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Ever felt that exhilarating mix of excitement and fear? Obelisk Studio just raised $2 million from The Games Fund to bring us Displacement, a psychological action-horror game that's sure to leave you at the edge of your seat. Imagine a game that blends the adrenaline rush of Call of Duty, the immersive storytelling of Fallout 76, and the chilling ambiance of Sons of Forest. That’s what Obelisk Studio is crafting. Here's why this is huge for you: 1. Unique Experience: Prepare for a game like no other, combining action and horror in ways that will keep you hooked. 2. Top Talent: With industry veterans from blockbuster titles, expect nothing short of excellence. 3. Supportive Ecosystem: Backed by The Games Fund, Obelisk Studio has the resources to deliver a groundbreaking game. Get ready to dive into a world where every decision counts, and every shadow hides a secret. What’s your all-time favorite horror game? Artem Dorokhin,  https://lnkd.in/dFpy4U9w #GameDev #HorrorGames #IndieGames #MondayFunding

COMMUNITY IS WINNING 🚨 $21 M Raised By Noice by Supercell And Others Noice is a multiplayer game and live-streaming gaming platform. CEO, Jussi Laakkonen calls the platform a WIN-WIN-WIN situation. The community narrative is growing. What's Noice? "On Noice, you are an active participant on stream: you play a multiplayer game as you watch your favorite creator and show your fandom in a deep metagame." Why does this matter? 1. Gamers are tired of current ways of engaging with their favorite creator. 2. Game Developers need discoverability in the current gaming environment. 3. Emphasizing the importance of community - it matters when creating a game, fan, and content. I am looking forward to seeing more tech push towards a community-oriented thesis! Creator Economy FTW! @revv is leaning into the creator economy to continue to support digital communities like NOICE. Hyped to see tooling like this continue to come out!

🌱🚀 Are you ready to explore the world of Marsupium while managing your budget? 🌟 Introducing Hilyathul Wahid our senior game developer. His work is amazing. A legend. Check out this sneak peek of our latest feature where you can enjoy farming and even feed a cute little chick! 🐣🌾 At Marsupium, we’re combining financial education with engaging gameplay to help you master money management in a fun and interactive way. Stay tuned for more updates and get ready to embark on this exciting journey with us! #Marsupium #FinancialEducation #Gaming #Budgeting #Innovation #GameDevelopment #FinTech

🚀 New Investments! 🚀 GEM Capital is thrilled to announce our recent investment of $5 million in three game development studios: weappy, VEA Games, and Game Garden. With these investments, we are doubling down on the prominent companies in our portfolio and continuing to support and drive growth in the gaming industry in Cyprus and worldwide. We're particularly excited about the potential these studios hold and the projects they're developing: 🎥 Weappy, led by Vitaly Simonov and Ilya Yanovich, will use the funds to develop and self-publish Hollywood Animal on Steam Early Access in 2024. 🤫 VEA Games, steered by Dmitry Smirnov, is working on an unannounced PC and console game (details coming VERY soon!). 🌷 Game Garden, under the leadership of Pomortsev Yury, Serj Goldman, Natalia Mishulina, and Egor Grishçenko is planning to release Florescence out of soft launch. A special thanks to these great teams for their dedication and hard work. We can't wait to see the amazing games you'll bring to life. Stay tuned for more updates. If you want to know more about these studios, check out: 🤖 Destructoid's article about Hollywood Animal. 🎤 VEA Games' interview with Epic Games alongside Tim Sweeney. 📊 Game Garden's article in Mobidictum. Special thanks to Dean Takahashi for covering this news in VentureBeat. All links in the comments below! ⬇️ Kirill Gurskiy, CFA Alexander Bykhovskiy Elina Khakimova Mikhail Zorin #games #venturecapital #gamesindustry #GamingIndustry #Investments

How to Stay Sane During a Fundraising Campaign Fundraising for a game development project is incredibly challenging. Here are some realities and tips based on my recent experience. As many of you may know, we are currently in active fundraising. We are Can Games Studio based in London—Can Games, because we CAN. Right now, we are working on our debut title, Times of Survival. Think of it as Helldivers 2 meets Project Zomboid. Check out our gameplay video https://lnkd.in/eRRXKK2q and visit our website for more details: https://lnkd.in/g-R2nYa7 Challenges I Faced: Lack of Responses: Cold emails and forms often go unanswered. Limited Options: The gaming industry has fewer dedicated funds compared to fintech, medtech, or any other tech sector. Market Focus: Many funds are focused on trending sectors like crypto and Web3. Expectations: Early-stage investors expect near-complete projects, and publishers forget that development requires significant upfront investment. Despite these hurdles, I firmly believe in our project. Here’s why: Impressive Progress: Our small team has developed a compelling demo in just three months. Potential: Imagine what we could achieve in two years with proper funding. Community Support: The gaming community's reaction to our game has been incredibly inspiring. Everyone loves it, and the enthusiasm is overwhelming. We are committed to making this game for them, no matter what. What I’ve Learned: Networking is Key: All successful calls have come from personal contacts, not cold outreach. Persistence: Dealing with constant silence is exhausting, but giving up is not an option. Passion: Despite the frustration, my passion for the project and the gaming industry remains strong. Community Support: The positive feedback from the gaming community motivates us to push forward and deliver the best game possible. This post isn’t about "successful success". It's a candid reflection on the difficulties of game development fundraising. I’m exploring alternative funding routes, like direct support from our future players. To all my fellow developers: stay strong. The journey is tough, but our passion for creating amazing games will drive us forward. #GameDev #Fundraising #Startups #IndieGames #Persistence #Networking

📢 Academy Update: We've received some outstanding applications for our upcoming Scytale Digital x Mythical Games Academy, and as we approach the final two weeks of the application window, we'd be happy to connect with a few more teams 🎮 Our focus on the underlying technology of projects continues at #scytaleacademy, providing precise support where your project needs it most. The Academy prioritizes up-skilling founders, aiming to enhance their company's organizational structure, vision, and capacity for establishing a thriving Web3 gaming startup while also refining both gaming-related aspects and the overall business structure. #ScytaleAcademy #Web3Gaming #BlockchainInnovation #GamingCommunity

Welcome to the vibrant expanse of Wormfare, a pioneering GameFi ecosystem where enchanting worms embark on adventures that resonate beyond the digital realm. As the Marketing Director, it's my pleasure to unveil a world where gameplay transcends virtual borders, fostering genuine connections and creating tangible impacts. At Wormfare, we confront the gaming industry's static norms by injecting life-changing dynamics into every aspect of our universe. Our quests aren't merely a pathway to in-game prosperity; they're a call to arms for players seeking profound engagement and real-world influence. We champion a groundbreaking "Quest-To-Earn" philosophy, where every challenge conquered and every level up transcends into meaningful community contributions. We're breaking down the walls of centralization, distributing power back into the hands of those who make Wormfare extraordinary – our players. Through strategic collectible gameplay, we empower our community with ownership and decision-making, wrapped in an experience that demands wit and rewards strategy. Our worms do more than just wriggle through the earth; they're catalysts for change, leading the charge against environmental neglect. Each quest completed in Wormfare carries the potential to spark a real-world revolution, aligning our community with global sustainability efforts like "Polygon for the Planet." ♻ In a realm where every action can echo in our reality, Wormfare stands as a beacon of innovation, community, and stewardship. Join us on this journey where gaming meets purpose, and every player can leave a legacy both in and out of our world. This is Wormfare – where #gaming evolves and every player can make a difference. Soon, you I'll tell you more! Wanna know more details? Chek it: https://lnkd.in/dcY3tzgZ Or just go to the website ➡ www.wormfare.com #web3gaming #web3community #AAAgames #Polygon #P2E

#weekendfun I had a great conversation with Karessa Torgerson .. We have a lot in common in futures thinking and scenario building and I think we're going to learn a lot from each other. We were talking about books and inspiration and I came across this today that not suggest to something that We work on in the guild. It's a game that was invented in 2015 and has a lot of residence now. It's called commonsopoly...based on a game invented by a woman in the dirty thirties... obviously riff on that other more famous game Monopoly... but it's about the commons something we should be building right? Doyle Buehler I have another idea for another game.. Let's talk about this here are the notes for the game. ---- perplexity.ai Commonsopoly is a non-profit, open-source board game that encourages a culture of cooperation and challenges the traditional model of neoliberal privatization. The game's design principles draw on insights from commoning practices, encouraging players to pool their resources and act collectively rather than competing to accumulate goods. The objective is to create a society where working together furthers the common good. It serves as an educational tool, supporting peer-learning and critical discussion about commons by fostering mutuality, solidarity, and collective action. The first prototype of Commonsopoly was created at the 17th ZEMOS98 festival in Seville in 2015. The game was developed as a hack of the popular board game Monopoly, with the aim of promoting cooperation over land monopolization, rent extraction, and driving competing players to bankruptcy. In Commonsopoly, players work together to convert private spaces on the game board to public and eventually into common holdings. The game features a struggle between a Speculator player character, who wants to privatize everything, and the rest of the players, who aim to take assets into common ownership and fight against capitalist speculation. Commonsopoly has four types of goods: environmental, urban, intangible or knowledge-based, and health or care-related. Cooperation is the only way to win in this game. The game celebrates "radical happiness," those moments of collective joy that arise when people share a common understanding of active participation in society. Commonsopoly feeds the players' desire to cooperate and allows for free experimentation, discovery, and learning around socio-economic questions that arise in real, everyday life. The game has undergone several iterations and is available in different languages as print-ready files for private use or purchase. Commonsopoly embodies values of commons and encourages collective, distributed authorship. New game versions created by players are distributed under the Peer Production License, ensuring inclusion of diverse personal experiences of the commons and creating an open space for ongoing re-negotiation. Through these playing formats and development strategies.. Sean Moffitt masterclass.

🚀 Big News! Dementes is Back! 🚀 Dementes is back, bigger and better, ready to conquer the gaming world! Developed with sheer dedication and personal resources, this game showcases one individual's unwavering commitment to bringing a vision to life. 🎮 Now Live: Dementes is live on the Play Store and online, promising endless fun wherever you go. 🌐 Discover Dementes: Embark on an adventure like no other as Dementes plunges you into the enigmatic "Lost Island," where every block holds secrets and challenges waiting to be conquered. ⚔️ Real-Time Combat: Get ready for thrills with Dementes' real-time combat system, battling terrifying monsters and conquering powerful bosses. 💰 Dynamic Economy: Trading plays a crucial role, allowing you to amass wealth and navigate a dynamic in-game economy. 🚀 Join Us on Kickstarter: Be part of this incredible journey on Kickstarter and help us turn this dream into reality! #Dementes #Gaming #Kickstarter Join us on Kickstarter https://lnkd.in/dmuzq2hV

Excited to lead the third project in HomeTeam GameDev Community. The game, 'Nexus of Fate,' has been inspired by games like Street Fighter, Tekken, and Mortal Kombat. This game features a post-apocalyptic setting where the player accidentally awakens a robot, sparking an epic battle. Check out the prototype below! The link of the pitch is in the comments #GameDevelopment #IndieGame #NexusOfFate