From Kitchen Table to Publisher Advance in 3 Years

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Kaioken Interactive grows from kitchen table prototypes into Deliver Us The Moon, proving a path: savings + a €15k subsidy + a self‑funded angel pool (€70k) + Kickstarter €100k lead to a €500k publisher advance from Starbreeze. Development switches to Unreal Engine 4, a playable demo hits Gamescom and E3, a German YouTuber drives half the crowdfunding, team scales ~5→20, and the 50/50 deal pairs funding, marketing and publisher guidance with ongoing milestone discipline.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:30Kaioken Interactive
3. 4:34Execution is key
4. 5:05Company setup
5. 7:15Funding mixes
6. 9:05Horror game
7. 10:21Moon
8. 10:41Development
9. 11:52E3 2000
10. 13:49E3 2016
11. 14:08E3 2017
12. 14:34Gamezone
13. 15:17Angel Investor
14. 16:42Crowdfunding
15. 16:53Community
16. 19:00Kickstarter Tips
17. 21:38Publishing Advance
18. 22:34Confidence
19. 23:02Publishers
20. 25:54Roll
21. 29:08Takeaways
22. 32:31Never give up
23. 32:55What happens if you get to the bottom

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