Inside the London Games Festival’s Now Play This, a showcase for experimental and accessible games
About ten years ago I moved to London from Adelaide in Australia. I was only going to stay for six months or so, but I ended up playing this enormous chase game across the city. It was just really extraordinary and changed how I felt about London. I thought, ‘That was good – maybe I should try designing games.’ I started making physical games and curating a playtesting event for an arts company called Hide&Seek, where people who were interested in physical games could come along and try out new ideas. Nowadays I’m half of a tiny company called Matheson Marcault with my colleague Sophie Sampson, who’s also a producer of Now Play This.
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