Remember when we briefly talked about venture capital-backed video game studios in Episode No. 2 with The Molasses Flood? For episode four, we talked to one! More specifically, Seth Sivak, who is CEO and co-founder of Boston-based Proletariat Inc.

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Here are some things we talked about:

Why Proletariat decided to enter the crowded battle royale space with juggernauts like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

How Proletariat plans to use RPG and spellcasting elements to differentiate its battle royale game, Spellbreak, from the competition

What Proletariat learned from their first two titles: mobile strategy game World Zombination and “stream first” multiplayer action game Streamline

How streaming influenced the design and distribution strategy of Proletariat’s games

How the closure of Zynga’s Boston office led Seth and his co-founders to start Proletariat

Why Proletariat decided to pursue venture capital versus bootstrapping

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Hosted by Dylan Martin and Stephanie MacDonald.

Music by Jesse Gertz. Mastering by Kegan Zema.

Recorded at PRX’s Podcast Garage in Allston, Mass.