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The Playbook: Building a Repeatable Gaming Studio

Objective: A “Master Class” framework for starting, building, and scaling a gaming studio using Agentic AI. Philosophy: Build fast, own the IP, automate the grunt work.

Part 1: The Structure (The “Vehicle”)

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To sell a company, it must be a clean vehicle.

  1. Entity: S-Corp for tax efficiency -> C-Corp for Exit.
  2. Clean IP: Everything created must be assigned to the company immediately. No “handshake deals”.
  3. Data Room Day 1: Keep a folder structure ready for investors from the start.
    • /Legal (Incorporation, Bylaws)
    • /IP (Trademarks, Copyrights)
    • /Financials (P&L, Bank Statements)
    • /Tech (Architecture diagrams, Patent filings)

Resource List (see Resource Library for full details):

  • Stripe Atlas (stripe.com/atlas): $500, Delaware C-Corp or LLC, next-day filing.
  • Clerky (clerky.com): $427-$819, C-Corp only, more post-incorporation legal docs.
  • Carta Launch (carta.com/equity-management/launch): Free cap table (<25 stakeholders, <$1M raised).
  • Mercury (mercury.com): Free startup banking, SAFE builder, API access, $5M FDIC.

Part 2: The Logic (The “Agentic Engine”)

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We don’t just “make games.” We build systems that make games.

  1. The “Senior Dev” Agent (LLM): Handles architecture, complex C++, and refactoring.
    • Tool: GitHub Copilot / Cursor / CodeGPT.
  2. The “Grunt” Agent (Scripts): Python scripts in Unreal Engine.
    • Task: “Create 50 variations of this sword stats.”
  3. The “QA” Agent (RL): Machine Learning bots.
    • Task: Play the game 24/7 to find bugs and balance issues.

Resource List (see Resource Library for full details):

  • Unreal Learning Agents: Epic’s official ML plugin (free, UE5 5.3+). Tutorial: dev.epicgames.com
  • LangChain / LangGraph: MIT-licensed framework for building agent pipelines. Free forever.
  • Claude API Structured Outputs: Guaranteed JSON schema compliance for move generation.
  • Tripo AI / Meshy: AI 3D model generation (free tiers). Native UE5 plugins.
  • DeepMotion: AI motion capture from video. Free tier: 60s/month.
  • Mixamo: Free animation library + auto-rigging (Adobe, completely free).

Part 3: The Market (The “Hook”)

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How to validate before you build.

  1. Genre Selection: Don’t compete with Call of Duty. Pick a niche with high retention (Fighting Games, Simulators, RPGs).
  2. The “Hook”: Must be describable in 1 sentence.
    • Amina: “Street Fighter meets Agentic AI learning.”
  3. Community First: Build the Discord before the game.
  4. VR / AR Expansion:
    • Strategy: VR is hungry for high-quality content. A polished fighter in VR has less competition than on PC.
    • Target: Quest 3 Standalone (Must optimize hard).

Resource List (see Resource Library for full details):

  • SteamDB (steamdb.info): Free. Analyze competitor CCU, pricing history, tags.
  • Gamalytic / VG Insights: Affordable Steam revenue estimates and genre analysis.
  • SensorTower (sensortower.com): Enterprise mobile intelligence. Expensive — skip until funded.
  • GameAnalytics (gameanalytics.com): Free UE5 telemetry (retention, progression, monetization).

Part 4: The Exit (The “Sprint”)

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We build to ship, then we scale or sell.

  1. The milestone: 6-Month Beta.
  2. The Metric: Retention > Revenue. Investors buy stickiness.
  3. The Pitch: “We built a top-tier game in 6 months with 2 people using our proprietary Agentic Pipeline.”
    • Result: You get acquired for the team/tech, or you get funded to build the “next big thing.”

Checklist for “Sellability”:

  • All IP trademarked?
  • No “spaghetti code” (Agentic code must be reviewed)?
  • Community is owning the marketing (User Generated Content)?