Playtonic Games is a game studio formed largely from veterans of the famous game development company Rare, Ltd.
History
Playtonic Games was incorporated on Tuesday, August 12, 2014.
Playtonic Games first revealed their company on Tuesday, February 10, 2015.[1]
On April 30th, 2015, Playtonic Games revealed their first game: Yooka-Laylee.[2]
Games
- Yooka-Laylee (2017)
List of staff
Developers
- Chris Sutherland (Project Director, Software Engineer)
- Gavin Price (Managing Director, Creative Lead)
- Steve Mayles (Character Art Director)
- Jens Restemeier (Technical Director, Software Engineer)
- Steven Hurst (Environment Art director)
- Mark Stevenson (Technical Art Director)
- Andy Robinson (Writer, Web Editor, Voice Actor)
- Dean Wilson (Creative Art Director)
- Kevin Bayliss (Graphic Artist)
- Becky Lavender (Programmer)
- Dave Rose (Artist)
- Ross Bullimore (Designer)
- Catarina Barros (Engineer)
- Dan Murdoch (Audio Designer)
- Damien Sparkes (Environment Artist)
- Gary Talbot (Technical Animator)
- Hamish Lockwood (Designer)
- Simon Gerges (Senior Software Engineer)
- Lee Jackson (QA Tester)
- Gary Richards (Design Team)
- Andy Wilson (Producer)
- Justin Cook (Designer)
- Matt Griffin (Audio Designer)
- Chris Woods (Operations Manager)
- James Lawrence (Engineer)
- Josué Candela (Gameplay Designer)
- Anthea Van Leeuwen (Environment Artist)
Non-Staff Helping Yooka-Laylee
- Grant Kirkhope (Composer)
- David Wise (Composer)
- Steve Burke (Composer)
- Phil Tossell (Software Engineer)
- Wil Overton (Illustrator)
- Ed Bryan (Character Designer)
Guest Voice Actors
- Jonathan Aryan Jafari (AKA JonTron) (Removed Voice Actor for Space Outhouse)
- Aaron James Halvorson (Voice Actor for Unknown)
- Alison Scott (AKA CrystalBlazier) (Voice Actor for Witch Snowman)
- Blake Swift (AKA ShadyVoxYT) (Voice Actor for Pagies)
- Dan Konves (Voice Actor for Unknown)
- Douglass "Dugalls" Grosser (Voice Actor for Unknown)
- Henry Harris (Voice Actor for Shiver E. Timbers)
- Janne Nousiainen (Voice Actor for Quills)
- Joshua "Bacon" Ruarke (Voice Actor for Cowboy Snowman)
- Logon Rice (Voice Actor for Unknown)
- Lucas Northwood (Voice Actor for Unknown)
- Pedro "Pedrx" Paulo Martins (Voice Actor for Wally the Trolley)
- Samuel Joseph Darren Bell (Voice Actor for Classy Snowman)
- Tony Verlis Gatto (AKA Verlisify) (Voice Actor for Butterflies)
- Jesse (Gaming Show) (Voice Actor for Unknown)
- Jordan Sweeto (Voice Actor for Slot Bandits)
Retired
- Karn Bianco (Ex-Programmer)
Gallery
Employees
Chris Sutherland: Project Director & Software Engineer
Gavin Price: Managing Director & Creative Lead
Steve Mayles: Character Art Director
Jens Restemeier: Technical Director & Software Engineer
Steven Hurst: Environment Art Director
Mark Stevenson: Technical Art Director
Andy Robinson: Writer & Comms Director
Dean Wilson: Creative Art Director
Kevin Bayliss: Character Artist
Becky Lavender: Incredible Engineer
Dave Rose: Artist
Ross Bullimore: Designer
Catarina Barros: Engineer
Dan Murdoch: Audio Designer
Damien Sparkes: Environment Artist
Gary Talbot: Animator
Hamish Lockwood: Designer
Simon Gerges: Senior Software Engineer
Lee Jackson: QA Tester
Gary Richards: Designer
Andy Wilson: Producer
Justin Cook: Designer
Grant Kirkhope: Composer
David Wise: Composer
Steve Burke: Composer
Phil Tossell: Software Engineer
Matt Griffin: Audio Designer
Retired
Karn Bianco: Ex-Incredible Engineer
Old Logos
Old Logo Ideas
Trivia
- In 2012 before Playtonic Games was formed, Ex-Rare members tried to get back together once already. However, everyone was working on other projects, and ultimately failed in the end.[3]
- Playtonic is a play on the words Platonic, meaning "intimate and affectionate but not sexual," and Play, referring to the fact they are video game producers.