There may not be a fool-proof method to making a well-reviewed, profitable game, but don't tell that to 5th Cell. At this year's D.I.C.E. summit, Jeremiah Slaczka and Joseph Tringali, two of the developer's founders, gave a stirring speech explaining how the company operates. They also shared some amazing statistics: Scribblenauts was created by 12 people over 13 months, and the franchise has sold over 2.5MM copies. Drawn to Life was likewise created by a dozen employees over only 11 months, and sold 3.5MM units. Those are amazing numbers by any metric.
How did they do it?
2016 has been a hard year for game studios, with Lion Head and Press Play Studios being closed down, and the layoffs at Carbine Studios, there have been good people in the industry out of work. It seems you may soon need to add another studio to that list. 5th Cell, the studio behind Drawn to Life and Scribblenauts has suffered serious layoffs today.
Warner Brothers and 5th Cell should consider porting the game to consoles and the Vita
Scribble N is a hot mess. They need to rethink that series and make it into something that makes sense.
As it stands, it's hard to like especially with games that offer similar action and execute better. Max and his marker come to mind.
Marcus Estrada writes: "Anchors in the Drift was just the second crowdfunding campaign on Fig.co. Fig, for the uninitiated, is a newer entrant into the gaming crowdfunding space. Featuring just one campaign at a time, they position their utility on the fact that they offer the potential of actual investment into the projects people back. Anchors in the Drift was to be the newest game from the skilled folks over at 5th Cell."
5TH Cell, creators of Scribblenauts, seek investment and rewards crowdfunding for new PC game.
$500,000 crowd funding goal is steep for an indie game. They must have some big plans!
This looks interesting. I loved scribblenauts, so I am hopeful this will pan out.
The art looks super cool but it's going to take a lot for the card system to win me over.
