Winter Hall won the $50,000 second prize in the Developing Beyond competition final, held at BAFTA in London on the 15th February! Epic and Wellcome put on a fantastic event – it was great to see the other teams again, and as before the whole competition took place in a really positive atmosphere. The judgesContinue Reading Developing Beyond: Winter Hall wins $50,000

30th January was judgement day – literally. We showed Winter Hall to a select group of Developing Beyond judges at Epic Games, Guildford. It was a nerve-wracking and tense, but brilliant experience. Winter Hall stood up to scrutiny and was well received, it was great to speak to the judges about the different things theyContinue Reading And now we wait…

We showed Winter Hall work-in-progress at an atmospheric Welcome Trust event on 27 October. The academic, gaming and online worlds collided as we discussed plagues, death and games development with a diverse audience and our fellow Developing Beyond finalists. We got some excellent feedback and a chance to test reactions to Winter Hall – ifContinue Reading Winter Hall, Wellcome and work-in-progress

Transformations: Not just the theme for the Developing Beyond competition but a good summary of what it’s doing for our lives. The idea for Winter Hall existed in Rob’s head for a decade, meanwhile life events buffeted us and brought us face to face with questions about life, death and mortality. When the dust settled,Continue Reading Transformations – Developing Beyond and us

Winter Hall is coming to life thanks to the investment and support we’re receiving from the Developing Beyond competition, funded by Epic Games and the Wellcome Trust. On July 12th, Lost Forest Games secured a place in the semi-final and with that, the funding to bring Winter Hall to a playable prototype. Find out whatContinue Reading Developing Beyond success features in Develop

Winter Hall is in the final of Developing Beyond 2017. We did it! July came around quickly and so too did the Develop conference in Brighton. Rob bought a delegate pass but interest in Winter Hall was such that he didn’t see a single talk. This was a good sign. The judging panel played, scrutinised,Continue Reading Winter Hall, Developing Beyond finalist