Dragon Scale Studios

We just dropped the first major content update for Set Sail! Arena, adding two new game modes! 🎉 - Capture the Flag 🏴☠️ - X Marks the Spot ❌ Check it out and let us know what you think. There's plenty more to come 🫡 https://lnkd.in/ehMbT88k

🐋 🐬 It was a pleasure to be a part of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Supporters Day today at Elmore Court in Gloucester, and support the Games For Waves 🎮🌊 room with a demo of Set Sail! 🏴☠️ ✨ Their work is vital to the protection and conservation of Whales and Dolphins across the world, which is why £1 of every sale of Set Sail! Arena (https://lnkd.in/ewCFhw4a) is donated to them to support their amazing work. ✨ A huge thank you to Sally Ward, Gabby W. and the whole team for having us! 😇 Wales 🤝 Whales

In the same month that five graduates of our Bootcamp programme started new jobs as video games testers.... thanks so much to the games studios and service companies who attended our latest employer event last week. HT Curve Games nDreams Sumo Digital Ltd Auroch Digital Ltd Radical Forge Hungry Billy Dragon Scale Studios Blinkink Ludeon Studios The sector is going through challenging times just now but all of these great companies understand the huge importance of entry-level/junior roles in the industry, and securing the supply of future talent. The Game Academy Bootcamps are delivered by us in association with Ascento Learning and Development. Part of the UK Government's Skills for Life programme, supported by Department for Education and D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership. #digitalindustries #careers #videogames #skills

📅 Streaming Schedule! The Games For Waves team have a variety of exciting streams coming up over the next few weeks. 🎉 We hope to see you there! 👉 twitch.tv/GamesForWaves

🎉ANNOUNCEMENT🎉 We're excited to share the news that Joseph Scott, a graduate of University of Central Lancashire, has joined the crew for a virtual work experience program! 🥳 🏴☠️ He'll be joining as a Game Designer 🎮 to help deliver on the exciting post launch content coming to Set Sail! Arena 🏴☠️

It was amazing to finally meet some of our incubator alumni in person at Develop:Brighton after running sessions online for the past three months! We had a fantastic time catching up with our mentors, tutors, and alumni by the beach. Thank you to everyone who joined us despite the gloomy weather. To those who couldn't make it, you were definitely missed! Vincent Scheurer, Jennifer Schneidereit 🔜 Develop, Felix Wong, Lucy Dove, Payload Studios Nyamyam Northrak Silver Script Games Canine Games Dragon Scale Studios Studio Morgan Otterweave Games Studio Chirashi Games LLC Skyline Studios Games Lost Wanderer Games

We had a fin-tastic time this morning at Develop:Brighton for our #UrbanBeachClean with over 40 game devs! In just one hour, we collected 7.5kg of litter from Brighton beach - stopping it from entering our ocean and affecting marine life. Huge thanks to Dragon Scale Studios for sponsoring our event, SpecialEffect and Eleven Eleven for helping organise and MAG Interactive for hosting us for breakfast and coffee! ☕️

Good luck to our cohort today on the final day of our 2024 UK Games Accelerator programme. We're excited to be back at Unity where our studios will be taking the learnings, support and advice they have gained over the past 3 months and pitching their game to a room of publishers at our Publisher Pitch event. We have our fingers crossed for you all 🤞

🌟 It was a blast to attend the Ukie Digital Roadhouse Festival of Play 2024 at the University of Westminster! 🌟 🏴☠️ We got to showcase Set Sail! to loads of school kids and answer their questions about the games industry. 🏴☠️ Wish we could be at the next event in Coventry but we'll be at Develop instead (so not too bad⛱️). Hope to be part of these for years to come though! 🥳 #festivalofplay #fop24

🏴☠️ Sail into the Arena and join us live at 5:30pm BST for our first developer Livestream of Set Sail! Arena! 🏴☠️ 🎮 We'll be playing with the amazing borinrobin, a Games For Waves 🔜 TwitchCon EU Pod Creator. 🎮 Join us for some swashbuckling action and find out how your purchase of the game will to supporting the Whale and Dolphin Conservation vital work supporting Whales and Dolphins. 🐋🐬 https://lnkd.in/egzmCT7U