Game Development

Develop:Brighton 2026

Develop:Brighton is the UK’s only event that brings together the entire game-making industry – from micro indies to global studio superstars. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2026, it offers attendees opportunities to learn, network, and share ideas in a friendly and inclusive environment, with tracks that cover every discipline of game development. The c…

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83Speakers
20Sponsors
3Exhibitors
5Sessions
95Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Develop:Brighton, in alphabetical order.

Abubaker Salim
Surgent Studios
Adele Cutting
Soundcuts
Agnes Kasilovska
Dead Nice Studio
Agostino Simonetta
GSC Game World
Alfie Wright
Moss Monkey Games
Alice Bowman
Fusebox Games
Alistair Hume
Full Dive Games
Alyx Jones
Silver Script Games
Ambrose Robinson
Parable Studios
Améliane F. Chiasson
Player Research (Keywords Studios)
Amir Didarzadeh
NBI
Andrej Horoschun
Frontier Developments
Andrew Dodds
Jagex
Anisa Sanusi
Limit Break
Annabel Ashalley-Anthony
Melanin Gamers
Anna Blewden
Games with DNA
Annie Grudeva
Radical Forge
Antoine Jullemier
Gadsme
Ari Arnbjörnsson
Epic Games
Arseniy Klishin
Party for Introverts
Ashton Mills
Jagex
Ayobami Aderemi
ReAssure

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

BAFTA
BiG (BAME in Games)
Creative UK
Edge
Game Anglia
Game Republic
GamesIndustry.biz
IGDA
MCV/DEVELOP
MobileGamer.biz
PlayStationHeadline Sponsor
POC in Play
PocketGamer.biz
Pocket Tactics
Raise the Game
SupercellHeadline Sponsor
TebexHeadline Sponsor
TIGA
Ukie
Women in Games

Agenda

Selected from 5 sessions.

  • Tuesday 14th July 11:00am - 11:45am

    AI Wants to Play: A Game Designer’s Guide to AI in Every Stage of Development

    The latest wave of AI is reshaping game development - but what actually works in practice? This talk is a hands-on tour through the stages where AI can help, from initial prototypi…

    Design
  • Tuesday 14th July 11:00am - 11:45am

    Building New Game Teams Before the Game Is Clear

    What makes an early game team worth believing in before the game itself is fully known? In this session, Marco, Client Programmer and New Game Founder at Supercell, shares reflecti…

    Mobile
  • Tuesday 14th July 11:00am - 11:45am

    The Power of Stopping: Spotting a Sunk Cost Fallacy Before it Sinks your Project

    It's no great secret that projects overrun, that humans don't always make good plans and even when they do, they are inherently bad at spotting when plans are crumbling around them…

    Business
  • Tuesday 14th July 9:45am - 10:45am

    Games:Edu Track Intro & Keynote: Apprenticeships & the Tacit Knowledge of Game Development

    Following a brief introduction and welcome to the day’s events by track hosts Laurence Oldham and Dr Tom Cole, in this keynote, Jake Habgood explores the role of formal and informa…

    Games:Edu, Keynote
  • Tuesday 14th July 9:45am - 10:45am

    Powered by Players: Reforjing 4J Studios

    From its roots as a trusted development partner to becoming a studio defined by innovation and community-first thinking, 4J Studios has been shaped - at every stage - by players. I…

    Keynote
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 95 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

95 companies. four are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
4All threespeak · spons · exh
16Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
75Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Supercell·PlayStation·Tebex·Ukie

Speakers by seniority
  • Other roles83100%

Of 83 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1SupercellSponsor · Headline SponsorExhibitor2
2PlayStationSponsor · Headline SponsorExhibitor-
3TebexSponsor · Headline SponsorExhibitor-
4UkieSponsor1
5BAFTASponsor-
6BiG (BAME in Games)Sponsor-
7Creative UKSponsor-
8EDGESponsor-
9Game AngliaSponsor-
10Game RepublicSponsor-
11GamesIndustry.bizSponsor-
12IGDASponsor-
13MCV/DEVELOPSponsor-
14MobileGamer.bizSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
headline sponsor3
15% of 20
unspecified17
85% of 20