Magic Notion Press Page
Fact Sheet
Developer:
Magic Notion Ltd.
Based in United Kingdom
Founding Date:
January, 2013
Website:
magicnotion.com
Contact:
Please use the Contact page
Social:
twitter.com/magicnotion
facebook.com/magicnotion
Releases:
Kitty Powers' Matchmaker
Description
Magic Notion is an independent, self funded and self published game development micro studio founded by Richard Franke in 2013. In partnership with Ben Morris and a team of talented contractors they have shipped multiple games in the Kitty Powers’ series, on multiple platforms, using the Unity engine.
Projects
History
Richard Franke - Founder
Richard has worked in the games industry since 1996 on a string of award winning titles including:
Startopia (PC) - Artist
Urban Chaos (Dreamcast/Playstation/PC) - Artist
Burnout 3: Takedown (Playstation 2/XBox) - World Artist/UI Artist
Burnout: Revenge (Playstation 2/XBox/XBox 360/PC) - Environment Art Lead
BLACK (Playstation 2/XBox) - Environment Art Lead
Burnout Paradise (Playstation 3/XBox 360/PC) - Associate Art Director
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Playstation 3/XBox 360/PC) - World Design Consultant
Burnout CRASH! (iOS) - Creative Director
Tearaway (PS4, PS Vita) - Senior Artist
Dreams (PS4) - Senior Artist
Richard has also been doing drag since about 2009. His alter ego 'Kitty Powers' has hosted a number of events, and stars in Magic Notion's titles 'Kitty Powers' Matchmaker', ‘Kitty Powers’ Love Life’ and ‘Kitty Powers’ Speed Date’.
Ben Morris - Technical/Managing Director
Ben started making games as a hobbyist in 2003, before releasing his first commercial indie game in 2009.
After studying computer games programming at University, he ran a work-for-hire games company, Jet Stone Studios, from 2012 to 2016 until joining Magic Notion as a permanent team member and becoming Technical and Managing Director. Since then, he has worked on all games in the Kitty Powers series.
Shellblast HD (Xbox Live Indie Games) - Developer
greenTech+ (Xbox Live Indie Games) - Developer
Driver: San Francisco (Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC) - Tools Programmer
Fuz Rush (iOS, Android) - Developer
The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 2 (iOS, Android, PC) - Programmer
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Core Team
Richard Franke - Founder, Drag Queen, Design Consultant
Ben Morris - Company Director, Technical Director, Design
Allan Franke - Writer, Design
Daniel Thomas - Art