Lewis Packwood has been writing about video games professionally since 2013, and his work has appeared in The Guardian, Retro Gamer, EDGE, Eurogamer, Wireframe, Rock Paper Shotgun, Kotaku, PC Gamer and Time Extension, among others.
Sad Owl Studios’ ingenious, mind-bending puzzle game Viewfinder won best British game and best new IP at the BAFTA Awards earlier in 2024, and now the studio’s lead artist, Sophie Knowles, has just been selected as a. This unique puzzle game that plays with 3D space and 2D art, in which players can alter the game's would through photography.
Although Sophie is grateful for being chosen – “It's nice to have what I've done recognised” – she’s also aware that as an artist, she’s one of the more visible contributors to a collaborative effort that involves people from many different disciplines. “When people think about what goes into making a game, people only really think about the art and the programming,” she says.
She adds that it’s “weird” to think of her name among the BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, bearing in mind that stars like Tom Holland and Florence Pugh have been participants in the past. “I’d never really consider myself part of that world,” she says. “Games doesn't really have the same celebrity that film and TV has. We have our big names and everything, but it's not a scratch on Tom Holland.
But in the meantime, “things have been going pretty well” at Sad Owl Studios, she says. “The studio was put together to make Viewfinder, but we still exist, and we still want to make more games. So hopefully weEven though Viewfinder has two BAFTA wins to its name, she acknowledges that Sad Owl’s future success can’t be taken for granted. “The industry right now is in such a weird position,” she laments.
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