The Pickford Bros

Veteran, BAFTA-nominated video game designers from the north of England. Making video games for over 30 years. Join us on Discord:

[The Pickford Bros @PickfordBros]

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[The Pickford Bros @PickfordBros]

@mjb8086 I’m afraid it’s gone because we couldn’t afford to constantly update it in order for it to stay compatible with Apple���s constantly changing requirements.

[The Pickford Bros @PickfordBros]

@TideGear It’s not being worked on at the moment, I’m afraid.

[The Pickford Bros @PickfordBros]

@AL_Flipende Nothing in the pipeline at the moment.

[The Pickford Bros @PickfordBros]

Don't think I've put it on the website, but this was a half-finished logo for Dreamcast Wetrix in Japan. Sega's title for it was Aqua Panic.

[Nineties N Noughties UK Podcast @90sNNoughtiesUK]

Watching videos of #PLOK on the SNES last night, one of the greatest games ever! Will look to feature it on the podcast sometime. @PickfordBros

[Respawned Records VGM Vinyl @RespawnedRec]

Even though #RecordStoreDay has been pushed back, we will still be opening preorders for the official Plok vinyl soundtrack on April 18! May save the next release for actual record store day since it's my birthday June 20!

[Plok Exploding Man @TheRealPlok]

Whoop! There's a new episode of my comic strip up today. I'm not in it though, so it's a bit boring.

https://t.co/rpeEEnrR5n

[Plok Exploding Man @TheRealPlok]

New episode of the comic strip this morning. Who's going to cheer Rockyfella up?

https://t.co/YCHI3x4O5E

[Plok Exploding Man @TheRealPlok]

I recently met one of my heroes from the '80s. It was a bit sad.

https://t.co/wsKRnAPwZU

[The Pickford Bros @PickfordBros]

@Countsmegula @slowbeef Sadly the iOS version is no longer available. We're working on a new iteration of the game for PC and maybe console.

[basscomm @basscomm]

Picked up a copy of Tinstar today. My @PickfordBros game collection is coming along nicely

[The Pickford Bros @PickfordBros]

@chinnyhill10 @superpage58 @mrbiffo @andrewjnile ooohhh

[Plok Exploding Man @TheRealPlok]

Episode #132 of the Plok comic strip is out today! https://t.co/2Z0WStm6Ap

[The Pickford Bros @PickfordBros]

@Ductos @TheRealPlok Not sure it's in our power to get it on there.

[Plok Exploding Man @TheRealPlok]

Big news music fans! There's a cassette release of the SNES Plok! Soundtrack in the US, out now. Our friends at @canvasxcreative have released it, and the first limited edition of red cassettes are selling fast.

https://t.co/siPaeGySIs

[The Pickford Bros @PickfordBros]

@santo_98_rocks Which game, Wizards and Warriors? We only did 2 and 3, and it wasn't our IP, it was owned by Rare, so we weren't able to make sequels or anything once we weren't working with Rare any more.

[Plok Exploding Man @TheRealPlok]

A very special one-off episode of the Plok comic today. Everyone has taken a break from their Odyssey to see what Plok's been building in his shed. https://t.co/lRoGWEZDhG

[The Pickford Bros @PickfordBros]

@MthisG Nope. The 8 dungeons were the one part of the design that made it to the finished game completely intact. The parts that were cut were villages and NPCs in the overworld section.

[The Pickford Bros @PickfordBros]

@chinnyhill10 @mattl I started on £5,500 in 1986, but I was only an artist. Think John was on £6,500 by that time. A grand a month was possible in 1989, but would have been top end as a salary I think.

[John Pickford @JPickford]

Added proper colour support to my ZX Spectrum scroller. Colour makes the graphics a bit more efficient as the same bitmap can be reused in different colours with no memory overhead.

[John Pickford @JPickford]

A new Plok episode is out with some incredible artwork by @stepickford
If you like it (or us!) why not support us on Patreon? Whatever you pledge it's per strip not weekly/monthly so it's proper value for money.
https://t.co/XnruS2hF1f