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GLITCHERS
Founded 10 September 2013
Headquarters Leith , Edinburgh, Scotland
Founder(s) Matthew Hyde, Maxwell Scott-Slade, Hugo Scott-Slade
Industry Indie game design and development
URL glitchers .com

Glitchers is a British video-game company based in Edinburgh , Scotland. It was founded in 2013 by Matthew Hyde, Hugo Scott-Slade, and Maxwell Scott-Slade (of Johnny Two Shoes ). [1] [2] [3] Glitchers is best known for developing Sea Hero Quest in 2016. The game was developed in collaboration with Alzheimer's Research UK to help dementia research by tracking players' 3D navigation. [4]

The company's name was GLITCHE.RS from 2013 to 2016. [5] It uses the tagline "Games for Good", [6] and aims to "create games that could make a positive impact on the world". [7]

Games [ edit ]

  • Plunderland (2010) is an interactive pirate adventure game for iPhone, released initially as part of Johnny Two Shoes but now developed by Glitchers and is available as part of GameClub
  • Chippy (2013), a time management game in a simulated fish and chips shop, Chippy was developed as a self-funded app based game and is now available as part of GameClub. [1] Chippy was well received and described by Pocket Gamer as “addictive stuff, and it’s easy to play”. [8]
  • Gumulon (2013) is a mobile app based game promoting Stride chewing gum by requiring the player to chew to activate the game. [9]
  • Kano is an experimental colour-matching arcade game, [10] which Glitchers explain “was designed primarily as an experiment for us to test out assumptions around player retention, payment models and growth hacking .” [11]
  • Sea Hero Quest (2016) is a mobile game which contributes to research on dementia by tracking players' 3D navigation [12] It was designed by Glitchers in association with Alzheimer's Research UK , University College London and the University of East Anglia and with funding from Deutsche Telekom . [13] [14] [15] The idea for the game came from neuroscientist Michael Hornberger of the University of East Anglia who collaborated with Hugo Spiers of University College London and a group of six other neuroscientists. [16] A new Research Edition was announced in 2021. [17]
  • Cone Wars (2017) is an online multiplayer and PC game featuring Ice cream van turf wars [18] in which teams compete to sell the most ice creams using weapons and tactics.
  • Nestlums (2020) is a money training app for children, designed to teach good financial habits using familiar gaming techniques, developed in collaboration with Cauldron. [19]
  • Crush your FOFO (2018) was developed with the Patients Association and AbbVie to explore patients' "Fear of Finding Out" which leads them to delay seeking medical advice. [20] [21] [22]
  • Drive Buy (2021) is described as a "short-session multiplayer vehicle combat game with a delivery twist" and is available on Steam and Nintendo Switch [23]

In a 2023 blog post marking the 10th anniversary of the company, two forthcoming games were described: [7]

  • Forest Guardian will concern rainforest protection
  • Enhance , developed with University College London , will be a "spiritual successor" to Sea Hero Quest , "targeted at the 60-80 year old audience Sea Hero Quest couldn’t quite reach".

Awards [ edit ]

In 2018 Sea Hero Quest was nominated for a British Academy Games Awards BAFTA in the category: Game Beyond Entertainment, [24] a new category for games which "deliver a transformational experience beyond pure entertainment". [25] Sea Hero Quest also won bronze in the 2018 The One Show awards. [26]

Also in 2018 Glitchers won a Webby award for Social Impact. [27]

In 2020 Sea Hero Quest was nominated for the Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game at the New York Game Awards. [28]

In 2022 the company was awarded funding from the UK Games Fund to support the development of Cone Wars . [29] [30]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b Lomas, Natasha (2 November 2013). "Chippy Is A Fish & Chip Shop Simulator For iOS That Puts The Fun Into Deep-Fat Frying" . Techcrunch . Archived from the original on 18 May 2016 . Retrieved 5 May 2016 .
  2. ^ "Maxwell Scott-Slade" . ICE Totally Gaming . Archived from the original on 13 May 2016 . Retrieved 5 May 2016 .
  3. ^ "Company Profile: Glitchers" . The Scottish Games Network . 5 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023 . Retrieved 11 December 2023 .
  4. ^ " 'We can change lives': How one Scottish games company is helping to fight dementia" . The National . 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023 . Retrieved 11 December 2023 .
  5. ^ "Glitchers Ltd overview" . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . Companies House. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021 . Retrieved 10 November 2021 .
  6. ^ "Glitchers - Games for Good" . Glitchers. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023 . Retrieved 11 December 2023 .
  7. ^ a b "Celebrating 10 years" . Blog . Glitchers. 21 September 2023. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023 . Retrieved 11 December 2023 .
  8. ^ McKeand, Kirk. "Chippy" . Pocket Gamer . Archived from the original on 26 February 2021 . Retrieved 10 March 2021 .
  9. ^ "Gumulon Case Study" . W+K LDN . Wieden+Kennedy. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016 . Retrieved 5 May 2016 .
  10. ^ "Kano" . Archived from the original on 9 June 2016 . Retrieved 5 May 2016 .
  11. ^ "Kano" . Glitchers . Archived from the original on 10 March 2021 . Retrieved 10 March 2021 .
  12. ^ "Mobile game Sea Hero Quest 'helps dementia research' " . BBC News . 4 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016 . Retrieved 5 May 2016 .
  13. ^ "Partners" . Sea Hero Quest . Archived from the original on 13 May 2016 . Retrieved 5 May 2016 .
  14. ^ Titcomb, James (4 May 2016). "Playing this smartphone game can help fight dementia" . The Telegraph . Archived from the original on 5 May 2016 . Retrieved 5 May 2016 .
  15. ^ "Home page" . Glitchers. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016 . Retrieved 5 May 2016 .
  16. ^ Kaplan, Sara (7 May 2016). "Two minutes playing this video game could help scientists fight Alzheimer's" . Washington Post . Archived from the original on 10 June 2016 . Retrieved 8 May 2016 .
  17. ^ "Sea Hero Quest relaunches as a new Research Edition" . Blog . Glitchers. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023 . Retrieved 11 December 2023 .
  18. ^ "Cone wars" . Archived from the original on 21 May 2016 . Retrieved 5 May 2016 .
  19. ^ McLaughlin, Aimee. "Meet Nestlums, the app teaching kids all about money" . Creative Review . Archived from the original on 20 April 2021 . Retrieved 10 March 2021 .
  20. ^ "Crush Your FOFO" . Glitchers . Archived from the original on 11 December 2023 . Retrieved 11 December 2023 .
  21. ^ "A new quiz app wants to help users beat their fear of finding out bad news from the doctor" . www.expressandstar.com . 15 February 2018. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023 . Retrieved 11 December 2023 .
  22. ^ "Quiz aims to help understand the fear of finding out medical conditions" . Digital Health . 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023 . Retrieved 11 December 2023 .
  23. ^ Craddock, Ryan. "Multiplayer Vehicle Combat Game Drive Buy Speeds Onto Switch" . Nintendo Life . Archived from the original on 20 February 2021 . Retrieved 10 March 2021 .
  24. ^ "Game Beyond Entertainment: Sea Hero Quest VR" . BAFTA.org . Archived from the original on 8 December 2019 . Retrieved 10 March 2021 .
  25. ^ Makedonski, Brett (12 April 2018). "BAFTA names What Remains of Edith Finch its best game of 2017" . Destructoid . Archived from the original on 25 April 2018 . Retrieved 13 April 2018 .
  26. ^ "The One Show - Archive of Winners | The One ClubOne Show | Glitchers / London | 2018 | Interactive" . www.oneclub.org . Archived from the original on 11 December 2023 . Retrieved 11 December 2023 .
  27. ^ "2018 Winners" . The Webby Awards . 24 April 2018 . Retrieved 10 March 2021 .
  28. ^ Sheehan, Gavin (2 January 2020). "The New York Game Awards Announces 2020 Nominees" . Bleeding Cool . Archived from the original on 4 January 2020 . Retrieved 4 January 2020 .
  29. ^ "Three Scottish Studios Awarded ￡25K By UK Games Fund" . The Scottish Games Network . 13 May 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023 . Retrieved 11 December 2023 .
  30. ^ "Cone Wars" . UK Games Fund . Archived from the original on 11 December 2023 . Retrieved 11 December 2023 .

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