Game Bridge

Game Bridge welcomes Grads in Games to Teesside University. The initiative run by Aardvark Swift, arrives in Middlesbrough on Friday - TU students, make sure you're there!

Sign-up for the 2020 Search for a Star and Rising Star game development challenges is open RIGHT NOW and closes in just TWO WEEKS (December 16th). If you're a student looking to break into video games, these industry-led game development challenges showcase your work to prominent studios.

As part of the visit, Game Bridge will be held the night before on Thursday the 5th of December in Teesside University's 'Hub'. There'll be a networking event full of developers, industry professionals, indie devs, graduates, games students and games being exhibited.

We have a FREE COACH for those traveling from/to Newcastle and Sunderland (information at the bottom of this page.) There will also be limited FREE DRINKS for registered attendees - while stocks last!

PREMIUM Sponsor:

Double Eleven are a Teesside-based games publisher and developer, with current projects including Minecraft Dungeons, Rust and Prison Architect. Double Eleven specialise in adapting games for new platforms and audiences and have worked on a wide range of titles including Crackdown 3, LittleBigPlanet and the Lego games series.

Gold Sponsors:

EXHIBITORS

• Andreas & Pedro - NecroPet
• Coatsink - Cake Bash
• Doom Catalyst - Killing Space
• Fox Byte - Beat Your Meat (Christmas Edition)
• Made by Titans - Squishy Sports
• Raees James - Spectra
• SockMonkey - Fish Tanks

Want to Exhibit or Sponsor? There's still time: Get in touch!

ABOUT OUR SPONSORS

Double Eleven are a Teesside-based games publisher and developer, with current projects including Minecraft Dungeons, Rust and Prison Architect. Double Eleven specialise in adapting games for new platforms and audiences and have worked on a wide range of titles including Crackdown 3, LittleBigPlanet and the Lego games series.

Radical Forge is run by co Game Bridge organiser, Bruce Slater. They have a range of projects on the go, including Bright Paw, their excellent mobile puzzle game. RF have several years of experience on a vast range of indie and externally published titles, creating their own games and work-for-hire contracts.

Coatsink are one of the North-East's largest independant games studios, employing over 60 staff. They do great work supporting the industry and region by hiring graduates, taking on interns, sponsoring events like Game Bridge, and doing talks at universities and regional industry events.

Aardvark Swift is an award-winning games recruiter, dedicated to helping match experienced people and leading studios at all levels of the games industry. Grads In Games is an outreach initiative to improve student skills & employability, running gamedev & careers events (Get In The Game, Search For A Star), and providing internship and job options to students with studios nationwide.

Middlesbrough Digital is a new initiative designed to support the growth of Middlesbrough’s burgeoning digital cluster, whilst showcasing the strength and capabilities of the cluster on a regional, national and international level.

EVENT SCHEDULE

• 18:00: Doors Open
• 20:00: Welcome / Talks
• 00:00: Event Close

The Hub venue is on the top floor of the Students' Union building. Tickets can be registered on the door. We look forward to seeing you there!

FREE COACH DETAILS

A FREE coach will carry attendees from Newcastle, via Sunderland, to the event in Middlesbrough. It will do the return journey at the end of the night, from Middlesbrough to Newcastle via Sunderland.

• Newcastle pickup/dropoff: Bewick Street, next to Newcastle train station
• Sunderland pickup/dropoff: Tavistock Place, next to Sunderland Software Centre
• Departure (from Newcastle) is 17:15
• Return Departure (from Middlesbrough) is 23:00
• A one-way ticket is fine. Please specify when ordering

Notes: No accurate departure time can be given for Sunderland due to traffic. The driver will be instructed to wait for 15 minutes at Sunderland. Google predicts 30-60 minutes to drive to Sunderland from Newcastle at this time so it is suggested that you arrive at Tavistock Place for around 17:45. Game Bridge takes no responsibility for anyone that misses the coach.

A name list will be supplied to the coach company and a Game Bridge representative in order to track travellers. Game Bridge will not retain this information. IF YOU BOOK A COACH SEAT BUT CAN NO LONGER MAKE IT, PLEASE ENSURE YOU CANCEL YOUR TICKET SO THAT OTHERS MAY BOOK IN YOUR PLACE. If you book a seat, but do not ride the coach without cancelling, then you will be BLACKLISTED from the following two future events' free coachs.

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NOTE: Registration can be performed on the door. Registration is free.