Distant-First-Firm/SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Noodle Cat Video games, an unbiased video games studio constructed upon a optimistic, balanced work tradition, has raised $4.1 million in a seed funding spherical led by Makers Fund, with extra participation by 1Up Ventures and investor Matthew Ball’s Epyllion. With management and recreation growth expertise drawing from a long time of expertise at Epic Video games, Digital Arts, BioWare and PopCap, the Noodle Cat workforce is on a mission to implement a versatile, iteration-based growth mannequin rooted on the intersection of belief, creativity and empathy.
“We based Noodle Cat on the idea {that a} optimistic, welcoming and really collaborative working surroundings must be the brand new business normal,” stated David Hunt, CEO and co-founder, Noodle Cat. “We’re dedicated to creating and nurturing a wholesome work tradition round how we construct video games collectively, and we imagine this ends in higher video games, too. In the event you’re a recreation developer in search of a brand new problem, and you’re captivated with making nice video games whereas contributing to a brand new mannequin of how the business ought to function, we’d love to listen to from you.”
“David and the Noodle Cat workforce impressed us with their dedication to reinvent the best way the video games business approaches the event course of,” stated Jay Chi, Founding Companion, Makers Fund. “We’re proud to help their mission to prioritize worker wellness and creativity alongside their ardour for making significant cooperative gameplay experiences.”
Noodle Cat’s progressive strategy to creating video games emphasizes teamwork to craft significant, collaborative experiences for gamers, whereas concurrently giving workers the pliability to outline their private objectives and profession arcs on the studio. The corporate gives all staff equitable compensation, 4 day work weeks, a totally distant surroundings, versatile hours and absolutely coated premium healthcare plans.
Noodle Cat is hiring character and tech artists, animators and different roles to construct the corporate’s first recreation, which will probably be revealed at a later date. To study extra concerning the Noodle Cat tradition and to use, please go to noodlecatgames.com.
About Noodle Cat Video games
Noodle Cat is an unbiased recreation studio, on a mission to alter the present normal of recreation growth. Constructed on a tradition of belief, creativity, and empathy, the Noodle Cat workforce is devoted to studying, collaborating and pushing boundaries in a wholesome, versatile working surroundings. Based by former Epic Video games lead methods designer David Hunt, former Epic Video games principal programmer Michael Noland and business advisor Ed Zobrist, Noodle Cat is a totally distant studio. To study extra, please go to noodlecatgames.com.
About Makers Fund
Makers Fund is a worldwide interactive leisure enterprise capital agency centered on early-stage investments. Makers is devoted to furthering progress and innovation within the interactive leisure business. With greater than 90 portfolio corporations so far, Makers supplies founders strategic worth that’s deeply catered to corporations throughout the worth chain within the business. For extra data, go to makersfund.com.
