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 game developer founded by Richard Franke, on a quest to make amusing, thought provoking, inclusive and original games.
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. 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
Formation
Magic Notion was formed in January 2013 by Richard, shortly after he left EA Criterion.
He teamed up with Graduate Software Engineer Kieran Keegan and Contract Software Engineer Ben Morris.
Bringing in contractors when necessary, they have developed their games 'Kitty Powers' Matchmaker', ‘Kitty Powers’ Love Life’ and ‘Kitty Powers’ Speed Date’ using the Unity engine.
Projects
Logo and Icon
Wide Logo Full Colour
Compact Logo Full Colour
Magic Notion Icon
Core Team
Richard Franke - Founder, Drag Queen, Design Consultant
Ben Morris - Company Director, Technical Director, Design
Allan Franke - Writer, Design
Daniel Thomas - Art