Richard began his career in writing games back in 1987 on a BBC Micro. He went on to run internal and external development groups for Domark, Psygnosis, Philips Media, Microprose, Universal Interactive and THQ. More recently he founded and ran the external publishing group of Digital Extremes, growing a 30+ team to develop and publish independent projects including Wayfinder in 2023. He now acts as a consultant to development studios and publishers across the globe.