Margate is our hometown and where our studio is based out of. We love to work on projects that benefit the local community and add value.

Geek first launched in 2012 and is held annually in Margate, Kent. People come from far and wide to meet friends and family at GEEK. And when they cant come to us we go to them. It is our festival of games & play.

Calling Artists, Indie Devs, Technologists, Inventors and Educators, GEEK is a place to Beta test new games and ideas. We recognise that testing work with a live audience is a vital part of the developmental process and we therefore welcome work in all stages of completion.

Don't forget to check out our youtube channel for making of and highlight videos.

Punch the Custard combines our passion for games & play with our passion for science and experimentation. Always a popular and engaging event we often pack up our custard and computers and take them on the road.

Punch the Custard provides a fantastic chance for people to get their hands metaphorically dirty, have fun, learn about programming and science with Dr George Forster.

With the popularity of the participatory learning experience and technology we were asked to take our GEEK play lab along to the Singapore Science Centre.

We tested experimental games in our play lab, ran coding workshops and of course we had plenty of games and other activities.

We took GEEK on the road for a three day event to the old Custard Factory in Birmingham. Themed around Heroes vs Villains we had the normal mixture of retro and current gen games as well as workshops like Make a Robot.

As part of the GEEK 2014 festival we created four Arts Council funded residencies. We asked game makers to come and create games inspired by the history, geography and people in Margate. Don't forget to check out the video link above.

Each of the teams worked in the studio, contributed to a shared research project then shared their games with over4000 people at the GEEK festival.

The game makers were:

Seb Lee-Delisle - Lazer Arcade

Bogdan Spanjevic - GEEK Hunt

Invisible Flock - If you go away

Pheebs&RWig - Tourist Trap

The van Dyck Vanishments is an exciting, interactive, immersive experience combining fine art, theatre and gaming. Running as part of Marine Studio’s 2015 GEEK Festival.

A secret society has sent out a call for intrepid people interested in taking part in an experimental procedure.

They’ve developed an incredible machine which is capable of sending people INSIDE works of art. They hope that the machine will someday make it possible for holiday-makers to vacation in fine art.

To test their machine they have acquired three famous self-portraits from the Turner Contemporary and now they just need a party – led by a junior research assistant – to make the maiden journey!

For the first time GEEK 2015 featured games made in Margate.

We worked with students from the Marlowe and Hartsdown Academy to develop their own games with the Unity software which were play tested at GEEK 2015.

They were supported in this exciting project by an amazing array of Indie Devs who worked with and encouraged them to be bold and creative.

We would like to thank the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust without whom the project could not go ahead and Unity who provided software, judging support and wonderful prizes.

During GEEK 2015 we introduced 'Story Sunday' featuring our story started by Ian Livingstone and finished by the audience. The audience was encouraged to contribute to the story by drawing what would happen next. Everything from giant purple monsters to hiding in the Margate clock tower.

We then took these images and turned them into our very on Twine adventure which you can check out on the link above.

You can also check out the game from the link above.

We packed up GEEK and took it on the road to Swale & Medway. Carrying on our tradition of participatory games and weird and fun experiments we aimed to get the public involved in creating their own games and thinking outside of the box.

From using fruit to control games to making your own robots suits to dual on the big screen.

As well games available at GEEK we also ran our Minecraft creative build competition, check out the youtube link above to see the winners.

If you are looking for something like GEEK and think it may work for you contact us.

We developed our Story Cubes for GEEK 2015 as a technique to get people feeling inspired and motivated to take part in creative writing and drawing activities.

There are six cubes with writing prompts split into six categories. Your character, your friend, a location, an emotion, an event and a random encounter. Using these random prompts you need to put on your creative hat and come up with the most interesting and fun story you can.

During our testing at GEEK 2015 we held a competition with the winner receiving their story illustrated by artist Alfonso Buendia.