Tentacle Zone

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

It is slightly wet with the rain in Brighton so we have moved to the West Pier Tea room a few shops down: 📍 https://lnkd.in/esxYGDfT

Are you going to Develop:Brighton tomorrow? Come say hi to the Tentacle Zone team! 🐙 We will be hanging around the Flour Plot at Brighton Beach on Tuesday afternoon. Come and chat with the TZ team if you're interested in a game-focused co-working space, want to learn more about our community, EDI in TZ or are interested in partnering and working with us. Or simply come by to say hi! If you would like to arrange a meeting, please feel free to DM us on Linkedin, too.

Our CEO, Russ Clarke, will be speaking at Develop:Brighton next Wednesday sharing lessons from the launch of TerraTech Worlds on the 'Discoverability' track. Topic: Cracking Early Access - From Design to Development - Lessons From the Front Line. When? Weds, 10 July at 3.00pm - 3.45pm Where? Room 4 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eNWJjbQx  & please come along if you are attending the conference!

To round up our Pride activities we’ve put together a blog post where we spoke to some of our Payloaders about: 🌈What Pride means to them 🎉How they celebrate 📖Pride themed recommendations for book/tv/film/music A big thanks to Alana, Cassie, Piers, and Pippa for contributing! Check out the blog post➡ https://lnkd.in/eaYUEQdu #Pride2024 #PrideMonth #TeamPayload

It’s Pride Month and we’ve been celebrating at Payload Studios! Last week we kicked off our Pride activities with some themed cupcake decorating. We were super impressed by the decorating skills on show! Pride offers the chance to celebrate the LGBQT+ community but also to reflect on what still needs to be done, and learn about LGBQT+ experiences and history. We’re planning a variety of activities throughout the month including: 🍰 Hosting a charity bake sale for an LGBTQ+ charity chosen by our team. ✏Posting a Pride blogpost where some of our Payloaders will share what pride means to them, how they celebrate, and even provide some suggested reading! 🌈Arranging a visit to Queer Britain, the UK’s first and only LGBQT+ museum. We'll be sharing more updates later in the month so watch this space! #Pride2024 #PrideMonth #TeamPayload

🧠 Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, an annual campaign to promote good mental health.🧠 Here at Payload we’ve made a bit of a tradition of taking part in the campaign to promote the importance of good mental health and wellbeing, improve mental health awareness and to look at ways in which we can ensure we are providing a supportive workplace for our team. This year’s theme was Movement: Moving for Our Mental Health and focused on the benefits of moving more. We took inspiration from the theme to arrange several events including: 🧘🏽Hosting a desk/chair yoga session 🌳Arranging a lunchtime walk and picnic in the park 🏃🏻♀️Organising a step challenge which will be running for 4 weeks to help motivate those taking part to be more active! We also took the opportunity to share wellbeing resources, highlight some upcoming mental health events from Safe In Our World (available to Level Up partners) and remind our Payloaders of the wellbeing support available at the studio. #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #TeamPayload #GamesIndustry

Our Unit 2 ground floor space is ideal for a private office for teams of up to 15 people. This spacious area has a lot to offer: 📍 Central London Location 🖥 Private Office ☀ Natural Sunlight 🍽 Communal Kitchen ➡ Learn more about joining our community here : https://lnkd.in/e9XKPWdV #TentacleZone #TZResidents #Gamehub #IndieDev

Our communal kitchen area is where the TZ residents hang out. It's fully equipped with essentials such as coffee machines, microwave, fridge, and toaster. Plus: ☕️ Enjoy tea & coffee throughout the day 🍽️ Relish in a spacious lunch area 🖥️ Large projector for games and events ⚽ Table football rounds with fellow teammates and residents Learn more about joining our community: https://lnkd.in/e9XKPWdV #TentacleZone #TZResidents #Gamehub #IndieDev