Glitchers

This article is about the company. For gamers who find glitches, see Glitching (video games).
GLITCHERS
Founded10 September 2013
HeadquartersLeith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Founder(s)Matthew Hyde, Maxwell Scott-Slade, Hugo Scott-Slade
IndustryIndie game design and development
URLglitchers.com

Glitchers is a British video-game company based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 2013 by Matthew Hyde, Hugo Scott-Slade, and Maxwell Scott-Slade (of Johnny Two Shoes).[1][2][3] Glitchers is best known for developing Sea Hero Quest in 2016. The game was developed in collaboration with Alzheimer's Research UK to help dementia research by tracking players' 3D navigation.[4]

The company's name was GLITCHE.RS from 2013 to 2016.[5] It uses the tagline "Games for Good",[6] and aims to "create games that could make a positive impact on the world".[7]

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