Wrapping Up 2025 With Pride, Progress… and a Huge Congratulations!

As 2025 has come to a close, we’ve been doing a little reflecting here at Sloth Doctor Games - and honestly, it’s been one incredible year. Between long planning sessions, caffeine-fuelled creative bursts, and countless lines of code, we’ve proudly poured close to 700 hours of production work into our upcoming game Heldritch Rush.

We couldn’t be more thrilled with what our small but mighty team has achieved so far, and we’re incredibly excited for what’s coming next. 2026 is shaping up to be a big year for us, and we’ll be sharing much more of our work very soon. 👀

But today, this blog post isn’t just about our game.

Today, we want to celebrate something truly special.

Celebrating Thomas Pickford 🎉

We are absolutely delighted to shine the spotlight on one of our incredibly talented team members: Thomas Pickford.

Thomas has recently been awarded The Malcolm Prize for producing the most creative artefact as part of his honours project. That’s right - out of an entire year filled with outstanding work from talented students, Thomas’ creativity rose above and earned top recognition. This is no small achievement, and it speaks volumes about his passion, imagination, and dedication to his craft. This award was presented at the Abertay University Awards Ceremony on 10th December.

Proud Team, Proud Moment

We are immensely proud of Thomas and everything he brings to Sloth Doctor Games. His creativity, commitment, leadership and enthusiasm continue to shape Heldritch Rush in meaningful ways, and this recognition is so thoroughly deserved.

Here’s to Thomas, to our wonderful team, to Heldritch Rush, and to an exciting year ahead.

Thank you all for supporting us - we can’t wait to show you what’s next.

The Sloth Doctor Games Team 🦥