Talewind raises $800K to make Roblox games

Talewind has raised $800,000 in a round of funding to develop games for the Roblox user-generated content platform.

It is joining a host of specialist game studios that are producing games for Roblox, which went public in March at a $41.9 billion worth and has 42 million every day active customers. Early access for Talewind’s initial Roblox game, Breezy Bay, is coming quickly.

The studio was began this year by Mike Allender (previously lead game designer at King’s innovation studio) and Georgina Felce (previously studio operations manager at Big Pixel Studios). The group of eight folks has a diverse group of business pros, like Theo Docking (aka Jeddevs from the hit Roblox game “Bloopville”).

“Kindness is at the heart of everything we do,” Felce stated in an e mail to GamesBeat. “Everyone who joins Team Talewind has committed to this ethos that we are role models to our industry, our players and the future.”

The group is a member of the exclusive Roblox Accelerator plan, and it is on a quest to superior the metaverse with games that are fresh, entertaining, and complete of adventure. The studio is a progressive, positive, sustainable employer focused on cultivating a one of a kind business culture. The funding will be used to expand the studio group and help various game releases inside Roblox.

Breezy Bay is a cozy sandbox part-playing game (RPG) that the business likes to describe as “Animal Crossing meets RuneScape.” Players create their islands with facilities, decorations, and toys to have the coolest island probable. The Roblox multiplayer engine indicates that their pals can merely swim more than to hang out and trade.

“We were fortunate to be accepted onto the Roblox accelerator program in January this year,” Felce stated. “It allowed us to skill-up on platform expertise and get to work alongside and learn from some of the best developers in the community. We have a lot of respect for what has already been created on the platform and hope that we can use our own perspective to create a hybrid studio of native Roblox talent and experienced industry professionals.”

 

Roblox’s customers invest 2.5 hours per day on typical in the virtual world platform, and developers are flocking to the platform.

The investors incorporate Ian Livingstone (Hiro Capital cofounder), Chris Lee (who has led various studios by means of productive exits), Phil Mansell (CEO of Jagex), Shaun Rutland (CEO and cofounder of Hutch), Jas Purewal (Chairman of Facepunch and legal specialist), Affan Butt (founding companion at Aream), Rupert Loman (founder of Gamer Network) as properly as Guzmán Díaz, who was an early Roblox investor through his part at Index Ventures.

Here it is! Fresh from the Spring Accelerator, a teaser of our debut game on #Roblox, Breezy Bay, coming Summer 2021. We wish you were here already! 🏝️🍄🐟#roblox #RobloxDev #RobloxDevs #robloxgame #robloxart #robloxians #gamedev #newkidsontheblock pic.twitter.com/4tzdBevYZ8

— Talewind Studios (@TalewindGames) April 30, 2021

Mike Allender, CEO of Talewind, stated in a statement that the group is humbled to be working with such a star-studded line-up of
skilled games executives and entrepreneurs. He is encouraged by the investor feedback and it searching forward to displaying what the group is working on. The game is a mobile-initial title that will be out on all Roblox platforms this summer time.

The funding round also saw contributions from Joakim Achren’s games angel syndicate, Alvaro Alvarez del Rio, Neamul Mohsin, Niall Curran and Subina Kiani. Talewind is at the moment hiring for a neighborhood manager, a lead game designer, and accepting speculative applications from talented folks who are craving a new adventure: https://talewind.co.uk/team.

“We’ve waited our whole careers for a paradigm shift that we could become a part of,” Felce stated. “Like the explosive growth of the app stores a decade ago, professional development on Roblox is nascent. With 200 million monthly active players, world-class tools, low user acquisition costs, and one of the best multiplayer game engines for developing massively social games it was impossible to pass up this opportunity.”

Originally appeared on: TheSpuzz