Shipped Games
Academy apprentices ship real games. Each title below was built by them alongside industry mentors, shipping to commercial platforms with real partners.
Nutmeg!
A nostalgic football manager game with a deckbuilding twist, set in the ’80s and ’90s. Relive the days when the tackles were as hard as the mullets were long and football was about football.
Academy’s involvement
- Rapidly prototyped and iterated on card game mechanics.
- Delivered innovative deckbuilding mechanics and original card-based match resolution system.
- Designed immersive in-world interface and hub, centred around the 80s and 90s.
- Elevated production values that exceeded expectations across multiple areas.
- Recorded and implemented immersive and engaging voice-over commentary.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Working on Nutmeg pushed my deckbuilding instincts in directions I never expected, and the team made every late night feel like progress.
– Placeholder Name, Programming Apprentice (Nutmeg!)
Zool Redimensioned
A remastered take on Gremlin Graphics’ 1990s Amiga classic “Ninja from the Nth Dimension”. Remaking Zool gave the Academy’s first cohort a shared, challenging production in which to grow into a professional programming team.
Academy’s involvement
- Remade the full 1990s platformer as a graduation project for the first Academy cohort.
- Rebuilt level design, physics and controls to feel modern while honouring the original.
- Shipped to PC and Nintendo Switch with full publisher support.
- Used as the core production vehicle through which apprentices learned professional pipelines.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Rebuilding Zool was a crash course in real production, level design, physics, controls, with mentors who took the long answer every single time.
– Placeholder Name, Programming Apprentice (Zool Redimensioned)
Oil Strike ’75
A side-scrolling 1970s oil-rig simulation set as the official prequel to Still Wakes the Deep. Run an oil rig, drill for new deposits beneath the North Sea, and discover what lurks below. Free-to-play on Steam since May 2024.
Academy’s involvement
- Designed and shipped a side-scrolling oil-rig simulation as the official prequel to Sumo Digital’s Still Wakes the Deep.
- Built the 1970s art direction and text-driven event system that carries the in-game narrative without bespoke voice work.
- Integrated Steam Achievements and live-ops telemetry across 27 in-game milestones for a free-to-play launch.
- Delivered to commercial release in partnership with Secret Mode, the publisher behind Still Wakes the Deep.
- Placeholder bullet, to be replaced once the Academy team confirms the production-final summary.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Oil Strike was a lesson in shipping a free-to-play title under a tight Steam launch window, and a reminder of how much a small team can carry when the brief is sharp.
– Placeholder Name, Programming Apprentice (Oil Strike ’75)
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