Creating a new IP in VR – Meetup #25

We're back for another event, this time hearing from another local VR Game Designer! Sharing their thoughts will be Jerry Johnstone from Just Add Water on the challenges of launching their new IP Dig VR.

We'll be heading to MediaCity for this event and will be meeting at HOST Salford, courtesy of Gametech365 and the IN4 Group.

We're always looking for demos, so if you'd like to showcase something, fill in this form and let us know - https://forms.gle/kxKuFgzZnXBpJN929

Schedule:

• 18:00: Check-in opens.
• 18:30: Food and Drinks served
• 19:00: Welcome & VR Industry Update
• 19:20: Main speaker : Jerry Johnstone (Lead Designer, Just Add Water)
• 20:00: Community Announcements & Wrap Up
• 20:05: More demos, socialising etc
• 21:00: End, retire for chat and drinks to Dockyard

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Speaker details
The Challenges of Making a New IP in VR
Jerry will talk about Dig VR, their newly announced game, the design challenges of creating a new IP in VR and being first to market.

About Jerry
Jerry Johnstone is an experienced game designer at Just Add Water, with 8+ years industry experience. Jerry started in QA before progressing into a Design role, having worked on a variety of different projects, from the LEGO games, to Star Citizen and Transformers: Reactivate, before joining Just Add Water a year ago to work on Dig VR.

About Just Add Water
Just add Water was founded in 2006 by Stewart Gilray and after his death has continued to grow as an experienced development studio. The company has partnered with a variety of the industry's most high-profile publishers and developers, on well-love and award-winning franchises. Their 25+ staff have worked on Sniper Elite VR, Sniper Elite VR Winter Warrior for Rebellion Developments, as well as BPM Bullet Per Minute (for PS4, Xbox One and Switch) for Playtonic and AWE interactive. Other clients have included Bethesda, Oddworld Inhabitants, Bossa Studios, FuturLab, Bithell Games and Liquid Swords.

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Demos

• Street Art; Manchester & Beyond: Daryl Marsh will showcase a piece of practice based research that uses photogrammetry & VR to allow exploration of sixteen areas of paste-up and sticker street art from Manchester's Northern Quarter, Stockport and Brick Lane, London.