Luke Whittaker, gamemaker. (South of the Circle, Lumino City).

Luke Whittaker, gamemaker. (South of the Circle, Lumino City).

Luke Whittaker is a British game designer and creative director. With a background in animation and games design, he co-founded the BAFTA-winning indie studio State of Play in 2008, helping establish a reputation for meticulous, hands-on craft and playful experimentation. He was the creator and lead designer of Lumino City, the puzzle adventure built entirely from hand-made paper and card models, which won a BAFTA for Artistic Achievement.


Since then he has worked on a string of distinctive projects including the Apple Award-winning pinball painting game INKS and the paper-crafted puzzle games KAMI and its sequel. As writer, director, and lead artist on South of the Circle, he even travelled to Antarctica to research a deeply human Cold War love story. Now, with Spycraft, a 1960s spy adventure that blends a physical board with video game mechanics—and comeswith a physical gadget built to play it—he continues to blur the boundaries between digital play and physical craft.


Relevant Links:


Luke Whittaker & State of Play

State of Play Games – official site

State of Play – about the studio


Spycraft & the Board device

Spycraft – State of Play Games page

Spycraft – on the Board store

Board – the gaming device Spycraft runs on


South of the Circle

South of the Circle – State of Play Games page

South of the Circle – Steam

South of the Circle – Apple App Store


Luke's Perfect Console

North & South (1989) – Wikipedia

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure – Wikipedia

Sega Rally Championship – Wikipedia

ICO – Wikipedia

Firewatch – official site

Firewatch – Wikipedia


Other games and references mentioned

Lumino City – State of Play Games page

Samorost – Amanita Design

Machinarium – Amanita Design

KAMI 2 – State of Play Games page

Shadow of the Colossus – Wikipedia

Oxenfree – Night School Studio

RetroPie – retro gaming on Raspberry Pi

The Turner Contemporary – Margate

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