Summary
Liam Sorta is a Brighton-based CEO and founder with 10 years of experience building games, voice tech, and developer communities at scale. He leads Acureus, the indie studio behind Draw & Guess which sold over 4M copies and reached a global audience including a live performance at Tokyo Dome, and previously founded MagicVoice.io which amassed over 1M users and influenced Amazon’s Alexa ecosystem. A former Amazon and Unity developer evangelist, he specializes in developer experience, technical content, and community growth—having built major Discord communities and revamped developer education programs. Liam also founded GameDevNetwork and HackTheMidlands, nonprofit efforts that together support tens of thousands of creators and make hackathons and learning accessible to newcomers. He combines product-driven leadership with hands-on technical chops in AR/VR, voice, and game engineering, and has a knack for turning community momentum into commercial and cultural impact. An early career in video production and live events informs his polished content and storytelling approach to technical evangelism.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games Technology, (1st) First-class Honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games Technology, (1st) First-class Honours at Birmingham City University
Creative Media Production, Creative Media Production at Blackpool Sixthform College
English, Japanese