Yorkshire Games Festival 2017 | National Science and Media Museum

Yorkshire Games Festival 2017 ended on 12 November 2017. For details of our current events and exhibitions, take a look at our what’s on page.

Guests at the second Yorkshire Games Festival included the likes of TT Games, Frontier Developments, Ninja Theory, Ghost Town Games and Iki Ikram.

The festival kicked off with a special day just for schools, followed by two days of inspiring talks, including a keynote speech given by award-winning VFX artist (and Bradford College alumnus) Iki Ikram. At our Let’s Play! weekend, visitors could test local games, get involved in hands-on workshops and enjoy amazing live shows.

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Young visitors playing games at Yorkshire Games Festival — Young visitors test unusual games in the Videogames, But... showcase
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Participants in The Displaced, wearing costumes, walk through Bradford — LARPers descend on Bradford city centre as part of The Displaced
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Iki Ikram speaking at Yorkshire Games Festival — Bradford College alumnus Iki Ikram gives his keynote speech
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Visitors at Creative England GameLab Leeds Showcase — Creative England GameLab Leeds Showcase, part of Let’s Play! weekend
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David Wise playing the saxophone — David Wise demonstrates some ‘Music for Games’ in his soundtrack-themed talk
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Katy Marshall leads a workshop at Yorkshire Games Festival — Katy Marshall of Installation Required leads a Makey Makey workshop
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Students at Yorkshire Games Festival Schools' Day — This year’s festival kicked off with a special Schools’ Day
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Steve McNeil and Rob Sedgebeer present WiFi Wars in Pictureville Cinema — Steve McNeil and Rob Sedgebeer present WiFi Wars, part of Let’s Play! weekend
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Arthur Parsons at Yorkshire Games Festival — Arthur Parsons of TT Games talks about LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2
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David Wise and Iki Ikram with Students — David Wise and Iki Ikram meet students at a networking session
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Visitors at Creative England GameLab Leeds Showcase — Creative England GameLab Leeds Showcase, part of Let’s Play! weekend
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Dominic Matthews speaking at Yorkshire Games Festival — Dominic Matthews of Ninja Theory talks Hellblade: Sensua’s Sacrifice
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Children playing computer games at Yorkshire Games Festival — Locally-made games in the Impact Gamers Arcade, part of Let’s Play! weekend
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Presenters of Impact Gamers LiVE on stage — Impact Gamers LiVE, part of Let’s Play! weekend
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Louise McLennan and Sebastian Hickey of Frontier Developments on stage — Louise McLennan and Sebastian Hickey of Frontier Developments talk about the development of Elite Dangerous
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Jordan Erica Webber and Keith Stuart on stage at Yorkshire Games Festival — The Guardian’s Jordan Erica Webber and Keith Stuart
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Kieran Crimmins and James Svensson of Criterion Games on stage — Kieran Crimmins and James Svensson of Criterion Games discuss their work on Star Wars Battlefront VR Mission
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Schoolchildren testing 3D glasses at Yorkshire Games Festival Schools' Day — This year’s festival kicked off with a special Schools’ Day
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Oli De-Vine and Phil Duncan of Ghost Town Games on stage — Oli De-Vine and Phil Duncan of Ghost Town Games reveal how they developed Overcooked
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Tracy Spaight on stage at Yorkshire Games Festival — Tracy Spaight of Wargaming.net talks managing online communities
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Festival programme

10.30 Martin Korda: Blockbuster! How to enjoy a career writing for multi-billion-dollar game franchises

11.35 Arthur Parsons, TT Games: Creating Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2

13.30 Tracy Spaight, Wargaming.net: Managing online communities

14.00–16.30 The Business of Videogames workshop

14.30 Louise McLennan and Sebastian Hickey, Frontier Developments: UI/UX of Elite Dangerous

15.30 Dominic Matthews, Ninja Theory: Breaking Through: Psychosis and the making of independent AAA game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

17.00 Networking

18.30 Lates: Games

10.30 Keynote: Iki Ikram

11.35 David Wise: Writing music for games

13.30 Oli De-Vine and Phil Duncan, Ghost Town Games: Overcooked

14.30 Kieran Crimmins and James Svensson: Tears of joy in Star Wars Battlefront VR

15.30 James Brown and Michael Brown, Boneloaf: Gang Beasts—Creating the multiplayer jelly-people brawler phenomenon

17.00 Meet the Developers networking event

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