Ukie Hub Crawl: Glasgow

The Hub Crawl is back with 'Developers Unite' - networking, knowledge sharing and celebrating success in UK games

Date and time

Thu, February 16, 2023

05:30 PM BST

Location

Glasgow Eagle Lab
58 Kingston St 58 Kingston Street Glasgow G5 8BP


Ukie is once again teaming up with Barclays to bring the much anticipated Ukie Hub Crawl back for 2023.

Ukie Hub Crawl is an essential series of events for those looking to broaden their knowledge or deepen their understanding of the key opportunities within the games industry. The Hub Crawl this year will feature an array of expert speakers discussing various aspects of game making, being a developer and sharing practical tips and advice.

Developers Unite aims to provide knowledge, discussion and insight for developers and their studios through bringing together some of the best names of UK games to tell their story and reflect on projects past and current. From marketing techniques and community engagement to postmortems, platform management, staff wellbeing and more each date on the Hub Crawl will be unique and feature local speakers from the region and beyond. The Hub Crawls are also ideal for those working in games services to network with studios local to that area.

First up was Sean Darling from Brilliant Skies who presented an interesting talk about how creators can turn into employees – reflecting both on his own experiences and how he has utilised USG for Brilliant Skies. Fascinating talk both if you are a studio looking to engage your community in the design process and if you a creator – top tips on standing out while contributing. Watch the full video here.

Next was Andrew McMillian from Johnston Carmichael who interviewed Simon Meek from Stacking Chairs about the Scottish Games Industry. Noting how there is an increasing desire to move thinking beyond Scotland being the home of Rockstar North and GTA, and to focus on how many studios whoa re 10  years or less are doing great work in areas such as Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Watch the full talk here.

The final speaker was Korina Abbott from NeonHive who perhaps has taken the award for best title of the hub crawl – ‘Smooch your competitors right on the mouth’! Reflecting on the recent ‘beef’/collaboration between Cult of the Lamb and a variety of other Ips – Korina presented an amusing and light hearted presentation on how to engage with communities of other brands. Watch the full video here.

Finally, our Hub Crawl Hero for Glasgow was Blazing Griffin. Justin and Neil sat down for a cosy 30 minutes where we discussed the origin of Blazing Griffin, the growth of trans-media projects and why Glasgow may be an overlooked hotbed of games talent. Watch the full video here.

Date and time

Thu, February 16, 2023

05:30 PM BST

Location

Glasgow Eagle Lab
58 Kingston St 58 Kingston Street Glasgow G5 8BP