I’m Robin Clarke, a games producer based in London, England.
Over the last decade I’ve charted a meandering course through the games industry, working at various times for JoWooD, CDV, Morpheme Game Studios, Mastertronic and Zattikka. Currently I am “Citizen 003″ at AppyNation, a new developer-owned digital publishing consortium.
I also occasionally write articles, participate in game jams and give talks. Sometimes I get asked Wot I Think by various magazines and websites.
When I’m not obsessing over games, my other hobbies include attending various gatherings of writers and techies in the capital, watching comedy, designing things and drinking in parks.
The website www.citystate.co.uk was established on January 1st 2006 to provide a central repository for various musings about games, some of which were previously published elsewhere. All flames, praise and offers of lunch should be directed to contact (at) citystate (dot) co (dot) uk.
Quick facts
Name: Robin Clarke
Twitter ID: rclarke
ZX Spectrum or C64?: Spectrum
Mega Drive or SNES?: Mega Drive
PC or Mac?: PC
Favourite game: Toejam & Earl
Favourite film: Brazil
Name works in the Mickey Mouse Club song: YES
Recent developments
- 2011
- Isoball 1.1 – Updated the iOS SKUs of the game (full post mortem coming soon).
- MeanApps – A twitter feed showcasing the best of UK smartphone app development.
- GameCamp 4 talk – On how indie developers can get their Flash games sponsored.
- 2010
- Isoball Franchise – Production duties on this puzzle game series (50m+ plays on Flash).
- Flash games – sponsored/commissioned over 80 games for Zattikka, including Chubby Ninja, Garden Gnome Carnage, Hide Caesar 2, Isoball 3, Boondog and Gravinaytor.
- Gamejams – took part in Mini Game Jam, Love Jam, Everybody Draws Jam.
- 2009
- Kiwitiki Flower Paradise – the first ‘big’ Flash game I sponsored, learning a lot.
- The Shareware Age – A feature article for Eurogamer, about DOS-era shareware gaming.
- 2008
- Channel 4 Mobile Games Pitch – I was a finalist in this one-day event organised by 4Talent.
- Scrumper – A very simple game I made to learn about Python/Pygame.
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