REGIONAL INVESTMENT SECURES FOUNDATIONS FOR CLETUS CLAY (20/08/2009)
Sheffield-based independent games developer Tuna is the latest Game Republic member to benefit from Screen Yorkshire's Business Investment Fund, as they announce an investment of £30,000 towards the creation of their new award-nominated title, Cletus Clay.
Cletus Clay is a videogame made entirely out of clay, using traditional stop frame animation, just like Aardman's Wallace and Gromittm (but with added shotguns and aliens). Tuna has set up a development blog at www.cletusclay.com to document how the game is being made.
Following its nomination for the Excellence in Visual Arts award at the 2009 Independent Games Festival in San Francisco, Cletus Clay will also be featured at the Eurogamer Expo IndieCade 2009 this autumn.
Alex Amsel, Managing Director of Tuna, says:
‘'As a Sheffield-based company, it's great that we can be supported locally by organisations such as Screen Yorkshire and Game Republic. With their help Yorkshire has become a fantastic region for the games industry to grow and evolve. We're really looking forward to showing off Cletus Clay at the Eurogamer Expo in Leeds.''
Jamie Sefton, Game Republic Sector Manager at Screen Yorkshire, says:
"The backing of Screen Yorkshire enables our industry-led games network Game Republic and its members to access business investment funds, giving us an opportunity to really make a difference here. We feel that Tuna's amazing Cletus Clay has the potential to be one of the indie scene's strongest titles."
Screen Yorkshire and Game Republic are also bringing the Eurogamer Expo to Leeds in October to ensure thousands of Yorkshire's video game enthusiasts get their hands on new titles from developers such as EA, Sega, Konami and of course Tuna, before their release.
The Eurogamer Expo runs from October 27th to the 28th in Leeds and from October 30th to the 31st in London. For more information on the Eurogamer Expo 2009 or to buy tickets, go to http://expo.eurogamer.net/
