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EGX Career Stage 2021

Into Games and Ukie will be hosting the Career Stage at EGX 2021 to help give advice to anyone hoping to get a career in the games industry.

What We Learnt Running the Career Stage With UKIE At EGX 2021

Earlier this month, Into Games had the incredible opportunity to host the Careers Stage at EGX, in collaboration with Ukie and Games Industry Biz!  At the stage, we ran four days of guest talks and Q&A sessions with games industry speakers, aiming to break down barriers for the next generation of UK games talent and bust down some long-standing industry myths!

nDreams - We're Hiring Through the Kickstart Scheme

There's still time to start your career in the games industry through the Kickstart scheme and nDreams are looking for fill a variety of roles.

Buckinghamshire College Group are Into Games Partners

Into Games are proud to announce that Buckinghamshire College Group will be joining as an Education Partner for 2021/22 academic term.

How to write a game design document

Jagex are Into Games Partners

The veteran studio Jagex - creators of the world famous and near-ubiquitous Runescape - have joined forces with Into Games to help make the industry a kinder, more accessible place.

Secret Mode - We're Hiring Through the Kickstart Scheme

The Kickstart Scheme has been exended and in honor of the occasion, here are some great Kickstart roles from publisher Secret Mode.

Rare are Into Games Partners

As part of our inaugural Industry Partners Program, Into Games are ecstatic to announce that they’re collaborating with the legendary Rare for 21/22!

Helping parents decipher a good game from a bad one

Conversations about video gaming between parents and their children have been going on for decades. Through his family video games database, Andy Robertson is helping to mediate these talks.

Creative Assembly are Into Games Partners

The folks at Creative Assembly are not only one of the biggest, boldest, and oldest studios in the UK, spawning the likes of the Total War franchise and Alien:Isolation, but their groundbreaking Legacy Project sits at the forefront of connecting industry talent with education and now they're partnered with Into Games.

nDreams are Into Games Partners

nDreams have been instrumental in paving the way for the next generation of burgeoning talent and studios and now they have become Into Games partners.

How to Stay Organised Planning Awards and Curriculums

In this interview, we chat with Robin Milton from Women in Games. She walks us through how she stays organised working on a variety of different initiatives and what we can all expect from the Women in Games Global Festival.

Electric Square are Into Games Partners

Into Games are delighted to announce that Brighton-based studio Electric Square is coming on board as one of our inaugural Into Games Industry Partners!

Studio Gobo are Into Games Partners

Into Games are proud to announce that Brighton-based co-development studio Studio Gobo will be joining as one of our first Industry Partners for 2021!

Hangar 13 are Into Games Partners

Famed creators of the Mafia series and mainstay to the Brighton games industry scene, Hangar 13 have partnered with Into Games.

Rivet Games - We're Hiring Through the Kickstart Scheme

Are you ready for some more entry level roles in the games industry? Well Rivet Games has you covered with a selection of some really awesome roles that need filling.

Fundamentally Games - We're Hiring Through the Kickstart Scheme

The Kickstart Scheme is helping younger people all around the UK to get their first roles in the games industry. Here are some of the roles available through Fundamentally Games.

What does it mean to be a Brand Manager?

Finding a game's voice is such an integral piece to a game's development and marketing strategy. We were lucky enough to talk with Max Downton from Splash Damage about his experiences working as a Senior Brand Manager at Splash Damage.

Blazing Griffin - We're Hiring Through the Kickstart Scheme

So many studios are taking on the fantastic opportunity to bring fresh talent into the games industry through the UK's Kickstart Scheme. Blazing Griffin is one of them!

How to Create Marketing Strategies for Games

In this interview, Melissa chats with us about her experience entering the games industry from fashion, finding a mentor through Limitbreak Mentorship. and how she handles marketing strategy for her clients.

What It Takes To Be a Great Producer in the Games Industry

Becoming a producer in the games industry means having to solve issues quickly and effectively. Steven Golding was kind enough to take some time out to answer our questions about his role as a producer in the games industry.

Wired Productions - We're Hiring Through the Kickstart Scheme

The Kickstart Scheme is helping younger people all around the UK to get their first roles in the games industry. Here are some of the roles available through Wired Productions.

Into Games x WIGJ Game Jam 2021

Into Games and Women in Games are joining forces again for a Game Jam of galactic proportions.

How to succeed in a Game Jam

In this interview, we talk about their experience entering game jams along with plenty of advice on how to approach your next game jam.

How Can I Be A Better Games Designer?

In this interview, Vicky talks about what games inspired her to work in the games industry, advice for women hoping to join the games industry and her top resources for anyone thinking of working in games design.

How NANIMOON Is Bringing Life To Core Environments

One of Core's inspiring creators, NANIMOON, discusses their tops and tricks on how to get the most out of your game design experience in Core and some of their favorite aspects of the Core development community.

UnifiQ - We're Hiring Through the Kickstart Scheme

UnifiQ has added a number of roles for anyone eligible for the Kickstart scheme in a wide range of disciplines. Could this be your first role in games?

What does it mean to be a UX Designer?

There's a lot of misconceptions around what it means to be a UX vs a UI designer. Anna Wikström joins us in this interview talking about her role and what it means to her as well as some tips on how to grow your skillset.

How Studio Fizbin is Helping Us To Say No More

Saying no particularly when it comes to career related activities can be so difficult to say. Whether it's that you don't want to let anyone down, you want to prove your worth, or a combination of the two. We sat down with Alexander Pieper and Oliver Ulrich to discuss their experience creating Say No! More and working in an indie studio.

Creating Gorgeous Virtual Worlds Through Core

Core Creators have been pushing themselves to create more impressive environments by using the Core development tool. Here are some of the most impressive worlds from The City Building Jam.

How to Get from IT to the Games Industry

Changing careers can be very overwhelming. We had a chance to sit down with Dave Gomes and talk about his journey in the games industry coming from IT and what it was like to work on Horizon Zero Dawn.

What It's Like As An Environment Artist In Games

Great environment designs can be so integral to a player's experience with a game. Aleks Jankowska discusses her experience working as an Environment Artist at Splash Damage and Ninja Theory.

10 Tools to Use to Develop Your Next Game

It's always exciting to start on a new game venture, but it can be difficult to narrow down how you want to go about developing it. Here is a list of 10 tools to consider using on your next project.

Into Games Supports Mental Health Matters

My name is Rosalie and I work for Into Games and earlier this year, through Ukie, I signed up for a Mental Health First Aid Online Course delivered by Mind Fitness Training.

Virtual Work Experience with Dv8 and Hangar13

Between 22nd – 26th March, game students from Dv8 college undertook a brand new virtual work experience organised by Into Games.

Five Nights at Freddy's is a Game That Will Forever be a Part of Gen Z’s Childhood

How to Start Learning Programming for Game Development

The lovely folks at Core Games take us through games programming and getting started

2021 Core Invitational Game Jam Winners Have Been Selected

Core Invitational Games Jam winners have been selected

How to Build a Career as a Core Developer

There are so many different resources aspiring games designers can use to get experience creating games. Core has become a really very accessible resource as it's a free-to-play online game with an integrated game creation system. One of it's community's finest creators, Morticai shares his experience creating games on the platform and how you too can enter the Core development community.

How to Prepare for Your First Job in Games

Join experts from Creative Assembly, OPM Jobs, ustwo, British Esports and Staffordshire London for a chat about getting ready for your first role...

The Ultimate Games Careers Poster for Schools

My Week at Into Games: Elle Villa

Elle writes on her work experience at Into Games.

The Into Games Podcast: Senior QA/Dev Support Gabby Llanillo

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021

Video Games Ambassador Spotlight: Haris Iqbal & Toby Gallagher

Games Careers Week 2021: Portfolio Pitstop

Find out how you can get involved!

National Games Careers Week 2021

Find out more about games careers and how to get one no matter your background.

The Into Games Podcast: Narrative Designer Corey Brotherson

Mentorship Success Stories: Michael and Chihiro

Find out more about the exepriences of those on our mentorship programme!

Join the Into Games Discord Community

A curated space for tutors, career advisors, students, game enthusiasts, and industry people to learn, share, and collaborate.

Electric Square donates £5k worth of laptops to local schools and colleges

Electric Square donates £5,000 worth of laptops to local schools and colleges to support young people without access to tech during lockdown

Games to Make Games With

Stretch your creative muscles and explore game-making with these titles!

The Into Games Podcast: Level Designer Sean Gorman

Video Games Ambassador Spotlight: Jason Tzaidas

Mentorship Success Stories: Said and Lara-Anne

Find out more about the exepriences of those on our mentorship programme!

Star Stable Lets Me Live Out My Horse Fantasy Online

How to Play Rocket League Like a Pro

Celeste as an Allegory for the Trans Experience

Entering the Gaming World: My First Game

What is the Value of Watching Someone Play a Videogame?

What does a Network Programmer in games do?

How do you become a Network Programmer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

How to start programming for games

Want to make games but unsure of what programming language to learn first? This guide gives you all the information and advice needed to get started.

Why You Should Join a Game Jam & How to Succeed

Core Games give us the rundown on how and why you should get jamming!

New year, new job: now is the time to start a career in games

With the majority of the game industry’s workforce able to adapt to working online and the overall rise of game playing, it’s never been a better time to make the move into games.

Mentorship Success Stories: Dave and Georgia

A mentee from our programme recently landed an internship! Find out about their experience.

Introducing Into Games Young Journalist

Calling budding games journalists!

BAFTA Young Game Designers 2021

We're teaming up with BAFTA to offer 2021 winners industry mentorship.

What does a Technical Writer in games do?

How do you become a Technical Writer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Technical Animator in games do?

How do you become a Technical Animator for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Writer in games do?

How do you become a Writer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Lighting Artist in games do?

How do you become a Lighting Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

The Final Side Quest with Codemasters

Play the winning games from Side Quest with Codemasters.

Core Games Student GameDev Hackathon 2020

Industry speakers, workshops, and a $10,000 dollar prize pool? Count us in!

This Month at Into Games – October 2020

All the exciting things we've been up to in the month of October.

What does an XR Evangelist in games do?

How do you become an XR Evangelist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Storyboard Artist in games do?

How do you become a Storyboard Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Player Support Agent in games do?

How do you become a Player Support Agent for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an IT Engineer in games do?

How do you become an IT Engineer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Watch this Masterclass in Level design with Peter Field

A briliant mini-masterclass in level design using the PS4 game creation tool Dreams as a demonstrator.

What does a Video Production Manager in games do?

How do you become a Video Production Manager for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Chief Gaming Officer in Games do?

How do you become a Chief Gaming Officer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Into Games & Access Creative College

Announcing our exciting partnership with Access Creative College.

What does a Gameplay Programmer in games do?

How do you become a Gameplay Programmer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a System Designer in games do?

How do you become a System Designer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Creative Director in games do?

How do you become a Creative Director for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Graphic Artist in games do?

How do you become a Graphic Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Full Stack Developer in games do?

How do you become a Full Stack Developer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an XR Producer do?

How do you become an XR Producer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Games Journalist do?

How do you become a Games Journalist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an XR Programmer do?

How do you become an XR Programmer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an XR Artist in games do?

How do you become an XR Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Voiceover Artist in games do?

How do you become a Voiceover Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an XR Research and Development Designer in games do?

How do you become a XR Research and Development for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Performance Marketing Lead in games do?

How do you become a Performance Marketing Lead for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Announcing Side Quest with Codemasters

Get involved with the Side Quest challenge in partnership with Codemasters!

What does a Marketing Director in games do?

How do you become a Marketing Director for games? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Playtester in games do?

How do you become a Playtester for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Best Practices For Getting a Job in Game Audio

What does a PR Manager in games do?

How do you become a PR Manager for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Best Practices For Getting a Job in Game Art

What does a Studio Manager in games do?

How do you become a Studio Manager for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Senior Producer in games do?

How do you become a Senior Producer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a DevOps Engineer in games do?

How do you become a DevOps Engineer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Creative Director in games do?

How do you become a Creative Director for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Chief Operating Officer in games do?

How do you become a Chief Operating Officer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Official Women in Games Jam 2020

Side Quest this month is partnering with Women in Games and Sledgehammer Games!

What does a Video Producer in games do?

How do you become a Video Producer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an Esports Team Owner in games do? Interview with Jayda Schroepfer

How do you become an Esports Team Owner for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Level Designer in games do? Interview with Jonathon Wilson, Hangar 13 Games

How do you become a Level Designer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Project Manager in games do? Interview with Charlie Coler, Studio Gobo

How do you become a Project Manager for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

John Beech on the future of Dreams

Media Molecule's Senior Principal Designer talks us through the creation and ambitions of Dreams on PS4

What does a UI & UX Designer in games do? Interview with Fey Vercuiel, Jagex

How do you become a UI & UX Designer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Concept Artist in games do? Interview with Mel Cummings

How do you become a Concept Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Community Manager in games do? Interview with Grace Carroll, Creative Assembly

How do you become a Community Manager for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an Economist in games do?

How do you become an Economist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Results Day: Your passion drives your career, not your grades.

Let these games industry professionals reassure you that you can make your own path

What does a Business Development Manager in games do?

How do you become a Business Development Manager for videogames?

What does a Gameplay Designer in games do? Interview with Karoline Forsberg, nDreams

How do you become a Gameplay Designer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Community Director in games do? Interview with Victoria Tran, Kitfox

How do you become a Community Director for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Concept Artist in games do? Interview with Anna Hollinrake, Mediatonic Games

How do you become a Concept Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Creating your Games Industry Portfolio

Get started building a portfolio for your dream games job

What does an Esports Host in games do? Interview with Frankie Ward

How do you become an Esports Host in gaming? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Games Modding – Why you should do it

Tim Hoban and Scott Reismanis of Mod.io explain modding and how you can get started

What does a Community Assistant in games do? Interview with Daniel Cosgrove, nDreams

How do you become a Community Assistant for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Get Started in Gamemaking with the Core Game Dev Bootcamp

Learn game development from the experts in this free one-month course

What does a Composer in games do? Interview with Joris de Man, Composer and Sound Designer

How do you become a Composer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an Engine Programmer in games do?

How do you become an Engine Programmer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an Associate Producer in games do?

How do you become an Associate Producer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

You Are a Games Designer: Part II

2nd installement of our game design workshop for begginers

You Are a Games Designer: Part III

3rd installement of our paper prototyping games design workshop series

What does an Animator in games do? Interview with Rachel Senior, Wargaming UK

How do you become an Animator for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

How do you become a Graphics Programmer?

Howard tells us his journey to becoming a top graphics programmer for one of the UK's largest studios...

You Are a Games Designer: Part IV

What does a VFX Artist in games do? Interview with Lloyd Knott, Rockstar Games

How do you become a VFX Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Studio Assistant in games do?

How do you become a Studio Assistant for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

You are a games designer - workshop

A 4-part workshop for new games designers created with games design residents at the V&A Museum in London

What does a Head of Talent in games do? Interview with Guy DeRosa, Studio Gobo and Electric Square

How do you become a Head of Talent for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

How to generate amazing ideas for games...

A breakdown of simple tools and strategies to help you develop great game ideas on a regular basis.

Trello

Trello is a platform for managing tasks in a project, either on your own or in a team.

Unity

Unity is a popular 3D game engine for making PC, VR, console, and mobile games that’s free for personal use.

Unigene

A Russian game engine that can also be used for simulations and data visualisation.

Twine

Twine is a free tool for creating interactive stories and branching narratives.

Wwise

End to end audio solution used by most AAA games studios

Vertex Meadow

Vertex Meadow is a tool that turns 2D images into explorable 3D terrain.

Unreal

Unreal is a popular 3D game engine for making PC, VR, console, and mobile games that’s free for personal use.

What does a Producer in games do?

How do you become a Producer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Quality Assurance Tester in games do?

How do you become a Quality Assurance Tester for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

sok-worlds

sok-worlds is a playful tool for making and exploring 3D collage games.

sok-stories

sok-stories is a playful tool for making and exploring small 2D worlds.

JSFXR

Jsfxr is a website that generates free sound effects for your game.

SFX Buzz

SFX Buzz is a library of free sound effects including instrumentals.

Sketchup

SketchUp is a 3D modeling program that you can use to make objects for your game.

Stencyl

Stencyl is a game-maker that lets you create Flash games for free or desktop/mobile games with a paid account.

Solar2D

Open source game engine based on Lua, with foundation on the Corona SDK game engine.

Tinychoice

Tinychoice is a simple tool for making small text games in HTML.

Tracery

Tracery is a simple tool and language to generate text for bots, games, and stories.

Super Game Asset

Super Game Asset is a library of free and paid assets you could download and use in your games.

What does a 3D Character Artist in games do? Interview with Shayleen Hulbert, Freelancer

How do you become a 3D Character Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Substance Painter

Designed with one specific job in mind, to professionally texture your 3D assets.

What does a Systems Designer in games do? Interview with Victoria Boyce, Rebellion

How do you get into system designing for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a UX Designer in games do? Interview with Lauren Woodroffee, Two Point Studios

How do you get into UX designing for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Gameplay Programmer in games do? Interview with Tiffany Wild, Ubisoft

How do you become a Gameplay Programmer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Programmer in games do? Interview with Matt Griffiths, Bird in Sky

How do you get into programming for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Narrative Designer in games do? Interview with Sarah Longthorne, Sumo Digital

How do you become a Narrative Designer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Technical Artist in games do? Interview with Kristrun Fridriksdottir, Sports Interactive

How do you become a Technical Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

aseprite

An animated sprite editor and pixel art tool

Pling Pling

PlingPling is a fun in-browser tool for making HTML pinball games.

Roblox

Roblox is an online platform for making a variety of game types and for playing games made by other users.

Piskel

A free online editor for pixel art and animated sprites

RPG Maker MV

RPG Maker is a program for making role-playing games (RPGs) that requires no coding experience.

LÖVE

A tool for building 2D games in the Lua programming language.

Open Game Art

A large library of video game art, including sprites, models and backgrounds.

Notion

A shared workspace to help youi collaborate with teammates while you develop your game together.

Lumberyard

Amazon's 2D and 3D game engine, using Lua and C++.

Kenney

A huge free library of game assets, including sounds, effects, and 2D and 3D art.

Ren'Py

Ren’Py is a free visual novel engine that helps you use words, images, and sounds to tell interactive stories.

Scratch

Scratch is a free online game-making tool primarily aimed at teaching young people how to make games.

Reaper

Reaper is a multitrack audio production application that you could use to record, edit, process, and mix your game audio.

PuzzleScript

An open source game engine, allowing you to make simple 2D puzzle games in your browser.

Openclipart

A huge library of free clip art images to use in your game.

Monogame

A free C# framework for building games for any platform.

Quest

Let's you create text adventure games and interactive choose your own adventure game books

Pico-8

A cute game engine for making 2D games with visual art and audio editors, and a Lua editor for programming game elements.

Paradise

A game where you can shape the enviroment you play in, by interacting with the world.

Paint.net

A free image and photo editor tool, with many of the same editing functions as Photoshop, but completely free.

What does a Designer in games do? Interview with Kate Killick from Mojiworks and We Make Games

How do you get into designing for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Junior Programmer in games do? Interview with Kalliopi Tsavari, nDreams

How do you get into programming for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Marketing Manager in games do? Interview with Katherine Welsford, Bossa Studios

How do you get into marketing for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Quality Assurance Manager in games do? Interview with Ryan Harris, nDreams

How do you get into Quality Assurance for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an Engine Specialist Programmer in games do? Interview with Harry Rose, Unity Technologies

How do you get into programming for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Clickteam Fusion

No code required, and very easy to get started. Make a 2D physics based game similar to Angry Birds in under an hour.

Dulst

Create an online multiplayer card game that can be played in your browser.

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a type of copyright license that can help you find free art and audio for your game.

Hopscotch

Mobile creative development for younger folks (on iOS devices) (8-14) without writing code.

HacknPlan

Project management and planning tool made specifically with game design teams in mind.

Buildbox

Create and publish 2D or 3D mobile games without the need to write any code.

Defold

Game engine, allowing you to make 2D and 3D games in the Lua programming language.

Gamemaker Studio 2

A powerful drag-and-drop game engine for making 2D games.

Dungeonscript

An open source game engine, allowing you to make simple 3D puzzle games in your browser.

Inform

A system to create interactive fiction using natural language syntax

Emotica

A game-maker that allows you to make small games using only emojis.

GB Studio

Create 2D JRPG retro style games without any coding, that can be played on an emulator or console.

Graphics Gale

A pixel art tool for making game art and animations that you can easily put in your game.

Core games

Make multiplayer games harnessing the power of Unreal Engine without having to write a line of code.

Gimp

Free and open source powerful cross platform image editor.

Flickgame

A ‘tiny game engine’ which lets you make small web games in the style of MS Paint.

CoDecks

A playful project management/planning tool designed specifically with game development in mind

Construct

Powerful game engine which runs in a browser with no coding required, using an innovative ‘block-based’ approach for logic.