Back to collectionA 30% Reserve Holds as Markets Slide
Background: The studio is assembling its card-game vertical slice into a version ready for acceptance, while the market drop has the team reconsidering its winter budget. Today: Omicron fears swept global markets. Impact and next: The cracks in the market looked more numerous, but the studio did not need to pull resources from the slice at short notice to cover a cash gap.
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Background: The studio is assembling its card-game vertical slice into a version ready for acceptance, while the market drop has the team reconsidering its winter budget. At the meeting, they need to decide whether to increase their cash buffer.
Today: Omicron fears swept global markets. BTC fell more than 7% in a day to 54,000, and U.S. stocks also plunged. Someone suggested keeping more cash for winter; finance pointed to the budget: 30% had already been set aside. The team kept the existing plan and left its attention on the year-end delivery.
Impact and next: The cracks in the market looked more numerous, but the studio did not need to pull resources from the slice at short notice to cover a cash gap. With the reserve settled, pressure shifted to integration and acceptance on schedule; the team still had to see how long the winter would last.