Make It! Play It! at The National Videogame Museum

Step behind the screens and explore the making that powers play. Discover how developers use tools like 3D modelling, pixel art, and sound design, alongside methods like embroidery, clay modelling, and stop-motion animation to create your favourite games.

Perfect for aspiring game makers, curious players, and anyone who’s ever wondered what it takes to bring a game to life, 

Make It! Play It! includes early access to Platypus Reclayed, a new claymation game from South Yorkshire’s Claymatic studio – available exclusively at the museum before its official release.

NVM is also celebrating 30 years of LEGO videogames, with gaming inspired by one of the original forms of imaginative play.

In partnership with the LEGO Group, discover a colourful mix of playable classics and rarely seen objects from both the Museum’s collection and the LEGO Group’s own archive.

Other ways of making are explored through the embroidered world of Scarlet Deer Inn and immerse hand-painted landscapes of The Master’s Pupil.

The game is also in your hands with free drop-in sessions throughout the summer. Whether you’re sculpting clay characters, building scenes with LEGO, or animating your own short sequence, you’ll learn about the methods behind some of the world’s most imaginative videogames.

And for the first time ever, guests can enjoy the fun again and again, with the museum’s new ticket offer* www.thenvm.org/playallsummer - free return visits all summer with every ticket purchased.
*subject to terms and conditions.