{"id":252,"date":"2021-06-09T09:22:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T08:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/institute-cultural-creative-industries-news\/?p=252"},"modified":"2021-06-09T12:56:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T11:56:38","slug":"18-june-digital-culture-research-network-brunch-talk-by-mark-backler-of-sketchbook-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/institute-cultural-creative-industries-news\/2021\/06\/09\/18-june-digital-culture-research-network-brunch-talk-by-mark-backler-of-sketchbook-games\/","title":{"rendered":"18 June Digital Culture Research Network Brunch Talk by Mark Backler of Sketchbook Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Backler is the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/sketchbook.games\/\">Sketchbook Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Its debut game, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/599610\/Lost_Words_Beyond_the_Page\/\">Lost Words: Beyond the Page<\/a>, is the winner of multiple awards and features a story written by renowned games writer\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhiannapratchett.com\/\">Rhianna Pratchett<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The game ties the narrative into the gameplay in an unusual way &#8211; an\u00a0atmospheric narrative adventure, Lost Words: Beyond the Page is set between the pages of a diary and a fantasy story where you run on words and use them to interact with the world around you to solve puzzles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/institute-cultural-creative-industries-news\/files\/2021\/06\/LostWorlds_KeyArt_finalrender_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"7680\" height=\"4320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mark&#8217;s background is in games design and before he founded his own studio (Sketchbook Games) in 2016, he worked\u00a0at EA on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and at Lionhead Studios on the BAFTA award winning Fable 2.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"x_Signature\">\n<div>\n<div>Mark is also the co-founder of Game Anglia, a conference to bring together game developers in the East of England and build a better game development community.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The University of Kent&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/institute-cultural-creative-industries\/projects\/digital-culture\">Digital Culture Research Network<\/a> will welcome\u00a0Mark on Friday 18th June, 11am &#8211; 12noon.<\/p>\n<p>Zoom in to listen to his a talk to hear more about this ground-breaking game, with the opportunity to ask questions about games development, free-lancing, digital story-telling, Mark&#8217;s career path, or the Creative industries in general.<\/p>\n<div>Zoom: 9652200112 Password CAS<\/div>\n<div>All Welcome and Free!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Backler is the founder of Sketchbook Games. 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