Sad Cat raises $5M for retro action-platformer Replaced

Unhappy Cat Studios introduced right now that it has raised $5 million in funding, an funding within the studio that it plans to place in direction of its future video games. The studio is at the moment engaged on its retro-style action-platformer Replaced, which it introduced in 2021. GEM Capital invested within the studio partly to assist it launch Changed someday in 2024.

GamesBeat spoke to Unhappy Cat founders Yura Zhdanovich and Igor Gritsay concerning the funding and improvement on Changed. Each founders stated that GEM’s funding will assist create a extra fascinating sport. “We understood that what we had been doing earlier than wasn’t sufficient,” stated Gritsay. “So we began searching for a associate.”

Zhdanovich stated that Unhappy Cat is fascinated about remaining impartial by means of improvement of Changed and its future titles. “We now have executed an incredible quantity of labor all through improvement, and we’re taking extra time as a result of we don’t wish to compromise on that by dashing it out… We wished to do one thing that we’ve all the time dreamt of, that individuals would flip their heads to.”

Unhappy Cat announced in September that it was delaying the launch of Changed to 2024. The sport was already delayed in 2022 because the previously Belarus-based studio relocated their crew on account of security issues over the struggle in Ukraine. Nevertheless, the builders say the present delay is as a result of quantity of labor required by the pixel artwork design.

“It’s freaking arduous,” stated Gritsay. “We’ve set a very excessive bar for ourselves by way of high quality and visible model. We understood that the expectations are so excessive that we will’t flop on that and put the whole lot we’ve bought into the sport. At this level it was simply not possible for us to launch this 12 months as a result of the quantity of labor is simply monumental.”

Roman Gurskiy, managing director at GEM Capital, stated in a press release, “We’re excited to announce our contribution to the success of Changed, which is at the moment some of the anticipated indie titles. At GEM, we firmly consider that Changed has the potential to redefine the gaming panorama, captivate audiences worldwide and launch a brand new robust franchise.”