Dlala Studios
Gemma Foster has a diverse work experience spanning from 2006 to 2023. Gemma started their career as a Principal Claims Handler at Essex County Council, Essex Legal Services in 2006. From there, in 2011, they became an Accounts Manager at Deco Glaze before joining Essex Legal Services as a Visualfiles Developer. In this role, they played a significant role in standardizing legal processes and developing a shared case management system. In 2014, Foster joined EES for Schools as a Business Improvement Manager, where they provided operational support across various services. Gemma then joined Dlala Studios in 2015 and held various roles, including Game Producer, Operations Director, and Chief Operations Officer.
Gemma Foster completed their Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice at The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives from 2007 to 2009. Prior to that, they attended The Rickstones College from 2001 to 2003, where they studied English Language, English Literature, History, and Performing Arts. Gemma completed their earlier education at The Rickstones School from 1996 to 2001.
Dlala Studios
"Making games we love; with people we love; for people to love." From day 1 this has been the number one rule at Dlala, and whilst things have changed since the days in the garage that one rule has remained true. We take the work we create very seriously, however that doesn’t mean we have to take ourselves too seriously. Dlala Studios was founded in 2012 by two friends who had previously worked as programmers together at Jagex and Bossa Studios. Within the first 6 months of forming the studio, we released a Windows 8 launch title, were featured on the front cover of Develop Magazine (“Two Guys, One Game, No Cash”) and moved into Microsoft Games Studios Soho office to be their first ever internally incubated studio. Over the next 5 years the team grew from 2 guys in a garage to 16 wonderful people in a studio in Essex, with regular collaborators across the globe. We have spent the last five years focused on creativity, technical knowledge and producing high quality passion-driven work. It’s this drive that has seen us not only creating original IP but working with established IP and supporting some of the biggest companies across the globe. We’ve developed and shipped titles on Microsoft, Sony, Google, Apple and Linux platforms as well as Web Based applications and games.