Over the next ten years Barry worked for various studios as a game designer (Acclaim Teesside, Negative Productions, Mucky Foot) before rebooting his career in 2003 to become an artist once again. He was hired as a character artist by Criterion Studios in 2004 working on BLACK and subsequently Burnouts 3, 4 and Paradise. In 2008 Barry and five friends left Criterion to form Fireproof Studios, an award-winning outsource studio. Fireproof's BAFTA winning first game, The Room, was launched on iPad to in September 2012. They are currently finishing work on The Room Three and developing a brand new title, 'Omega Agent', exclusively for Samsung Gear VR www.fireproofgames.com