Pixy Games was set up, in 2018, after Jay started a blog to support others in the board game industry. Jay had over 5 years researching marketing and game design and put together a number of free resources. Jay used the website to showcase his own board game designs, to make it easier for publishers to see which games they would be interested in publishing.
Jay started playing board games from his younger years, playing the likes of Manopoly, Cluedo, Chess and Subbuteo to name just a few. This then led onto computer console games with the Amstrad CPC 464 and then the Sega Mega Drive. Jay became more interested in the strategy and sports games by the time he reached his teens and It wasn't too long when Jay got into PC gaming in 1993 with the likes of Hospital, Warcraft, Command & Conquer and Championship Manager.
As games consoles and PC gaming advanced Jay became disinterested in them, preferring the old nostalgia feel of gaming and stuck with Football Manager going forward. Let's face it, old PC games are a bit like board games, in that you may collect resources to create or develop something.
Jay renewed his interest in board gaming by playing Small World, Agricola, Pandemic and 221b Baker Street to name a few. This was ignited after his father sent him a prototype of "Scandal" he made. From this he began designing his own and came up with numerous gaming concepts that had strategic game play. It was a fun and exciting project and from that his first game was designed: "Destruction", followed by a game for his daughter "Animal Race and then a strategic remake of "Scandal". However, it was Animal Race which was fully completed first and sent www.facebook.com/jaysears1to Habba who showed an interest.
You can reach out to Jay on Facebook.
Jay started playing board games from his younger years, playing the likes of Manopoly, Cluedo, Chess and Subbuteo to name just a few. This then led onto computer console games with the Amstrad CPC 464 and then the Sega Mega Drive. Jay became more interested in the strategy and sports games by the time he reached his teens and It wasn't too long when Jay got into PC gaming in 1993 with the likes of Hospital, Warcraft, Command & Conquer and Championship Manager.
As games consoles and PC gaming advanced Jay became disinterested in them, preferring the old nostalgia feel of gaming and stuck with Football Manager going forward. Let's face it, old PC games are a bit like board games, in that you may collect resources to create or develop something.
Jay renewed his interest in board gaming by playing Small World, Agricola, Pandemic and 221b Baker Street to name a few. This was ignited after his father sent him a prototype of "Scandal" he made. From this he began designing his own and came up with numerous gaming concepts that had strategic game play. It was a fun and exciting project and from that his first game was designed: "Destruction", followed by a game for his daughter "Animal Race and then a strategic remake of "Scandal". However, it was Animal Race which was fully completed first and sent www.facebook.com/jaysears1to Habba who showed an interest.
You can reach out to Jay on Facebook.
Games in Progress |
Support & Advice• Email support and advice
• Board game Facebook group's contributor and owner of the Marketing Hacks group. |
Publications• Not yet - I'll get there one day!
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Interviews & Podcasts• Gamer Leaf Podcast (2018)
(Pixy Games developments) • Sightless Fun Podcast (2019) (colour blindness game design) |
