Splitgate dev says shooter is only ‘25% complete’
1‘Splitgate’ is only about “25% done”, according to developer 1047 Games.
After securing $100 million in funding from investors last week, the free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter is still in the early stages of development, 1047 Games CEO and co-founder Ian Proulx says.
In a new interview with TechCrunch, Proulx spoke about the long-term plan for the game and the gap in the market for the multiplayer FPS.
He said: “The scope of what we can do is now through the roof. There’s so much we couldn’t think about because we were a tiny team with a tiny budget, but now everything is on the table.
“We’re focusing on the long term — I look at the game as being 25% done. We don’t need to be Fortnite tomorrow, but now it really is about building the next Riot Games, the next big games business.”
He added: “People grew up playing these games, and the reason [the market] is dead is not because they stopped loving them.
“No one has moved the needle because there hasn’t been a lot of innovation, and there hasn’t been something that’s accessible to the masses. Quake Arena is great, but it’s extremely difficult. No 12-year-old Fortnite kid is gonna play it. We really do fill this void.”