Morgan: Metal Detective

Morgan: Metal Detective is a cosy, first person metal detector adventure game, where you reunite residents of the beautiful Cornish island of Glasden with things they have lost. And with your late Grandpa's help, maybe restore magic along the way.

You take on the role of Morgan, a teenage girl visiting the Cornish island of Glasden with her Mum after her Grandpa’s passing.

When you discover that your Grandpa has left you his old metal detector, you take it upon yourself to investigate the legends of Glasden’s secret treasure he’d always tell you about.

Explore the island and help out the local residents to learn what they know of the treasure, and with enough clues you might just be able to find it!

But is there more to this legend than just a shiny bit of metal in the ground? And why was it that your Grandpa wanted you to find it?

Take pictures, trade in your finds, collect sticker packs, cassette tapes and make your own little slice of paradise.

Harvey Hayman and myself (Holly Hudson) created this game as our final project whilst studying a masters in Games Design and Development at the National Film and Television School. The project began in January 2023, with the deadline to showcase the game at EGX in October 2023! 

Here's us at the stand at EGX... 

In November, we decided to form a company together, called Studio Morgan, and have been working on getting the game ready to release on Steam, Switch, Xbox and Playstation in 2024. 

To give a bit more info about us! I'm the art director, level designer and 3D artist so I've been handeling most of the visual side of things. Harvey is the programmer, games designer and producer. And, now we're both co-directors of our very own studio, having graduated from the NFTS in January of this year. The game features orginial scores, and a cast of 8 diverse, fully-voiced characters. 

Below is just a snippet of behind the scenes footage and assets :) 

Our demo is available on Steam now! We will be releasing the full version to all platforms later in 2024.