Play@Develop 2024

First of all, thank you to all of you who attended Play@Develop 2024 and helped us raise money for SpecialEffect! And thank you to the wonderful Glowmade, who we partnered with for the second time this year to bring Play@Develop to life!

Glowmade even brought along some gorgeous cupcakes with them, which were handed out by our fabulous team (whilst keeping them protected from the looming seagulls)…

 

       

 

Although we had a drizzly start to the day, in true Play@Develop fashion, the sun came out just in time as we finished setting up ☀          

 

     

 

And with a new outdoor bar this year, the terrace was bustling and the drinks were flowing, thank you to Loading Bar for keeping up the amazing service despite the huge numbers this year!

 

       

 

Once again, we were raising money for SpecialEffect this year through our raffle, and our fabulous staff were stuck into selling them. So much so, we managed to raise £979 for SpecialEffect this year 🧡

Read about what SpecialEffect do here!

 

     

 

We always ensure our raffle prize collection features a collection of local Brighton businesses, to support our local community and get people visiting them throughout the Develop conference. This year we had our most raffle prizes ever! Including…

£50 bar tab for The Walrus 🍻

Tickets for Brighton’s i360 🏖

Entry to the Brighton Pavilion 🖼

Fabulous Brighton themed socks from Soctopus 🧦

£100 voucher to The Set 🍽

Tickets for a trip on Brighton Zip with a friend 😁

Comedy Club tickets for Ironworks Studios 🎤

Vouchers to spend at The Deli 🥪

Gifts from Games Network 🎮

And many more…

 

 

Before we started our raffle we listened to a few words from Tom, who came down from SpecialEffect to help us raise money and enjoy the event 🧡

 

 

Finally, the raffle rolled around and (thanks to an upgraded sound system) Joe announced our winners without losing his voice this time around! Congratulations to all of our winners, we hope you enjoy your prizes!

 

     

 

We can’t wait to see you all again last year when we’ll be even bigger, even better and ready to raise even more money ♥

 

Check out more of the fabulous pictures from the day below, captured very kindly by Jay 📷