HELLO FROM BRAIN AND NERD

We are brainy nerds with a deep passion for all things gaming.

Established in 2012, our well-seasoned team of creatives punch above our weight and work on ambitious projects folks can get excited about.

The proof is in the pudding – our award-winning efforts have gained the respect and support of Creative Europe, UK Games Fund, and NI Screen.

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Our Projects

Hortalius

Hortalius is an open-world ambient exploration game set in a microscopic environment. Play as an Urban Explorer investigating an abandoned laboratory… until you become accidentally miniaturised. Transported into an overgrown garden, the player must unravel the mystery of Project Hortalius, and find a way to return to normal size.

Hortalius blends the core exploration, resource-harvesting and base-building gameplay of games such as Subnautica with a mystery narrative that unfolds as the player explores the world.

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INCubator

INCubator is a tongue-in-cheek take on the classic business management simulator genre, blending the visual stylings and well-loved humour of Two Point Hospital with the wacky world of startup culture.

Players will design their startup, bid for contracts, hire staff, and balance hefty workloads and stressed staff.

Can you meet your goals as a successful entrepreneur while looking after your team?

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Predestination

Predestination is a turn-based sci-fi 4X game that blends classic 4X gameplay on a 3D galaxy map with deep planetary colonisation gameplay and tactical fleet combat.

Explore the galaxy, colonise habitable worlds, meet alien races, design your own ships, and wage war.

Available now on Steam – click below to see our Steam page and learn more.

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Odinheim

Faith is power in Odinheim.

Use your followers to forge a new world through answering prayers, scouting, raiding and gathering resources. Take on heroic challenges and prove your power as a god through bolstering your custom settlements.

Using skill-trees for their settlers, players can make strategic decisions to thwart Odin’s dominance in story missions. A new take on the god-game genre inspired by classics like Black and White.

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Achievements and awards

We’ve done some things to shout about

NI GAME AWARDS – BEST STUDIO
BRAIN AND NERD – 2019/2020
 
 

MCV DEVELOP WOMEN IN GAMES AWARDS – BUSINESSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
TINA LAURO POLLOCK – 2020

BCS NI – YOUNG IT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
TINA LAURO POLLOCK – 2019
 
 

NI GAME AWARDS – COMMUNITY AWARD
BRENDAN DRAIN & TINA LAURO POLLOCK – 2018

NI GAME AWARDS – GAME OF THE YEAR
PREDESTINATION – 2018
…AND WE’VE WON THE SUPPORT OF:
OUR KICKSTARTER BACKERS

ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND

NORTHERN IRELAND SCREEN

CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA FUND

FUTURE SCREENS NI

UK GAMES FUND
Creative UK – GAMES SCALE UP

…AND MORE TO COME