Ensemble

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Nominate your friends, colleagues and yourself for the seventh edition of Ensemble – an exhibition that highlights a selection of UK games creatives from Black, Asian and underrepresented ethnicities.

The exhibition returns to London Games Festival in April 2025, and showcasing the work of eight more creatives selected by Curator Sharna Jackson and a steering group of games industry luminaries.

Deadline: Monday 16 December 2024

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Ensemble showcases UK video games talent from Black, Asian and underrepresented ethnicities – it champions game makers and industry influencers from a broad spectrum of roles and a wide variety of backgrounds.

Led by Games London and supported by Mayor of London, Ensemble spotlights and showcases inspiring stories in the workforce to promote diversity, advocate for new voices, and change perceptions.

Ensemble launches and refreshes each year at London Games Festival, with a programme that includes a touring exhibit, talks and workshops, representation and a network of new voices.

Curated by Sharna Jackson with photography by Joshua Fray

Exposure through the programme has encouraged many of its talents to start their own businesses. Meanwhile its striking showcase materials are helping inspire the talent of tomorrow.

Curated by Sharna Jackson

“I’m delighted to be once again curating Ensemble, for its sixth edition, with another extremely bright, bold and brilliant cohort of talent drawn across different roles in the UK games industry. Once again, we forefront the importance of a diverse industry, by demonstrating its significance in the creation of rich and intoxicating worlds and experiences for everyone.”

Ensemble 2024

Maja Bodenstein

Writer & Narrative designer

Terrence Cua

Talent Specialist & Manager

Jerreau Henry

Marketing Manager and DEI Chair

Rafif Kalantan

Co-Founder & Designer

Venkatesh Krishna Murthy

Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO

Dan Seto

Senior Communications Manager

Danielle ‘Ebonix’ Udogaranya

CEO & Founder

Nareice Wint

Indie Developer & Senior Producer

Previous Ensemble Cohorts

Ensemble 2023

Dr Romana Ramzan

Producer

Samuel Amini Schaife

Indie studio founder

Wayne Emanuel

Global partner lead at TikTok

Yoyu Li

Narrative designer & studio founder

Ben Wilson

Creative producer

Cassandra Hughes

Streamer & content creator

Chirag Machhar

Technical audio designer

Roman Alkan

Indie games studio founder

Ensemble 2022

Adam Campbell

Award-winning producer and diversity campaigner

Haroon Thantrey

Sound and audio designer

Jay Shin

Studio founder and lecturer

Jay-Ann Lopez

CEO and founder, Black Girl Gamers

Taiwo Omisore

Self-taught indie developer

Lili Ibrahim

Art director

Leah Muwanga-Magoye

Writer and narrative designer

John Lau

Producer and designer

Ensemble 2020

Abubakar Salim

BAFTA-nominated Actor/Producer launching his own games studio

Adrian Hon

CEO of Six To Start who lead design on the groundbreaking fitness adventure game Zombies Run!

Catherine Unger

Freelance 2D Artist/ Art Director who has worked with Nintendo, State of Play and Broken Rule

Corey Brotherson

Writer, editor and creative consultant for games, comics and TV

Elle Osili-Wood

Editor-in-Chief for Glass House Games and and presenter of video game content for the BBC.

Nida Ahmad

UX designer and researcher integrating scientific user research and UX processes in mobile games and advocating for accessible and player-centered design.

Nihal Tharoor

Interactive writer and co-founder of Electric Noir Studios, working on BAFTA-nominated interactive crime drama Dead Man’s Phone

Rosemary Buahin

Games Category Lead for Xbox, Vice Chair of BAME in Games and a board trustee for Into Games

Ensemble 2019

Anisa Sanusi

A UI/UX designer with credits on indie games and triple-A titles including Planet Coaster and Elite: Dangerous

Brenden Gibbons

Freelance narrative designer who has worked on projects ranging from adventure puzzle games to kids’ AR titles

Luciana Nascimento

A 2D artist who developed the art style for Wargroove by Chucklefish before co-founding indie studio Bunnyhug Games

Malath Abbas

Creative Producer and founder of the Biome Collective, a creative studio and co-working space for experimental games projects

Quang Nguyen

Veteran developer who originally taught himself to program for the Game Boy, forming his own studio Asobi.tech in 2018

Ranjani Natarajan

A former stock trader turned Games Producer working on award-winning titles for London developer Six To Start

Shay Thompson

Streamer and presenter for major clients including Xbox and McLaren, and founder of Glass House Games Media in 2019

Zi Peters

Level Designer for Sumo Digital who worked on the bestselling Hitman series which is renowned for its unique approach to level design.

Ensemble 2018

Chella Ramanan

Journalist-turned-developer working at Massive and making her own narrative titles as part of 3Fold Games

Des Gayle

BAFTA-winning Producer, formerly EA and Square Enix, now running his own studio

Jade Leamcharaskul

A composer who created the soundtracks for numerous indie games and is about to launch her own games music label

Jodie Azhar

Former Lead Technical Artist at Creative Assembly on the Total War who founded her own studio, Teazel Cat Games.

Meg Jayanth

Writer of the critically acclaimed 80 Days and contributor to major titles including Horizon Zero Dawn and indie hit Sunless Sea

Moo Yu

Ex-Insomniac and Media Molecule programmer now Foam Sword co-founder, creator of handpainted adventure game Knights On Bikes

Nadir Miheisi

Self-taught programmer who founded his own VR studio, Funky Gorilla, and is working with narrative game studio Electric Noir

Wei Xing Yong

A games and film animator, formerly of Ubisoft Reflections and Framestore – he also worked on the Oscar-winning film Gravity