

@imersifi

MARSHALL –The Composer, Percussionist

& Arranger

Marshall is a Composer from Wales UK that specialises in Music for Games, TV, and Film. Marshall has strong Welsh heritage and has produced music for Royalty, Artists and Media around the world.

www.marshallmusic.co.uk

Contact:

Chris Marshall

info@marshalljonesmusic.co.uk

@composermarshall

PDR

We are a world-leading design consultancy and research centre based in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Over the last five years, we have immersed ourselves in providing Research, Development and Innovation support within South Wales’ screen and media industries.

We have supported around 200 freelancers and companies from the sector with both training and innovation support, leading to the release of many new products and services onto the market.

As a partner in Media Cymru we are helping creative organisations to effectively utilise innovation funding through the application of user-centred design, the development of partnerships and collaboration, and with a focus on commercialization.

www.pdr-design.com

Contact:

Jarred Evans

jwevans@pdr-design.com

Rescape

Rescape is the leading provider of immersive therapies in the UK with our DR.VR solution being licensed in over 80 healthcare environments including the NHS, care homes and hospices.

DR.VR is a virtual reality distraction therapy solution that primarily supports pain relief, reduces anxiety/ stress and improves patient’s experience. DR.VR is the first immersive Class One Medical Device in the UK and is designed to be simple and straightforward to implement even with no prior VR experience.

We use games and storytelling to deliver therapeutic benefit and our solution has been rigorously tested in clinical research and real-world environments.

We work with some of the biggest UK children hospital and charities to help children and their parents cope with a stay in hospital and invest heavily in R&D to further our knowledge of immersive therapies. Using Tech4good is at our core.

www.rescape.health

Contact:

Kevin Moss

kev@rescape.health

Sugar Creative

Sugar Creative is a multi award winning creative technology studio. Sugar delivers wonder through innovation bringing imagination to life with inspirational and incredible outcomes for everything from entertainment to marketing and science.

Based in Wales UK and working with international partners including Aardman, Toyota, Niantic, Dr.Seuss, Kingspan, Ubisoft, BBC, Apple, and Tmobile they are regarded as one of the UKs leading creative innovators. This work has helped to evolve the immersive landscape and led to awards

and accolades including a QLD XR Best in World award, shortlisting for two Cannes Lions, a BIMA10, UK App Award, and a TIGA.

Current flagship projects include a recent partnership between Sugar and Ubisoft creating a global first-of-kind immersive experience that will bring the world of Assassin's Creed Valhalla to life in XR, a brand new story engine creating narrative VR experiences, a partnership with Chemical Brothers to explore the potential of new XR formats within musical focused experiences.

www.sugar.agency

Contact:

Will Humphrey

will@sugar.agency

Jason Veal

jason@sugar.agency

Wales Interactive

Wales Interactive is a multi-awardwinning indie video games and interactive movie developer & publisher based in Wales, UK.

Our growing portfolio of titles have been played by millions globally, including; Maid of Sker, Late Shift, Sker Ritual, Ten Dates, The Complex, Five Dates, and many more.

Our

www.walesinteractive.com

Contact: Dr. David Banner

dai@walesinteractive.com

@WalesInter @walesinteractive

Zygo Media

Zygo is the leading content production agency in gaming. Since 2017, we have been building teams around creators and brands to scale their content.

We provide premiere services to our clients across each discipline to ensure that the content engine we create can produce quality consistently.

www.zygomedia.com

Contact:

Gareth Harry, COO gareth@zygomedia.com

Stephen Ellis, CEO stephen@zygomedia.com

Jordan Dhar, Client Success Manager jordandhar@zygomedia.com

@zygomedia

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