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This is the ninth time Develop has published a 30 Under 30 list and it’s been an absolute pleasure for us to do so. Thanks to the quantity and quality of nominations, this year’s list has been a very tough one to moderate. We get nominees from all over the world, and from all areas of games development – production, design, art, community, audio and more. We’ve made the rules as simple as we can in order to highlight the best women and men in the industry under the age of thirty. It sounds simple, but in reality it’s an incredibly difficult decision process. Because if you’ve been nominated then that means that you’ve done something. You’ve made an impact. Whether that’s a game release, outstanding work on a project, becoming an integral part of a team, creating your own studio or, as we’re seeing more and more, being a champion of advocacy – you’re making the games industry a better place.
This industry is working hard at an educational level to help guide and inform the developers of the future, talking at universities, schools and events, involving more and more practical experience and creating scholarships and programs for young people. This nurturing of talent benefits everyone from publishers to development studios to gamers, and will continue our industry’s relentless march ahead as the biggest entertainment sector on the planet. And that’s one of the recurring themes of this year’s list, the work that is being done to help push the drive for new talent and diversity in our industry. We didn’t set out with that in mind, but it’s something that everyone in games is now, rightly, investing in – securing the future. If you’ve been nominated or if you are one of the final 30 on the following pages then you have our heartfelt congratulations. You have made an impact and our industry thanks you for it.
Honourable Mentions Dean Day – Greenlight Games, Jennifer Nordwall – Unity, Kieron Baker – Universally Speaking, Alix Briskham – Independent, David Jones – Bulkhead Interactive, Sarah York - Robot Zoo, Andrew Wiley – Red Kite Games, Giulia Zamboni - Gamera Interactive, Karin Bruér – Fast Travel Games, Joe Kinglake – Cloud Imperium Games, Anthea van Leeuwen – International University of Applied Sciences, Derek De Filippo, Monica Ion – Mediatonic, Mark Hastings – Guerilla Tea, Daniel Santos Fonseca – Stage Clear Studios, Rachel Cabot – University of Bath, Neil Jones – DeadArtGames, Abhisake Goyal – Yes Gnome Games, Attilio Carotenuto - Himeki Games, Andrew James Reid - Doctoral Researcher and Independent developer, Jack Hamilton – FuturLab, Connor Stanley - Trapped Nerve, Nareice Wint - Party Llama Games, Benjamin Robert - Libellud Digital, Cian McNabola – Wooga, Stephen Taarland – Tag Games, Sean Oxspring – nDreams, Jey Kazi – Independent, Liam Wales – Catalyst Outsourcing, Elvira Lanzafame, Charles Gbadamosi – The Secret Police, Aran Anderson - Foundry 42, James Earl Cox III - Seemingly Pointless, Lukas Roper – Opposable Games, Jordan Morris, Zac Howie-Brewerton - Pixel Blimp/Jamit Games. Michael Lojko, Vegard Polden, Oliver Hind, Ryan Philpott, James Reid, Max Finch-Bretlaender, Emma Hall – Jagex, Jaime Cross – Blazing Griffin, Sam Bang – Frontier Developments, Angelika Bugl, Manuel Dupong, Mark Verkerk - Splash Damage, Gabriel Tay, Rike Lim, Brandon Chua, Carlos Verlee Vazquez, Jie Hui Ho, Adrian Quek, John Rickne, Quinn Choo, Heidi Kwang, Justin Chow, Fang Liang Lee, Boon Keng Goh – Ubisoft Singapore, Amin Sojoudi – Independent, Piers Duplock - eeGeo Ltd, Pavle Mihajlovic – Flavourworks, Tom Perry, Harry Gladwin Geoghan, Nick Elliot – Playground Games, Jamie Pendleton – Testology, Martin Skytte Kristensen - SYBO Games, Liam Charlton, Amelia Wood, Liam Mcglone, James Walton, Josh Heyde, Bryn Felton-Pitt – Ubisoft Reflections, John Common – CSR-Studios, Jarryd Huntley – Independent, Antony Wilkinson – TT Fusion, George Buckenham – Sensible Object, Gary Lloyd – Sigtrap Games, Steve Thornton – Sperasoft, Ashley Stancill – HyperSloth LTD, Kitty Crawford – Blackstaff Games, Dominic Brittain, Robin Scannell – Hutch, Daryl Dundee, Ross Stephens, Jamie Keddie , David Clarke, Stuart McGaw, Caroline Lepee, Noora Klaavu , Jamie Oates – Outplay Entertainment, Jessie Thomson – Cubic Motion, Oliver Jones - Glu Mobile, Amie McKenzie, Tom Sampson, Tauras Koreiva - Sumo Digital
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