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Luke Whittaker, gamemaker. (South of the Circle, Lumino City).

June 30

1h 31m

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Episode Description

Luke Whittaker is a British game designer and creative director. With a background in animation and games design, he co-founded the BAFTA-winning indie studio State of Play in 2008, helping establish a reputation for meticulous, hands-on craft and playful experimentation. He was the creator and lead designer of Lumino City, the puzzle adventure built entirely from hand-made paper and card models, which won a BAFTA for Artistic Achievement.

Since then he has worked on a string of distinctive projects including the Apple Award-winning pinball painting game INKS and the paper-crafted puzzle games KAMI and its sequel. As writer, director, and lead artist on South of the Circle, he even travelled to Antarctica to research a deeply human Cold War love story. Now, with Spycraft, a 1960s spy adventure that blends a physical board with video game mechanics—and comeswith a physical gadget built to play it—he continues to blur the boundaries between digital play and physical craft.

Relevant Links:

Luke Whittaker & State of Play

State of Play Games – official site

State of Play – about the studio

Spycraft & the Board device

Spycraft – State of Play Games page

Spycraft – on the Board store

Board – the gaming device Spycraft runs on

South of the Circle

South of the Circle – State of Play Games page

South of the Circle – Steam

South of the Circle – Apple App Store