New indie game developer FuzzyBot has announced that it raised $3.5 million in a seed funding round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The financing round was attended by BitKraft Ventures<\/a>, 1Up Ventures, and Sisu Game Ventures<\/a>, where BitKraft Ventures led the round. Sisu Game Ventures previously invested in Finland-based studio Small Giant Games<\/a>, which was later bought by Zynga<\/a> in January 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The games industry is notorious for its inflexible high-crunch culture, and we are determined to chart a new path in how our company operates and brings games to market,” said Dyshlova. “We value the collaborative speed that comes from working within a small team and look to capitalize on the benefits that a remote studio can provide.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n FuzzyBot is an independent developer based in Los Angeles, founded by former Electronic Arts (EA) executives Tatyana Dyshlova and Max Spielberg. Dyshlova worked as a lead producer, and Spielberg was the design director at EA. Dyshlova now serves as the CEO, whereas Spielberg is the creative director of the studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The founders stated they quit developing AAA titles to “chase the indie dream” and make games that everyone can play together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Malte Barth, the founder general partner of BitKraft Ventures, commented: “It’s evident that the FuzzyBot team has transferred their synergy from EA to the new studio. Their proven ability to grow a world-class development team will be invaluable as they collaborate to tap into a cross-genre market opportunity.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The company said that the money would be used to develop its first co-operative game and expand the development team. FuzzyBot states that its debut title will be a “co-operative game that blends combat and progression elements of the Roguelite and Life Sim genres.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n A representative for FuzzyBot announced that the company will be focusing on publishing games primarily for the Nintendo Switch platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FuzzyBot is among the new studios that have recently started raising money and getting into co-op game development in Los Angeles. Recently, LA-based Elodie Games<\/a> has raised $32.5 million to develop co-op titles that can be played on multiple platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Send your news at news@gamesround.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New indie game developer FuzzyBot has announced that it raised $3.5 million in a seed funding round. The financing round was attended by BitKraft Ventures, 1Up Ventures, and Sisu Game Ventures, where BitKraft Ventures led the round. Sisu Game Ventures previously invested in Finland-based studio Small Giant Games, which was later bought by Zynga in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[421,228,922,146,809,383],"class_list":["post-4391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bitkraft-ventures","tag-elodie-games","tag-fuzzybot","tag-sisu-game-ventures","tag-small-giant-games","tag-zynga"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t