Playwerks aims to facilitate game makers by providing business space, IP development facilities, partnerships, technology platforms, funding, and consultancy. There is currently a lack of investment, facilities, and knowledge support for game startups. Playwerks plans to address this by gathering IP, developing IP, and marketing IP to global game markets for video, board, and mixed reality games. Playwerks has begun developing IP projects, forming partnerships with industry experts, and building an advisory team to help bring game ideas to market.

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Game makers want to create their universe and allow players to explore, create,
build, trade, compete, roll play, fly, walk, run, drive… and above all, have fun.
Playwerks intends to facilitate game makers by providing:
• A games specific business space.
• Provide IP development facilities and partnerships.
• Help to develop innovative technology platforms.
• Management and Consultancy facilities.
• Access to Game specific investment funding.
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3. The Problem
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The start-up games industry scene (Video,
Fused and Table Top) has been overlooked by
traditionalmethods of investment and lack of IP
development partnerships.
Lack of investment
Despite the massive uptake in university games related courses (231 in total in 2017 – source UKIE) and
year on year games industry growth, there is a lack of Games industry specific IP development routes to
market, especially at the start-up and Indie level.
This is true within the Video Game sector, more so in the Table Top and Fused Game sectors.
Lack of start-up to sales pipe line
No facility or centre to allow an easy way of
developing IP for games and game technology.
Lack of facilities
Our research and feedback is telling us that the game industry start-ups are lacking business knowledge,
indicating hesitance by the start-ups in approaching traditionalIP development businesses and
investment
A games focused partner is needed to adopt these partnerships, a business with a game industry focus,
yet with a clear sales generating agenda.
Lack of knowledge

4. Our Solution
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Create a games industry specific IP
development business at the heart of Sheffield,
with a Global reach, that gathers IP and
exclusive licences via partnering with
entrepreneurs, inventors and other businesses.
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• By partner with leading experts in the field such as
BGI, TIGA, UKIE, NVA, SHU and Kollider, we can grow
our reach.
• By forming an expert advisory board to guide us on
legal matters, market trends and opportunities etc.
Gather IP Develop IP Market IP
Facilitate IP development by helping to
develop that IP in a range of markets by
adopting MVP, Lean development and
exploitation plans.
Identify routes to global game markets, both
Video, Fused and Table Top, allowing the sale of
products produced via the development of the
IP.
• By utilisingskills from other Centre of Excellence
(CoE’s) groups within Kollider.
• By using Kollider facilities developed by various CoE’s.
• By creating our own facilities that will offer tools for
development.
• By exercising our growing network of individuals and
businesses to help identify quick market access and
sale.
• By using existingdistribution channels; both online
and traditional bricks and mortar routes.

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• IP projects are currently being developed and
market testing, for some of these projects, has
started.
• Playwerks company formed, and advisory team
being built.
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Traction to date
• Strategic partnerships being established with Industry
experts.
• Strategic partnerships being established with
foundations such as, The National Video Games
Arcade, Game City, the British Games Institution,
Sheffield Hallam University and Kollider.
Development
• Network of sector specific individuals and businesses
established and our reach will continue to expand as
our influence grows.
Network
Partnerships Team & Advisory Board
• Our team has been established with the majority of
the team members and advisors having worked
together over several years.
• Skills include, tax litigation, funding specialist,
branding experts, industry specialists, manufacturers
and merchandise specialists.
• Currently in talks with several VC’s, Angel Networks
and Strategic Fund managers to help provide quick
access to investments.
Investment
• Skills in identifying opportunities for obtaining grants
and tax breaks.
Grants and other Funding

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Sector Interest
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With the right management platform and IP development, we believe that Playwerks can help catapult ideas to a high growth status by enthusing them with a “get up and do it” attitude that believes in brilliant people with brilliant ideas should have a
platform to the players.
We want to partner with high growth start-ups/businessesand help bring the ideas and passion to the market and therefore sharing in the success.
Ultimately,helping to shape a generations worth of players, with new ideas and new ways of gaming.
Scott Knowles
PLAYWERKS LTD
CEO and Founder
E: scott@playwerks.co.uk
Chris Simpson
PLAYWERKS LTD
COO and Co-founder
E: chris@playwerks.co.uk
Thank you for your time.
Please present any questions to : Scott Knowles - Founder: scott@playwerks.co.uk