Press

Selected Guest Articles

• Personal Space Invaders (2013)
  Guest Article for GamesIndustry.biz
  
  
• Everybody hits the first pipe - on score systems and motivation (2014)
  Guest Article for PocketGamer.biz
  
  
• Using Big Screens to Reinvent Local Multiplayer (2014)
  Featured Article on Gamasutra
  
  
• Indies - Don't Risk Getting Lost in the Blend (2013)
  Guest Article for PocketGamer.biz
  
  
• Time for Local Multiplayer to Get Physical (2013)
  Featured article on Gamasutra
  
  
• Indie Marketing Begins with Game Design (2013)
  Guest Article for PocketGamer.biz
  
  
• Indie Exposure (2012)
  Blog series about the difficulties of gaining exposure, and strategies to overcome them. Guest post series for GamesBrief.com
  

Selected Videos

• Talk: Re-inventing Multiplayer on Tablet
  
  
• Talk: Working with large touchscreens
  
  
• Indie Developer Notebook - Story of a Game Engine
  
  
• Talk: Developing Slamjet Stadium as a One-Man Studio

Selected Blog Articles

• Design Lessons from Multiplayer Installations - March 2015
  • Part 1 - Social motivation
  • Part 2 - User interface design
    
    
• Designing for Chaos - April 2013
  
  
• Let's Get Physical - on iPad multiplayer - Jan 2013
  
  
• Indie Exposure: The Blog series - July 2012
  Featured as a series on GamesBrief
  
  • (1) Understanding the Challenge
  • (2) Making the Most of Your USP
  • (3) The Personal Touch
  • (4) The Realities of Free
    
    
• Designing Complexity through Simplicity - Feb 2011
  
  
• Creating Simple Game Animations - Jan 2011
  
  
• Character Design for Greedy Bankers - Dec 2010

Selected Interviews

• GameCity 9 Interview
  Discussing Dash & Bash with the Guardian
  
  
• Why developers should always be pitching
  Interview at Pocket Gamer Connects
  
  
• Talking Slamjet Stadium
  Interview for PocketGamer.com
  
  
• Getting Physical with Slamjet Stadium
  Interview for 148Apps.com

• Developing iOS Games
  Interview for Edge Magazine
  

• Greedy Bankers and One-Man Game Development
  Interview for Forbes.com
  
  
• Bankers Take On Eurogamer!
  Selected video interviews from Eurogamer Indie Arcade
  Includes BitSocket, SweetFFA and EurogamerTV
  

Coverage for Tap Happy Sabotage! (Windows 8)

• Tap Happy Sabotage: Four Screens, One Game
  Guardian Gamesblog
  
  
• Massive Touchscreen Party Game is Pocket Gamer's Very Big Indie Pitch Winner
  Pocket Gamer

Reviews for Slamjet Stadium (iPad)

• "This is anarchic, free-wheeling indie gaming at its finest, and shows just how far a bit of innovation can go"
  9 out of 10, Gold Award
  PocketGamer

• "It’s impossible to describe how much chaos can be involved and how competitive games can get"
  8 out of 10
  CalmDownTom.com
  
  
• "Tons of action-packed twists every way you turn, and that frantic addictiveness of a great arcade game"
  4 stars
  GameZebo
  
  
• "Alistair Aitcheson’s air-hockey remix is scrappy, silly sporting madness"
  7 out of 10
  Edge Online

Reviews for Greedy Bankers vs The World (iPad)

• "An excellent update to what was already a fine match game... [the multiplayer] propels Greedy Bankers to the top of the iPad match-game heap"
  Tap! Magazine (App of the Week)
  
  
• "An absolutely fantastic puzzle game... The multiplayer is one of the best on iOS devices."
  148Apps.com
  
  
• "An excellent follow-up to an already-great game. It's incredibly fun and goofy, the new gameplay modes add a lot of extra enjoyment, and things are even more stylish than before."
  GameZebo.com