GameDev and Business musings - funds 💰, salary transparency report, playtest framework

Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗

1️⃣ 🔊 Shout out to new studios, game funds… 🕹️ July 4th week round-up on investments 💸 

1. F2P publisher 10K Riders secure $500K seed investment from Embria

2. Mighty Bear Games raises $10 million to launch Web3 games

3. Nekcom has raised $8 million in its Series A

2️⃣ posts that I <3. Innogames shares their salary as a transparency report https://newsroom.innogames.com/s/87964b44-94db-47ad-a63f-3748d77b43d0

3️⃣ Framework I <3, Playtest process objective framework

Use FFWWDD, it covered Frustrating Favorite Wanted Wand Doing Describe

1. What was the frustrating feature in the gameplay

2. What are/is fav moment or things in the game you like doing most

3. What is one feature or thing you wanted to do or couldn’t do

4. What are things you want to remove or add

5. What are you doing in the gameplay

6. How would you describe the game to others

>> Cartic P, @iCartic