Proper Games (defunct)

About

Proper Games was a small Scottish developer founded by former Visual Sciences staff in 2006.

At the start of 2006, Paddy Sinclair, and a few of the other staff now at Proper Games, were working for Visual Sciences, and were negotiating the idea of setting up an internal business unit dedicated to downloadable games, particularly for Xbox Live Arcade with then CEO Tim Christian. They were setting the wheels in motion and getting funding together when Visual Science went into administration, and they began approaching other former colleagues for starting Proper Games. From day one, they enjoyed the benefit of some independent funding, so some time could be taken to get up and running. Initially there were only seven employees, and operated under the delusion they could make a downloadable game in three months. Their first year was essentially spent developing technology and investigating ways to get to market, but had the luxury of making mistakes internally for educational purposes. Over the course of two and a half years grew to twelve full time staff members, two contractors and two student placements. They have now partnered with Capcom to publish their debut, sheep-herding alien puzzler, Flock!