The artistic director is transferring on to new ventures

Mark Healey, a co-founder of Media Molecule who’s been with the corporate for 17 years, has introduced his departure from the studio.

Healey co-founded Media Molecule alongside Alex Evans, David Smith, and Kareem Ettouney in 2006. Now, the developer shared on social media that it’s time for him to “fly the nest” and head to new ventures.

(1/4) So, after SEVENTEEN unimaginable years of co-birthing and constructing Media Molecule – I’ve determined it’s time for me to fly the nest – set sail and chart a brand new course – in the present day is my final day at MM. pic.twitter.com/Z5tORKEr74

— Marcos (@marcoshealey) April 17, 2023

“From LittleBigPlanet to Desires and past – proud to have performed my half and fortunate to have jammed with some actually sensible folks – and such a splendidly gifted Neighborhood which I’ll proceed to be a fan of,” Healey stated. “However a powerful cosmic breeze is pulling me and my pirate coronary heart is woke up, I’m not getting any youthful so am going to indulge myself within the winds of my numerous curiosities for some time and see the place they take me.

“So right here’s to new beginnings, following one’s coronary heart and exploring the unknown – Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum – I’m off on a Pirate journey! (One which entails making video games that’s).”

Dreaming of latest horizons

Healey acted as artistic director on huge video games like Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet and the 2020 sport creation software Desires. And his departure arrives not lengthy after the studio introduced it could be ending dwell service assist for Desires this coming September.

Hopefully, this isn’t a sign of turbulent instances at Media Molecule. Desires is an unimaginable piece of software program that felt prefer it was ready for its huge breakout second; I’ve performed tons of untamed, fascinating stuff on it. And in a world the place user-generated content material is a little bit of a buzzword, you’d hope Media Molecule would have a outstanding place in it.