As most of you will be aware, the Develop conference has launched a new location this year in the shape of "Develop:North". 

Develop:North took place at The Spine in Liverpool on 14 November 2024. 

Five of our iGGi PG Researchers attended, and here's a summary of the event from one of them - Ross Fifield:

"Develop: North was great. The venue was excellent and Tandem did a superb job organising it as always. Registration was easy and there were no issues as far as I can tell.

There was a good mix of talks. It was significantly smaller than Brighton, but not unexpectedly so, given that this was their first go.

While a couple of the talks were really quite thought provoking, I personally found the networking opportunities particularly helpful.

I'm speculating that the organisers will run Develop:North at a slightly larger scale than this year, but regardless of that, I would recommend this conference to all iGGi PGRs and anyone in the UK who is working in games and adjacent fields."