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February
Devlog #5: 7 Months Ago We Were Denied CMF Prototype Funding
Game development is a stressful but rewarding experience, as we’ve found out over the past 2 years. Development on Sovereign Syndicate is progressing very well, but as with any project not every day has good news. As we’ve discussed before now, we had gotten some funding from the Canada Media Fund to the tune of…
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January
Development and Funding Update: Major Funding Announcement!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zEIadyyMD8 Hi Everyone! Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. It’s been a few months since our last update but we’re looking forward to a great 2022 for Sovereign Syndicate. It’s been a busy few months over here at Crimson Herring Studios, putting the final touches on our demo; but I wanted…
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October
Devlog #4: How are we paying for this?
So let’s address the elephant in the room, money. How are we paying for all this? Game development isn’t free, even if you choose to do all the work yourself there’s the value of your time and the opportunity cost of what else you could have done with it. As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t…
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October
Sovereign Syndicate Dev Update, Oct 2021
Hi Everyone! It’s been a little over two months since our last development update, wanted to share some of what we’ve been working on. We continue to be surprised and humbled by the positive response from media and the gaming community. We had an article in PC Gamer that gave us exposure with thousands of gamers, many…
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September
Devlog #3: Why Unity (and other early decisions)?
In the previous post, I talked about how I learned about the industry, diving into the community with GDC talks, YouTubers, and reading up on the origin stories of some of my favourite studios. I also discussed my introduction to the business of gaming and my first iteration of the game design document. After orienting…
