Animex Marketplace

Meet your favourite studios, discover a new one and try out new games and tech.

Visit the Crypt on 8 November and talk to studios, play games and try hardware and software demos. There’s something for everyone. We also have a range of seminars and workshops throughout the day. Portfolio reviews will also be taking place at the marketplace so be sure to come along.

Entry is free for Animex ticketholders, public entry is available for £5 on the door.

We have guests from Next Gen Skills Academy, Flix Interactive, Wacom and Double Eleven and even more to be confirmed.

08 November 23

Middlesbrough Town Hall | TS1 2QJ

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9:00AM

Registration

9:30AM

Games portfolio reviews

We have a line-up of industry veterans who will look at your portfolio and provide feedback and advice. It’s a great opportunity to get your name out there and find out what will get you into industry. These are aimed at second and third year games students. These are running throughout the morning from 9:30am - 11:30am.

9:30AM

Impactful character design

Lucy Kyriakidou |

Lucy Kyriakidou will explore what makes a successful character design through a demonstration. She starts with the basics and gives some tips on creating a unique, balanced and recognisable hero through shape language, colour and silhouette. The talk is targeted towards artists, people aiming to understand the process better or are developing their own game with characters.

10:30AM

The art of the animation business

David Neumann | NEWMATION

David Neumann speaks about his career and the creative and business side of the animation industry. He discusses the animation market, the gap between the USA and the rest of the world, diversity and inclusion, the process of creating, packaging, and selling new animation projects to studios and distributors, and how new creators advance their careers with or without an agent.

1:00PM

AVFX portfolio reviews

We have a line-up of industry veterans who will look at your portfolio and provide feedback and advice. It’s a great opportunity to get your name out there and find out what will get you into industry. These are aimed at second and third year AVFX students. These are running throughout the afternoon from 1:00pm - 3:00pm.

2:00PM

Impact: The successes and challenges of being disabled and neurodiverse in the games industry

Harriet Frayling | Impact - Many Cats Studios and Ukie's #RaiseTheGame
Christopher Leech | Impact - Many Cats Studios and Ukie's #RaiseTheGame
Nathan Dunton | Impact - Many Cats Studios and Ukie's #RaiseTheGame

A roundtable discussion from Impact looking at the successes and challenges of being disabled and neurodiverse in the games industry.

Animex Marketplace SPEAKERS

Lucy Kyriakidou

Lucy Kyriakidou

Freelance

Lucy Kyriakidou will be talking about character design at Animex Marketplace

Harriet Frayling

Harriet Frayling

Project Lead

Harriet Frayling will be talking about disability and neurodivergence at Animex Marketplace

Impact - Many Cats Studios and Ukie's #RaiseTheGame

Christopher Leech

Christopher Leech

PhD Researcher

Christopher Leech will be talking about disability and neurodivergence at Animex Marketplace

Impact - Many Cats Studios and Ukie's #RaiseTheGame

Nathan Dunton

Nathan Dunton

Community Manager

Nathan Dunton will be speaking about disability and neurodivergence at Animex Marketplace

Impact - Many Cats Studios and Ukie's #RaiseTheGame