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Bespoke games for brands & events

Made for your brand. Built to be played.

Custom games for exhibitions, launches and ideas that deserve a screen. The brief starts with what you have in mind.

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Croak / Dreamcast / third-person view Gameplay from the released game, captured in the Flycast emulator.

Our games show the craft. Your commission starts with your brief.

Watch Croak on BBC Micro

01 / Your game

Start with the idea. Shape the game around it.

An arcade challenge for your stand. A puzzle built around your product. Something personal for a particular occasion.

We can discuss the theme, the gameplay and which machine it runs on. If you need the hardware for your event, we can bring that too.

Tell us the idea, the audience and the date.

02 / The work

Games we’ve made.

Our own games, from the TCSoft collection. Examples of our work, ready for a closer look. The screenshots are captured in emulators for clarity; the games are made for the real machines.

Croak

Sega Dreamcast · third-person view · Flycast emulator capture

Croak for Dreamcast at TCSoft

Croak

Commodore Amiga · emulator capture

Explore Croak at TCSoft

03 / Real machines

Real games on real machines.

Photograph of a Sony Trinitron CRT television showing Croak in third-person view: the frog on the grass, logs on the river, trees and houses beyond, and the score and level on screen. The picture has visible colour fringing and the moiré of a phone camera.
Development snapshot Croak running on a real Sega Dreamcast, on a Sony Trinitron in our workshop. A quick phone photo taken while testing, not a capture or a staged shot.

It’s all about the real thing

The original computer, its own keyboard or controller, and the glow of its screen. To show the range, our own game Croak runs on the BBC Micro, the Commodore Amiga and the Sega Dreamcast. Your game is made for the machine you choose: any of those, or the ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64. Each extra machine is a separate version, quoted on its own.

We bring the machines

Subject to availability, we can lend the hardware for your event, with period CRT monitors if you would like them, or use your own screens. We deliver it, set it up and stay with it on the day: out of sight, or helping to run the stand. Then we take it all away again. Anywhere in the UK; further afield by arrangement.

On a big screen too

To draw a crowd, the game can be shown on a CRT and a big screen or projector at the same time.

If you would rather run the game in an emulator, you can. But a real game on real hardware is what we do best.

04 / Working together

  1. 01 Talk it through

    Your idea, audience, date and budget. We agree what the game needs to do.

  2. 02 Shape the game

    Agree the concept, scope and quote. Review the work as it develops.

  3. 03 Get ready to play

    Test and deliver the agreed game. If you need them, we bring the machines and look after them on the day.

Have something in mind?

Tell us what you’re planning.

A rough idea is enough to start. Every commission is quoted around an agreed brief.

Discuss your game