Launched final month by key Godot Engine leaders, W4Games simply introduced they’ve acquired an $8.5M funding from a lot of totally different sources. W4Games was shaped to assist Godot engine growth in a number of areas the place it at present faces issue, together with assist for proprietary consoles in addition to in company use. W4Games must also be a automobile to assist assist Godot 4 growth and is already bearing fruit within the type of a Direct3D 12 renderer.
Particulars of the brand new investments from the W4Games announcement:
W4 Video games, an Irish COSS (Business Open Supply Software program) startup based mostly on the open supply sport growth expertise of the Godot Engine platform, introduced right now that it has efficiently closed a US $8.5 million seed funding funding spherical led by OSS Capital, the world’s first and solely early-stage COSS firm investor and platform, and LUX Capital, a number one Silicon Valley VC specialised in rising science and expertise ventures. The funding course of was additionally joined by trade veteran Bob Younger, the founding father of Pink Hat, and Sisu Recreation Ventures, an early-stage enterprise capital fund centered on video games.
The funds might be used to broaden W4 Video games’ core group and speed up the event of a collection of services for the Godot ecosystem, enabling all builders to create and publish video games and purposes on all main platforms. The corporate will current its product roadmap at GDC 2023.
W4 Video games may even immediately assist the Godot venture with donations, expertise and code contributions.
Together with the funding, W4Games are additionally increasing, so if you’re on the lookout for a job (it’s a digital firm that works remotely) you may browse obtainable job positions right here. You may study extra about W4Games and the $8.5M funding within the video under.
