Stop reinventing the wheel, cruise along with us instead!

The wave of casual games interest seems never ending, and as the scope of projects increase and developers need to cover ground quickly, reusable game engines are a great solution.

Our game engine has been licensed for use by the BBC, and can be put to use on all sorts of 2D games, from Bomberman and Zelda style top-down games, to Sonic the Hedgehog and R-Type style side-scrolling adventures.


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FuturLab is a small team of highly skilled creatives with over 6 years commercial experience designing games, websites and applications for major entertainment clients, including Sony Computer Entertainment, Relentless Software and the BBC.

We’re comfortable working on projects large and small, with combined expertise providing a solid base in project planning, game design, programming and strict QA, ensuring our clients get the best across the whole process.

We are also happy to provide overspill resource, having built strong relationships with many London based agencies.

FuturLab has consistently earned praise for its professional, friendly approach and ability to deliver, and we can’t wait to dazzle you with our imagination and can-do attitude.


FuturLab began in 2003 when Fine Art graduate James Marsden set his sights on the games industry. With no background in programming or design, James set about teaching himself web technologies. The plan being to jump a series of ladders from website design to console game development.

The ladder looked something like this:

2003 - Standards compliant websites
2004 - Database driven websites with PHP + MySQL
2005 - Flash based application development
2005 - Flash based e-learning and simple mini-games
2006 - PRISM Platform Game Engine
2007 - Flash games for the BBC
2008 - Flash games for Sony Computer Entertainment
2009 - Original Sony PSP game backed by publisher funding
2009 - Second Sony PSP game to be self-published in 2010
2009 - Contracted as External Game Designer for Relentless Software
2010 - Something exciting...

Testimonials

We build lasting relationships with our clients. Here are a couple of testimonials that do justice to our expertise and ability to deliver.

Charles Batho, Creative Director at Atticmedia writes:

Atticmedia are an award winning New Media Age UK Top 25 Agency. Recent years have seen them win or be nominated for Bafta, BETT, BIMA and NMA awards plus many more.

FuturLab have worked with Atticmedia on a number of BBC game projects in the last couple of years. We have always found them to be dedicated, professional and all round good fun to work with.

Atticmedia would definitely work with FuturLab again should the occasion arise.

Charles Batho
Creative Director
Atticmedia

Visit the Atticmedia website.

Colin Dixon, CTO of Illustra Research writes:

Illustra provides online training and accreditation for one of the world's largest IT manufacturers, the cornerstone of which is an Internet-based application running rich-media presentations.

FuturLab were contracted to work on the application, and not only brought a good deal of panache, but worked faultlessly within a complex client-server infrastructure consisting of .Net, SQL Server and ActionScript.

FuturLab combine creativity with a confident and analytical approach to the structure of large projects - a rare combination in my experience.

Colin Dixon
CTO Illustra Research Ltd

Visit the Illustra website.