Stainless Games

Have fun Ben! We hope you have some great meetings.

We have just opened up a role here at Stainless Games for a Lead Designer. It is a hybrid role, so candidates must be able to be in the office on the Isle of Wight 3 days a week (Tues/Wed/Thu). Apply directly from our website and check out what it's like working at Stainless and living on the Isle of Wight. Link in the comments.

Woop! Stainless Games has been shortlisted for a TIGA Award for BEST LARGE STUDIO. Our CEO and Co-Founder, Patrick Buckland, has also been shortlisted for an OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP award. (fyi - we will always follow him into the breach!) On top of receiving a King's Award, this year is turning out quite nicely! We have some serious competition, good luck to all!

Well done chaps! Great to see you flying the flags for Stainless Games !

British Racing Greats, the charity track event, celebrating the greatest racing games ever made in aid of SpecialEffect and Solving Kids' Cancer UK is happening this Friday at Goodwood! Made possible by amazing sponsors and partners the last few tickets can be purchased via the link in the comments but today we wanted to share the kind of difference events like these make. Test, tweak, rinse and repeat. Our specialist assessment team are making sure that Suzanne gets off to the best possible start with her gaming thanks to a series of support calls, visits and ongoing adjustments to her personalised accessible gaming setup Suzanne has a spinal cord injury that limits the use of her lower and upper body movement. She can move her shoulders and arms, but has no finger movement to use a standard gamepad. She was keen to explore the world of gaming but wasn’t sure where to start. Our team had an initial video call with her to find out more about the extent of her physical abilities and her gaming ambitions. Based on the information, our experienced team curated and sent Suzanne an initial loan of a customised accessible controller setup for an Xbox One that they considered would potentially help her to access and enjoy games like Sonic, Streets of Rage and Forza Horizon 5 to the best of her abilities. The setup, which included a lap tray with four buttons and a joystick, provided a gaming breakthrough for Suzanne, but she struggled with the positioning of the tech, especially the joystick. Our team decided that a home visit would allow them to look at possible improvements in more detail. Home visits often give the team more opportunity to identify and experiment with the control potential of body movements that might be less evident through a video call, and as a result they added a mounting arm that put the joystick in the same position as Suzanne’s wheelchair joystick where it was easier to use. They also positioned button switches alongside Suzanne’s controllable movement in her head and arms to enable her to try out games such as Street Fighter, As Dusk Falls, and The Quarry. The extra equipment proved to be a real boost to Suzanne’s gaming skills and gave her an appetite to try more complex titles, so another home visit was arranged that gave the team the chance to see if they could bring a second joystick into the mix. After discussing and trialling various options with Suzanne, they decided on the loan of a chin-controlled joystick. They also swapped the functions of her forearm switch and added an extra switch to her headrest for left and right movement. Suzanne now has a controller setup that features eight switches and two joysticks, and it’s opened up access to a huge range of games for her to enjoy. “I just wanted to say thank you for introducing me into something I can actively do,” she emailed recently. Thank you to all involved in British Racing Greats and to every single person who helps make like Suzanne's possible.

Ohh, suits you sir! Have a super Friday yourself, Ben 😎

Have fun in Cologne chaps!

Stainless Games Ltd was proud to host His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, Susie Sheldon, this week to officially present the King’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade. Patrick Buckland and Matt Edmunds received the award on behalf of Stainless Games in their role as company directors. Celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, Stainless received the award for exceptional growth over a three-year period in international trade. Having worked with global companies like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Universal Pictures, Stainless has earned a reputation for delivering quality work at the highest levels. The event was held at Stainless’ HQ in Newport with some 50 staff in attendance. Everyone enjoyed some light refreshments afterwards to join in the celebrations of the tremendous achievement. The King’s Awards for Enterprise are the UK’s most prestigious business awards, given only to companies or individuals who are outstanding in their field. Previously known as the Queen’s Awards to Industry, the first Awards were given in 1966. Patrick Buckland, Stainless co-founder and CEO, said: "We’ve always been based in the Newport, IW area, and we’ve been in the High Street for the last twenty years. I set this company up to be a model employer and to give something back to the community in which I grew up. We’ve become an established part of the Island ecosystem, something that makes me truly delighted as a passionate supporter and life-long resident of our precious island. I’m seriously proud of the fact that we have brought many tens of millions of foreign currency into the UK economy and will continue to do so. I want to thank all the staff of Stainless, now and over the years, for their hard work and diligence. This award directly reflects on all of us at Stainless, and everybody should be hugely honoured by it. We all feel proud, especially as this award is a Royal endorsement of our work by the King himself. I’d also like to thank all our families – mine in particular – for their steadfast support during this journey, which has not always been easy. This award, however, helps make it all worthwhile." #kingsaward #videogames

Good luck Ben! Say 👋 from all of us.

Work has started on the front of the office. It's a bit noisy but will be worth it! As well as helping to contribute to a more vibrant high street, as part of the wider programme of commercial frontage improvements within Newport, the old shop frontage will be refurbished to accommodate changes designed to be more sympathetic to Newport’s Conservation Area. The work is being done as part of the High Street Heritage Action Zone programme. Funding has come from Historic England, which works with local businesses to help recover High Streets. Bonus old picture of the building