This will be our last announcement!
TL;DR Synergy of Serra is shutting down; company out of funds; founders out of sync
The past few weeks have been silent. While we've had such phases before, and they weren't necessarily bad, this time it's very sad to share for the last time.
Last year presented many new challenges, especially for Marcel and me, as founders facing a dwindling runway.
Since July 2023, Calystral Games, the company behind Synergy of Serra, has run out of funding. Despite this, the most dedicated and passionate team members kept pushing the project and vision forward while we searched for solutions to deliver our vision.
However, Marcel and I were unable to agree on a path for Synergy of Serra to move forward into 2024 and beyond.
Startups don't die when they run out of cash; they die when the founders run out of energy.
— Naval
Even though funding should speed things up, in our view, it was never a requirement to make our vision a reality.
Our belief has always been to work on something we are passionate about and truly enjoy, putting our sweat and tears into it, no matter what.
We truly believed in a path where we couldn't fail to deliver our mission, as our passion can't be taken away.
Our mission is... to enrich gamers’ experiences, protect them from malicious players, and enable them to truly own their items and characters. Develop games that utilize ethical monetization models that do not prey on human psychology but are powered by intrinsic value. To aid the quest to discover, explore, and create new genres of games with creativity and art at their very core. Create fair and trustless, disruptive games that empower gamers to challenge the status quo.
We are very sorry that we weren't able to finish what we started. The idea of a game that truly revolutionizes the card gaming space. Not just with unique game mechanics and pioneering technologies in card games but generally a unique approach towards gaming.
We have an immense amount of appreciation for our community who believed in us and always supported the project. Especially all the early adopters who relentlessly tested the game and who built our very loyal community.
The Synergy of Serra Team :SoS:,
Marcel and Julian