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BattleJuice Alchemist
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Please come, gather around the fire and raise your glasses with me to celebrate the fruits of many months of biz dev work: We now have a publisher and are funded! Read the article below:


Hey folks,

this week we have some celebrating to do!

For over a year while working on the game itself, I worked on biz dev opportunities to get funding for BattleJuice Alchemist off the ground. It was a lot of work, but now it is done. First, I secured Media Funding Rhineland Palatinate, which is funding from the state I live in. Then I applied and received the German Federal Funding for Video Games. Both are amazing privileges I am incredibly thankful for.

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And, last but not least, I found a great publisher who believes in my vision and allows me to even expand the scope and polish of BattleJuice Alchemist: ESDigital Games. Here comes a picture of their team and mine together:

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As you can see, not everybody could be at the celebration in person, which is why our Swiss Army knife Patrick created these BattleJuice Alchemist-style portraits, so they could be in the photo. During the course of development, I will be supported by Jan, who does QA and helps with game design, Patrick, who does 2D/3D art, Dominik, who will work on music with me, and Rebecca, my agent from DDM, who will continue helping me with biz dev.

The guys from ESDigital have been doing what they do for over 25 years on a variety of games. They have multiple titles in their portfolio that are similar to BattleJuice Alchemist, such as Remedium by Sobaka Studio. In this gif you might see the similarities ;)

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I love the hyper stylized look of many of ESD's games and feel like BattleJuice Alchemist has found a great home. The team and I already got started with work and I could not be happier. Thank you for following along and supporting me on this journey!

Have a great weekend!

Alain



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