Nothing humbles you like telling your OpenClaw “confirm before acting” and watching it speedrun deleting your inbox. I couldn’t stop it from my phone. I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb.
The last 2 years have been a leadership stress test. AI accelerating. Distribution shifting. Player expectations rising. At the same time: tight capital, longer fundraises, and in games… a brutally low hit rate.
The lesson?
Optimism is not a strategy. Portfolio math is.
In a constrained market, you do fewer things, sequence harder, protect runway, and design for power laws. Most bets won’t break out. One might.
Innovation still matters. Endurance and discipline matter more.
The gaming industry has had a rough couple of years… shifting player behavior, rising dev costs, layoffs, and tighter funding have hit a lot of teams hard. Cycles like this aren’t new though. Constraint often breeds the next wave of creativity and innovation.
For some of us, this is our life’s work! 🚀
With now over 1 Million downloads, here’s Pudgy Party so far in numbers 🤝
Fast-paced rounds, fresh seasons, new costumes, endless fun and chaos.
Rated 4.9 ⭐ on the App Store.
Just getting started, join in on the action on iOS and Android! 🐧