“We’re also proud of what our small but dedicated team has accomplished already.
“We’re very proud of the fact that we already began our Pre-Alpha testing in 2021 and so far it’s looking like we’re on course to move into Alpha testing in 2022,” said Tyler Cloutier, co-founder of Clockwork Labs. The company, which is founded by engineers with strong computer science backgrounds, is actively recruiting compiler, database, and distributed systems engineers as they seek to make the foundational technology which makes BitCraft possible available to other developers as a standalone product. “Besides the obvious benefits of having additional funding, we are especially happy that so many accomplished industry innovators share our confidence in the BitCraft project.”Ĭlockwork Labs is now primarily looking to attract engineering and game programming talent, while also expanding the team in other areas. “The additional capital raised will enable us to scale the team considerably and we are now even better equipped to face all challenges attached to creating a game world as ambitious as BitCraft’s,” Alessandro Asoni, co-founder of Clockwork Labs said. The company’s first game project, BitCraft, has received broad positive reception since it was announced in September of last year. Clockwork Labs credits Skycatcher, a game focused investment fund based in Texas, with providing the first major funding helping to jumpstart the project. A16z and Baszucki join an existing list of investors and games industry legends and leaders, including Supercell, CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petursson, and Unity co-founder David Helgason. David Baszucki, Roblox founder and CEO, also participated in the round as a private investor.
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