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Art Production Director

Fay Hancocks

I’m Fay, and by day I love working with insanely talented people to help plan (and re-plan, and-re-plan…) all the moving parts of a project to make sure everyone has what they need to keep making fantastic stuff. In my spare time, my partner says my hobby is “hobbies” - so anything from cross-stitch to candle making - but I also enjoy growing veg, reading long fantasy epic series and playing cozy-ish rpgs/sims such as Stardew, Rune Factory, and Raft.

_Favourite Game

By playtime it would be Stardew, however playing Journey for the first time was such an emotional experience it comes a close second.

_Favourite Book

The Realm of the Elderlings series by Robin Hobb.

_Currently Learning

How to be an Art Production Director!

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Earliest gaming memory?

Answer
Playing James Pond 2 : Robocod, with my Dad, sat cross-legged on the floor 2 inches from the TV waaaaay past my bedtime.

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What was the game that triggered you looking at games as a career?

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I’m afraid I don’t have one single game, but it was the film Toy Story that gave me a “lightbulb” moment of how maths, art and computers could come together to make something magical – that’s what set me on my path!

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Game that inspired you the most?

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Either Dungeon Keeper for the having the plums to make such a totally bananas concept, or World of Warcraft – none of my friends were into games, and the first time I logged on and saw the epic opening cutscene then saw real other people playing the same game at the same time… it blew my mind!

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What is the first game you worked on?

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The Fuse Games project!

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Games you’re the proudest to have worked on?

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With this being my first game… this one! Prior to this, I was a VFX Producer, and despite the relatively easy VFX my proudest project has to be Chernobyl.

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If you weren’t making games?

Answer
I like to think I could give professional gardening a go. I’ve seen Monty on Gardener’s World, and wandering around a beautiful estate with a dog, snipping off the odd branch looks easy peasy!

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Top 3 games of all time?

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#1- Pokemon Silver #2 - Discworld #3 - Stardew Valley.

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Hardest Game Boss?

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I am terrible at bosses and avoid at all costs!