Back to collectionAfter a Bleak Half-Year, the Studio Reorders Its Work
As July began, the game studio was still preparing its first card game. BTC hovered around USD 19,000, half-year reports were awash in red, and Three Arrows filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States that day. The budget changes made earlier now had a more urgent purpose.
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As July began, the game studio was still preparing its first card game. The losses at the half-year mark weighed on both the team and the community. The immediate question was how to allocate limited staff time and money amid the bad news.
BTC hovered around USD 19,000, half-year reports were awash in red, and Three Arrows filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States that day. At a regular meeting, someone worried that the community might see the industry's successive collapses as a sign that the studio would also shut down. The team first separated essential production work from promotion that could wait.
The budget changes made earlier now had a more urgent purpose. The studio offered no promise that could dispel fear about the wider industry. It left the next discussion focused on the game: what the current team could finish, and which expectations it needed to explain clearly to players.