Priorities for the months to come
May 17, 2011 in Article, Business, Card Stories, Code, Communication, Game design, Graphic design, Project management
Farsides has recently closed a first round of investment, for an amount of 50k€. With the burn rate currently forecast (a little less than 10k€/month), and assuming we keep this rythm, Farsides funding is already secured until the beginning of Autumn.
For this period, with the objective of having a game up and running, and showing interesting metrics, in a few months from now, it seems more reasonable to focus on a smaller project than the Humanity Project, one we have been working on for some time already, CardStories. The studio is therefore to switch focus from Humanity Project to CardStories during the coming months.
Humanity Project is not forgotten – time and budget allowing, there is conception work to do in the meantime – like clarifying a bit the game design, the positioning, the overall context and art direction of the game. This would prove useful for the next steps.
Loic, Deborah, Lincoln, Romulo, Rogerio, Laurent and Charles have already started focusing on Card Stories, with Loic contributing a big headstart by developing the version found in the original specifications.
Playtests have also started, and shown that there is still a lot to do. If you want to play a game, don’t hesitate to drop by the chat to play with the development team. If you feel adventurous, you can even try it out on your own there – but beware, the game being in early stages, chances are that you won’t understand how to play. 
As always – all comments are most welcome.
