The 2023 BAFTA Breakthrough awards celebrate the hot new creative talent working today. Amongst the 42 must-watch creatives working in film, games and television today, from across the UK, US and India, are Kitt Byrne, 2D artist and game designer, and Joel Beardshaw, lead designer. I caught up with them to discuss the state of the industry and what you need to know to get into game development.
"It's a huge accolade to attach that name to a game that you've worked on, especially, I think, because I work in indie games, they're quite small teams, small games sometimes," says Kitt Byrne, adding: "It feels very big, very important."
