BitCraft developer Clockwork Labs raises $22M Series A led by a16z Clockwork Labs, the video game developer behind the upcoming community sandbox MMORPG BitCraft, closes its latest funding round. SAN FRANCISCO — June 16, 2022 — fully remote game developer Clockwork Labs today announced they closed $22M in Series…

April 2022 The Bitcraft developers are active on the official BitCraft Discord server and often answer community questions. To join the conversation and to read new answers first, join https://discord.gg/bitcraft I had a question on how customizable avatars are going to be. Will we be restricted to a few bog standard sliders…

This month, I wanted to talk a bit about the challenges that MMORPG developers face surrounding long-term progression and how we are aiming to address that challenge with the design of BitCraft. This is a good way to build on last month’s blog post about skills, while providing some more…

As we continue to playtest the Pre-Alpha, I think it’s time we start releasing more information about the gameplay of BitCraft. This is going to be the first in a series of blog posts which will delve into the details of the game design of our game. This first article…

January 2022 The Bitcraft developers are active on the official BitCraft Discord server and often answer community questions. To join the conversation and to read new answers first, join https://discord.gg/bitcraft Will we be able to open our own shops, so let’s say I want to become a blacksmith I can do that? …

BitCraft Pre-Alpha Testing Begins Today SAN FRANCISCO — November 17, 2021 — Clockwork Labs, today announced the start of Pre-Alpha testing for the upcoming sandbox MMORPG BitCraft. Players, who have previously registered for Pre-Alpha testing, have now a chance to get a first glimpse at BitCraft. The Pre-Alpha will be conducted in waves and is…

(and what you can expect) We have understandably gotten many questions about the Pre-Alpha tests since we announced the game in September. I’d like to answer some of them in this game design blog post! I’m going to take this opportunity to explain a bit more about the purpose of our Pre-Alpha tests and what…

October 2021 The Bitcraft developers are active on the official BitCraft Discord server and often answer community questions. To join the conversation and to read new answers first, join https://discord.gg/bitcraft When is the Pre-Alpha starting? When will invites go out? Have invites gone out already? No invites have gone out yet. We…

Game Design Blog — October 6, 2021 Disclaimer: This is going to be long, but I think it’s worth a read. In the days since the announcement we’ve understandably gotten quite a few questions regarding how we plan to monetize BitCraft. Monetization for a game is one of the most important things to get right, not only…