We've joined UKIE, the UK Interactive Entertainment association. This is partly because we gain all sorts of benefits from joining, but also because we're very happy to support them. We've witnessed firsthand UKIE's excellent work in supporting UK developers, both in running events at home, but also at the excellent UK stand at GDC and [...]
0 0 Read moreIan will be talking about things you can do in the games industry that don’t need coding skills for the Radio 1 Academy at Swansea Grand on Thursday – reserve places here!
0 0 Read moreWe’ve been nominated for a Develop Award! We’re on the shortlist for 2018’s Creative Outsourcer (Visual + Development). We’re very pleased about this, and can’t wait for Develop itself. Congratulations to all the awards nominees, and our fellow nominees in the same category. You can see all the awards shortlists here.
0 0 Read moreWe're grateful to have been involved with the production of Sarepta Studio's new title My Child Lebensborn. The game is an exploration of the children left behind after war, with enemy soldiers as fathers. It's a mobile game about emotional survival which casts you in the role of a parent having to care for such [...]
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0 0 Read moreGiles has recently completed a short contract with Eidos Montréal, writing on an exciting project and — well, that’s as much as we can say about that for now! We work with all sizes of games company, from small indie to large AAA. We’ll be at EGX Rezzed this week, which runs from 13-15 April in […]
0 0 Read moreWe recently led a workshop with some of the amazingly talented folk from ustwo games, leading them through our Moment-based Story Design process (something so special, it gets Title Case for its name!) and helped guide them in cooking up something that could be quite amazing.
0 0 Read moreThis Thursday, 12th April, The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) is hosting a Games Writers’ Networking Event in London. Come along to meet other working games writers (including Giles), chat, network, ask craft and industry questions and get to know one another in a friendly atmosphere. Only a few tickets are left at the […]
0 0 Read moreThe Bunker, the multi-award winning game by Splendy Games and Wales Interactive, and co-written by Ian, is coming to Nintendo Switch today! It’ll be the system’s first FMV game, and you can find out more over on Nintendo Life.
0 0 Read moreA mysterious art-deco hotel, staffed by faceless mannequin-like figures. Mind-bending puzzles. A dark and unsettling mystery. This is The Spectrum Retreat, the first game from BAFTA Young Game Designer winner Dan Smith, announced by the publisher Ripstone this week. We've helped Dan and Ripstone with this title, and are very keen to get hands-on with [...]
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Being just a two-person studio, working with Talespinners has been invaluable to us. From brief to delivery they're professional, friendly and punctual. It's reassuring to know that we can rely on them to create high-quality writing that adds an extra dimension to our game, allowing us to focus on the art and code.
Dave Miller
Co-owner, Runner Duck Games
Decisively creative. Insightfully articulate. Committed to the craft. For example, Ian’s recent advice decisively reshaped our critical opening narrative moments to make them deeply affecting... [Talespinners] are consistently responsible, reliable, and efficient.
Luke Hughes
Project Lead, Burden of Command
Ian doesn’t just do the job you give him. He brings new ideas, new approaches and directions, and pulls, sculpts and batters your ideas until they look far shinier than they ever were - or would have been – without him. He is an excellent writer, coder, and logical mind that will help you and your project in far more ways than what is written on any contract or agreement.
Olly Bennett
Managing Director, Cardboard Sword
It was a pleasure working with Ian on The Bunker, he has an expert eye for game design detail and an incredible talent for bringing real humanity to storylines. His logic in game narrative structure is flawless and he brought an amazing attention to detail to The Bunker, providing layer after layer of storytelling, making the game richer and more immersive.
Allan Plenderleith
Director, Splendy Games
When you develop a game, you need a great writing team, and that is where Talespinners are indispensable. They are able to take your ideas and create whole worlds with them. From the initial idea all the way to final delivery, I wouldn't trust any other wordsmiths.
Mark Drew
CEO, Villainous Games
We had a rough and sprawling story and lore for The Exiled that organically developed over years of development. Ian came and turned that chaos into a structured and coherent document, in the course solving the many logical problems and inconsistencies that had developed. With tiny amounts oversight and feedback from our side he came up with an interesting lore and turned that lore into engaging words. Will work with him again on future projects.
Alexander Zacherl
Managing Director / Game Director, Fairytale Distillery
Talespinners quickly grasped our concept and were immediately able to work it into a captivating and inspirational story. Whenever an issue with the narrative came up, Talespinners were always quick to respond and promptly came up with solutions.
Mostafa Hafez
CEO, Instinct Games
Talespinners have been wonderful to work with; enthusiastic, imaginative, and organised. I thoroughly enjoyed our story meetings. They’ve delivered excellent dialogue and plenty of strong ideas that have lifted our narrative, and spotted story problems early that might have resulted in wasted work. Even if you have a good handle on your story, I would recommend bouncing your ideas off Talespinners – they’ll come back even better.
Chris Payne
Managing Director, Quantum Soup
What we achieved in a day really impressed us! Talespinners helped us to clarify and amplify our own ideas, bringing them into a clearer structure...We see the workshop and the document that summarises the results as a big success.
Lea Schönfelder
Senior Game Designer, ustwo Games
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