Startup Pitches #14 - Special at Norwich Games Festival

SyncNorwich is back!

This time, we're joining forces with The Norwich Games Festival. This event series showcases local talent in a line-up of startup, product or idea pitch events. We have 5 startups pitching for you on May 30th.

Drinks sponsored by Langham - Partnerships that go beyond recruitment

PITCHES
🎴 Richard Tadd - Taiji-tcg
🕹️ Michael Beckwith - Uprise Games
🧩 Kate Killick - Pieced Together
🃏 Stephanie Darrah - Steph Darrah Consultancy
🦌 Alfie Wright - Moss Monkey Games

AGENDA
6.00 pm - Arrivals & networking with drinks
6.15 pm - Intro
6.30 pm - PITCH 1 ➡️ Taiji-tcg
6.40 pm - PITCH 2 ➡️ Uprise Games
6.50 pm - PITCH 3 ➡️ Pieced Together
7.00 pm - PITCH 4 ➡️ Steph Darrah Consultancy
7.10 pm - PITCH 5 ➡️Moss Monkey Games
7.20 pm - Q&A
7.30 pm - Vote for Best Pitch
7.50 pm - Stay at the venue or head home

PITCH 1 ➡️ Taiji-tcg

WUJI Studios proudly presents Taiji, an all-new Trading Card Game based on Chinese mythology, theology and culture. It is a war & strategy game with over 1,000 cards for players to enjoy and collect; including deities, divine creatures, fantastical beasts, ancient humans, and more.

www.taiji-tcg.com (in the works)

Speaker Richard Tadd is the Founder of WUJI Studios, a UK-based company aimed at promoting Chinese culture through various forms of media and entertainment to halt the rise in anti-Chinese sentiment in the West.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-tadd-mba-cmgr-mcmi-92174829/

PITCH 2 ➡️ Uprise Games

Uprise Games was created in 2023, based on creating 2D and 3D games. In this showcase, they will be showing some of their current projects that are being developed under Uprise Games as well as some potential future projects.

https://uprisegames.com/
https://www.instagram.com/uprisegames/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/uprise-games

Speaker Michael Beckwith is one of the founders and Creative Director for Uprise Games with a keen skill and passion for 3D and all things gaming.

https://www.artstation.com/roguedeveloper804
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-beckwith-38436522a/
https://www.instagram.com/mikessanctuary2442?igsh=Y2Nlb3ZleXRiZW1j

PITCH 3 ➡️ Pieced Together

Pieced Together is a cosy scrapbooking puzzle game that tells a heartwarming story about friendship, getting older and letting go.

Sort through personal mementos, cutting, sticking and puzzling items together to create a beautiful scrapbook. Discover the story page by page, following the years of ups and downs between protagonist Connie and her lifelong friend Beth.

http://www.playpiecedtogether.com
www.twitter.com/GlowfrogGames
www.glowfrog.games

Kate Killick is a BAFTA-winning game designer, and CEO at Glowfrog Games, a team of industry veterans building heartfelt games for a diverse audience.

www.linkedin.com/in/katekillick
www.twitter.com/thethirdkate

PITCH 4 ➡️ Stephanie Darrah - Steph Darrah Consultancy

Launching May 2024, Steph Darrah Consultancy is a business specialising in Indie Publishing Consulting, Teaching, Mentoring, Business/ Career Advice and Diversity Representation.

Steph is a Video Games industry professional with years of experience in Indie Publishing, Pitching, Production, Mentoring, Career Advice and Diversity Advocacy.

With an in-depth understanding of the elusive publishing process, and years of involvement in mentoring and supporting underrepresented individuals. Steph approaches her business with an accessible, inclusive and transparent attitude.

https://stephdarrah.co.uk/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-darrah-592a5149/

PITCH 5 ➡️ Alfie Wright - Moss Monkey Games

Outclaw is a third person action game that features evil minions and exciting, frantic combat. Play as Giblet, a disgraced god getting revenge by breaking the rest of their pantheon’s domains. During their adventure, they’ll find something more valuable than chaos and destruction: a home.

https://linktr.ee/mossmonkeygames