Back to collectionThree Arrows Faces Liquidation as the Obelisk Rises
Three Arrows Capital’s crisis had already forced the studio to recalculate its finances, while the obelisk in its card world was still taking shape. News arrived that a court had ordered Three Arrows liquidated, removing a leading fund from the industry stage. Institutions once thought solid were being dismantled outside the studio, while inside its story the team was effectively cutting a ribbon for a stone monument.
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Three Arrows Capital’s crisis had already forced the studio to recalculate its finances, while the obelisk in its card world was still taking shape. The community content team had to release it amid grim industry news and knew players would ask whether it was a game mechanic or an invitation to act out part of the story.
News arrived that a court had ordered Three Arrows liquidated, removing a leading fund from the industry stage. That same day, the obelisk rose in the world depicted by the studio’s official post, which called on all trading-card collectors to step forward and pledge allegiance. Some played along with the fiction; others asked what would happen after the pledge. The post gave no gameplay answer.
Institutions once thought solid were being dismantled outside the studio, while inside its story the team was effectively cutting a ribbon for a stone monument. The contrast gave the community a scene to inhabit together and left the team needing to explain what participation meant. The community lead planned to take players’ questions to the production team; how the obelisk connected to the game remained unclear.