Fractured Winter Alpha Delayed To Later This Month, Developer Secures Additional Funding

fractured spear chief bannerFebruary has come and gone but the promised Fractured Winter Alpha is nowhere to be seen. Dynamight Studios explains the reasons for the delay in their latest newsletter.

“Back in November, when the Fall Alpha was ending, we were pretty confident the Winter Alpha would start in February. Until little ago, we were still hoping we’d be able to stick to the deadline. As the month is ending, that is clearly not going to happen: the launch has officially been postponed to March.”

The developers cite several reasons for the delay, including the City Conquest system taking longer to complete than expected, the addition of a marketplace which took a month to be developed, the two Open Alpha weekends held in December and January, and business matters that allowed them to secure funding and support from Global Top Round.

“Since the end of 2020, we’ve taken part in a competition held by investment fund and accelerator Global Top Round, which each year selects 10 game development studios from a pool of several hundreds to invest on and help with business development. As you may have guessed already, we’ve made it to the top 10!”

Entry into the Global Top Round program comes with an initial investment and the possibility of securing more capital from future funding rounds. The program will also help Dynamight broker a publishing deal for additional funding and provide coaching and support on business development as a whole.

“With the funding that is expected to arrive in the coming months, we’ll be able to finally land those hires we’ve always desired – an animator and another programmer to begin with,” said the studio. “If you think we’ve been developing quickly so far being 8 people (I hope you do), think how it could be if we were twice as many!”

The team also shines the spotlight on the new tech tree that will be making its way to the upcoming Winter Alpha test. You can check that out right after the break. More information can be found on the Fractured official site.

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