GLITCHERS
Founded10 September 2013
HeadquartersLeith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Founder(s)Matthew Hyde, Maxwell Scott-Slade, Hugo Scott-Slade
IndustryIndie game design and development
URLglitchers.com

Glitchers is a British video-game company based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 2013 by Matthew Hyde, Hugo Scott-Slade, and Maxwell Scott-Slade (of Johnny Two Shoes).[1][2][3] Glitchers is best known for developing Sea Hero Quest in 2016. The game was developed in collaboration with Alzheimer's Research UK to help dementia research by tracking players' 3D navigation.[4]

The company's name was GLITCHE.RS from 2013 to 2016.[5] It uses the tagline "Games for Good",[6] and aims to "create games that could make a positive impact on the world".[7]

Games

  • Plunderland (2010) is an interactive pirate adventure game for iPhone, released initially as part of Johnny Two Shoes but now developed by Glitchers and is available as part of GameClub
  • Chippy (2013), a time management game in a simulated fish and chips shop, Chippy was developed as a self-funded app based game and is now available as part of GameClub.[1] Chippy was well received and described by Pocket Gamer as “addictive stuff, and it’s easy to play”.[8]
  • Gumulon (2013) is a mobile app based game promoting Stride chewing gum by requiring the player to chew to activate the game.[9]
  • Kano is an experimental colour-matching arcade game,[10] which Glitchers explain “was designed primarily as an experiment for us to test out assumptions around player retention, payment models and growth hacking.”[11]
  • Sea Hero Quest (2016) is a mobile game which contributes to research on dementia by tracking players' 3D navigation[12] It was designed by Glitchers in association with Alzheimer's Research UK, University College London and the University of East Anglia and with funding from Deutsche Telekom.[13][14][15] The idea for the game came from neuroscientist Michael Hornberger of the University of East Anglia who collaborated with Hugo Spiers of University College London and a group of six other neuroscientists.[16] A new Research Edition was announced in 2021.[17]
  • Cone Wars (2017) is an online multiplayer and PC game featuring Ice cream van turf wars[18] in which teams compete to sell the most ice creams using weapons and tactics.
  • Nestlums (2020) is a money training app for children, designed to teach good financial habits using familiar gaming techniques, developed in collaboration with Cauldron.[19]
  • Crush your FOFO (2018) was developed with the Patients Association and AbbVie to explore patients' "Fear of Finding Out" which leads them to delay seeking medical advice.[20][21][22]
  • Drive Buy (2021) is described as a "short-session multiplayer vehicle combat game with a delivery twist" and is available on Steam and Nintendo Switch[23]

In a 2023 blog post marking the 10th anniversary of the company, two forthcoming games were described:[7]

  • Forest Guardian will concern rainforest protection
  • Enhance, developed with University College London, will be a "spiritual successor" to Sea Hero Quest, "targeted at the 60-80 year old audience Sea Hero Quest couldn’t quite reach".

Awards

In 2018 Sea Hero Quest was nominated for a British Academy Games Awards BAFTA in the category: Game Beyond Entertainment,[24] a new category for games which "deliver a transformational experience beyond pure entertainment".[25] Sea Hero Quest also won bronze in the 2018 The One Show awards.[26]

Also in 2018 Glitchers won a Webby award for Social Impact.[27]

In 2020 Sea Hero Quest was nominated for the Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game at the New York Game Awards.[28]

In 2022 the company was awarded funding from the UK Games Fund to support the development of Cone Wars.[29][30]

References

  1. 1 2 Lomas, Natasha (2 November 2013). "Chippy Is A Fish & Chip Shop Simulator For iOS That Puts The Fun Into Deep-Fat Frying". Techcrunch. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Maxwell Scott-Slade". ICE Totally Gaming. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Company Profile: Glitchers". The Scottish Games Network. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "'We can change lives': How one Scottish games company is helping to fight dementia". The National. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Glitchers Ltd overview". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Glitchers - Games for Good". Glitchers. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Celebrating 10 years". Blog. Glitchers. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  8. ↑ McKeand, Kirk. "Chippy". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Gumulon Case Study". W+K LDN. Wieden+Kennedy. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Kano". Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Kano". Glitchers. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "Mobile game Sea Hero Quest 'helps dementia research'". BBC News. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Partners". Sea Hero Quest. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  14. ↑ Titcomb, James (4 May 2016). "Playing this smartphone game can help fight dementia". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Home page". Glitchers. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  16. ↑ Kaplan, Sara (7 May 2016). "Two minutes playing this video game could help scientists fight Alzheimer's". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Sea Hero Quest relaunches as a new Research Edition". Blog. Glitchers. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  18. ↑ "Cone wars". Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  19. ↑ McLaughlin, Aimee. "Meet Nestlums, the app teaching kids all about money". Creative Review. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  20. ↑ "Crush Your FOFO". Glitchers. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  21. ↑ "A new quiz app wants to help users beat their fear of finding out bad news from the doctor". www.expressandstar.com. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  22. ↑ "Quiz aims to help understand the fear of finding out medical conditions". Digital Health. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  23. ↑ Craddock, Ryan. "Multiplayer Vehicle Combat Game Drive Buy Speeds Onto Switch". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  24. ↑ "Game Beyond Entertainment: Sea Hero Quest VR". BAFTA.org. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  25. ↑ Makedonski, Brett (12 April 2018). "BAFTA names What Remains of Edith Finch its best game of 2017". Destructoid. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  26. ↑ "The One Show - Archive of Winners | The One ClubOne Show | Glitchers / London | 2018 | Interactive". www.oneclub.org. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  27. ↑ "2018 Winners". The Webby Awards. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  28. ↑ Sheehan, Gavin (2 January 2020). "The New York Game Awards Announces 2020 Nominees". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  29. ↑ "Three Scottish Studios Awarded £25K By UK Games Fund". The Scottish Games Network. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  30. ↑ "Cone Wars". UK Games Fund. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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