Digital Worlds, Physical Tables

At Bellock Studios, games are at the center of everything we want to create. But we don't necessarily believe games have to stay on a screen.

Our main focus is digital games, beginning with PC. Digital worlds give us incredible freedom to create atmosphere, mechanics and experiences that respond directly to the player. But physical games offer something completely different. A board game puts the experience directly between the players. The rules become tangible. Pieces move across a real table. Decisions are discussed face to face, and much of the experience comes from the people sitting around it. That contrast is something we find fascinating.

Rather than seeing digital and physical games as competing formats, we see them as two different ways of creating memorable experiences. A mechanic that works digitally might become something entirely different when translated to cards, pieces and a board — and the opposite can be just as true.

Our journey begins digitally, but in the future we would love to explore whether some of the worlds and ideas we create could exist beyond the screen.

Because sometimes a world is worth entering in more than one way.