Yorkshire Games Festival took over the museum for a weekend of gameplay, free activities and live shows for the whole family to enjoy together.
- Northern Games Showcase
- Become a young game designer with BAFTA
- Exploring Analogue – tabletop games
- Gaming the Mind – quiet space and mental health tips
- Big-screen gaming in Pictureville Cinema
- Flashback Arcade – pop-up retro games arcade
- Immersive VR demos with XR Stories
- Open Brush VR experience
- National Videogame Museum workshop
- Videogame object handling
- Build a computer with Pudsey Computers
- Discover Esports with Burnley College
- Making a Level with Impact Gamers
Game Talks is our unique programme of talks, master classes and events featuring high-profile industry guests. Improve your knowledge and employability; be inspired and network. Game Talks is for industry professionals, recent graduates and those studying games-related subjects.
Thursday 9 February 2023
- Lauren Kaye, Founder/Host, She Plays Games: How to meet people when you're an introvert
- Mark Ranson, Lead Artist, Void Interactive: Failing faster: Getting stuff done in the games industry
- Alex Earle, Producer, Radical Forge: So, you want to be a games producer?
- Harun Ali, Environment Art QA, Cloud Imperium Games: A Beginner’s Guide to a Career in QA
- Abbie Willett, Game Designer, Sumo Digital: Top tips for landing your first games industry job
- Kalam Neale, Head Of Education, British Esports Association: Careers in the esports industry and beyond
BAFTA at Yorkshire Games Festival: Yorkshire's Games Heritage
An impressively vast array of titles such as Broken Sword, Red Dead Redemption, and Sackboy have all been produced or at least part developed in Yorkshire in recent decades.
In this panel, Andrew Crawshaw (Thunkd, BAFTA-winning Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture), BAFTA Member Abbie Willett (Sumo), and BAFTA Breakthrough 2014 recipient William Pugh (The Stanley Parable) discussed the glittering games heritage of Yorkshire with BAFTA’s Head of Games, Luke Hebblethwaite. What makes the local sector so special for games development? How has it evolved over time? What makes Yorkshire-made games stand out? What does the future hold? And what does BAFTA mean for local talent?
Friday 10 February 2023
- Emily Dervey, Junior 3d Artist, XR Games: Unpacking the routes into the videogame industry (with a focus on 3D environment art)
- Melissa Phillips: What does success look like?
- Hannah Nicklin, CEO, Die Gute Fabrik: Call it what it is: Why approaching story like a craft helps you do it better
- Jade Evans, Animator/Artist, Chucklefish: Pixel art as a tool for artists and game designers
- Sitara Shefta, Head Of Studio, No Brakes Games: Finding the fun without falling flat
- Josh Davidson, Intern Technical Designer, Bulkhead: How comparison destroys personality – Advice from an intern tech designer
Our unmissable Yorkshire Games Festival schools’ days challenged school groups to solve a variety of problems, testing their skills and giving them new methods and approaches to help them reach their potential.
