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BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

Friday 13 August

On 13 August 2010, BAFTA Young Game Designers ran a workshop with Dare ProtoPlay in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The workshop taught participants how new games are planned, created and marketed; and provided tips on how to design their own. Speakers included Brian Baglow, Head of interactive Entertainment at Revolver PR, Gary Penn, game design guru at Dundee-based Denki, and Sally Greig and Robert Hamilton of Future Media & Technology at BBC Scotland. One participant, Elliott aged 16 said that the day was;

A great way to discover what the people in the industry are like

BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

Brian Baglow, Head of Interactive Entertainment at Revolver PR, takes questions on how games are marketed. (Photography: Mike Wilkinson)
BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

Brian is joined by Gary Penn, game design guru at Dundee-based Denki, who doesn’t even pause to plug his laptop in. (Photography: Mike Wilkinson)
BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

Gary Penn: he still works out game rules with pens and pieces of paper to see what should happen in which order. (Photography: Mike Wilkinson)
BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

First presentation over, and the teams discuss their own game ideas, with help from the industry experts. (Photography: Mike Wilkinson)
BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

Denki’s game designer Gary Penn talks to one of the teams about keeping gameplay exciting. (Photography: Mike Wilkinson)
BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

Gary Penn again: the control system that you choose has all kinds of effects on what the player is able to do. (Photography: Mike Wilkinson)
BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

Another team in action – most participants didn’t know each other beforehand but soon found out they had lots in common. (Photography: Mike Wilkinson)
BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

With the first brainstorm session over, it’s time to hear from the next panel of games industry experts. (Photography: Mike Wilkinson)
BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

BBC Scotland’s Sally Greig breaks down the main character from the Mission:2110 online game. (Photography: Mike Wilkinson)
BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

Sally is joined by Robert Hamilton, Senior Design for Future Media & Technology at BBC Scotland, to talk about game environments. (Photography: Mike Wilkinson)
BAFTA YGD Workshop at Dare ProtoPlay

Sally also led one of the winning teams in Edinburgh’s Dare To Be Digital games competition in 2004. (Photography: Mike Wilkinson)