HeyStephenHey
@heystephenhey.bsky.social
Head of Publishing @RadicalForge
Board member of Manchester Game Network @Gameopolis
Side gig - https://www.unseen-galaxy.com
@SpecialEffect Ambassador
Member of @BAFTAgames
Proud Mancunian
❤️ 🎮 Sci-Fi & LEGO all views are my own
Board member of Manchester Game Network @Gameopolis
Side gig - https://www.unseen-galaxy.com
@SpecialEffect Ambassador
Member of @BAFTAgames
Proud Mancunian
❤️ 🎮 Sci-Fi & LEGO all views are my own
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Look at this excellent cross-creative industry event at the Band on the Wall on 25th September - sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greater-ma...
Greater Manchester Creative Industries Mixers-Connect. Collaborate. Create!
A place for all subsectors of the GM Creative Industries to connect, network and thrive!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Look at this excellent cross-creative industry event at the Band on the Wall on 25th September - sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greater-ma...
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Hey Manchester based early stage game company - have you seen these free workshops that could boost your business? www.businessgrowthhub.com/programmes/c...
www.businessgrowthhub.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Hey Manchester based early stage game company - have you seen these free workshops that could boost your business? www.businessgrowthhub.com/programmes/c...
Reposted by HeyStephenHey
@liverpoolgdn.bsky.social are holding this great sounding event in November - more info and ticket info here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lgdn-prese...
LGDN Presents: Games Pitching Bootcamp
A two-day event designed to help game developers improve their business and pitching skills, and potentially win £1,000 for their game.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
@liverpoolgdn.bsky.social are holding this great sounding event in November - more info and ticket info here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lgdn-prese...
Wherever we are going with generative AI and games, this rather random ‘games for health’ event in Wilmslow later this month looks interesting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clinical-g...
Clinical Game Jam: Vibe Coding for Health Equity
Come join us at Clinical Game Jam: Vibe Coding for Health Equity, where we'll hack, code, and create games to promote health equity together
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Wherever we are going with generative AI and games, this rather random ‘games for health’ event in Wilmslow later this month looks interesting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clinical-g...
Oh yes - a selection of great ganes, discounted, raising money for the amazing @specialeffect.org.uk - it’s a win win store.steampowered.com/sale/onespec...
One Special Day 2025
Join SpecialEffect to celebrate One Special Day where the games industry comes together to support gamers with disabilities around the world! These games originate from a growing community of creators...
store.steampowered.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Oh yes - a selection of great ganes, discounted, raising money for the amazing @specialeffect.org.uk - it’s a win win store.steampowered.com/sale/onespec...
Oh my - this is just a playable @kurzgesagt.org - that’s my weekend gone then store.steampowered.com/app/2719750/...
Save 10% on Star Birds on Steam
Star Birds is a relaxing asteroid base-building and resource management game. Discover and mine countless asteroids, create production networks and guide your flock of spacefaring birds to new interst...
store.steampowered.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Oh my - this is just a playable @kurzgesagt.org - that’s my weekend gone then store.steampowered.com/app/2719750/...
The epitome of ‘play’ @sokpop.co youtube.com/watch?v=88l9...
All our new projects in one big showcase! (Sokpop Direct 2025)
YouTube video by Sokpop Collective
youtube.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The epitome of ‘play’ @sokpop.co youtube.com/watch?v=88l9...
I’m so in on the LEGO Nintendo Game Boy www.lego.com/en-gb/produc...
Game Boy™ 72046 | LEGO® Super Mario™ | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop GB
Nintendo® themed collectible building set for adults
www.lego.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I’m so in on the LEGO Nintendo Game Boy www.lego.com/en-gb/produc...
Manchester, today! pokemongolive.com/post/pokemon...
Connect on the Pokémon GO Road Trip 2025!
pokemongolive.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Manchester, today! pokemongolive.com/post/pokemon...
What?!!
This is in Manchester - Cathedral Gardens - today!
July 16, 2025 at 6:49 AM
What?!!
@tpexpress.bsky.social I e had a week of the most frustrating customer service ever so I am now trying to use the web form and my ordinary email address is preventing submission. I’ve tried to use the website, WhatsApp, phone line to no effect
July 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
@tpexpress.bsky.social I e had a week of the most frustrating customer service ever so I am now trying to use the web form and my ordinary email address is preventing submission. I’ve tried to use the website, WhatsApp, phone line to no effect
Anyone in the north and in games - if you’ve never come across @gamerepublic.bsky.social before then look them up. They can help and are selfless and lovely human beings. youtu.be/xHWxEGDnmF4?...
What Game Republic is all about! (Subtitled)
YouTube video by Game Republic Ltd
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July 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Anyone in the north and in games - if you’ve never come across @gamerepublic.bsky.social before then look them up. They can help and are selfless and lovely human beings. youtu.be/xHWxEGDnmF4?...
Heading to @developconference.com and can’t wait to catch up with all the good folk there.
July 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Heading to @developconference.com and can’t wait to catch up with all the good folk there.
Flowers for Turing - I think they may be a bit blown around the city now @specialeffect.org.uk
Flowers for Turing bloom in Manchester rain - SpecialEffect
The wonderful Flowers for Turing fundraising initiative returned again on Friday 23 June thanks to our fantastic Ambassador and friend Joe Reddington. Joe and his friends have organised flowers to be ...
www.specialeffect.org.uk
June 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Flowers for Turing - I think they may be a bit blown around the city now @specialeffect.org.uk
I love it when games are ised as empathy generators - telling stories thatvare important to hear, play and feel www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
Take Us North
A narrative adventure/survival game that follows the journeys of migrants and asylum seekers on their way to cross the US-Mexico border
www.kickstarter.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I love it when games are ised as empathy generators - telling stories thatvare important to hear, play and feel www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
An absolute honour to be asked!
Happy Alan Turing Day. It’s 113 years since one of the most significant people in computing was born. To celebrate our very own @heystephenhey.bsky.social helped out @joereddington.com on this @specialeffect.org.uk project which raised over £5,000
June 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
An absolute honour to be asked!
Nice to see this today at Middlesbrough College
June 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Nice to see this today at Middlesbrough College
(NON-RECUPERABLE) GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE TO BOOST YOUR GAME’S MARKETING OR MARKETABILITY OVERSEAS (and for other resources that can help boost the return on your development investment). Applications close on June 19 so be quick!
www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-...
www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-...
Making an application for UK Global Screen Fund International Business Development strand
This guide gives you advice and recommendations on how to write a good application for the UKGSF International Business Development Funding strand.
www.bfi.org.uk
June 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
(NON-RECUPERABLE) GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE TO BOOST YOUR GAME’S MARKETING OR MARKETABILITY OVERSEAS (and for other resources that can help boost the return on your development investment). Applications close on June 19 so be quick!
www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-...
www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-...
So great to hear Neil Borg-Oliver talking about ‘social capital’ rather than results at Liv Game Summit
June 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
So great to hear Neil Borg-Oliver talking about ‘social capital’ rather than results at Liv Game Summit
The amazingly resourceful Marek Smagala introducing the first Liv Game Summit
June 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The amazingly resourceful Marek Smagala introducing the first Liv Game Summit
I just backed Hounded by @imprnt.bsky.social on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/hou...
Hounded
A Dog-Adventure Game where you will follow your nose to find your master.
www.kickstarter.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I just backed Hounded by @imprnt.bsky.social on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/hou...
I'm going, but don't let that put you off.
The Liv(erpool) Game Summit is on Thursday, June 5th. Tickets are £35 for a whole day of great panels and networking, and a post-event mixer, all put together by the ever-industrious Marek J. Smagala. Find tickets at the link below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liv-game-s...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liv-game-s...
Liv Game Summit 2025
A vertical slice of the games industry in Liverpool and the North. Panels, portfolio reviews, games, networking, raffle and post-event mixer
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I'm going, but don't let that put you off.
I wish I was young and looking for an amazing games marketing job where I could talk about Monumen Valley all day ustwogames.co.uk/join-us/
work with us | ustwo games
We are a people-centric company aiming to make a positive impact in the world
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May 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I wish I was young and looking for an amazing games marketing job where I could talk about Monumen Valley all day ustwogames.co.uk/join-us/
So Happy that the beautiful The Siege and the Sandfox siegeandsandfox.com is coming on 20th May from @cardboardsword.bsky.social and @plaion.bsky.social
The Siege and The Sandfox
siegeandsandfox.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
So Happy that the beautiful The Siege and the Sandfox siegeandsandfox.com is coming on 20th May from @cardboardsword.bsky.social and @plaion.bsky.social