Lucid Sight raises $2.58M to launch cloud-hosted multiplayer gaming service
/Lucid Sight has raised $2.58 million to launch its cloud-hosting multiplayer gaming service called Colyseus Arena.
The Los Angeles-based company recently acquired Colyseus, the popular open-source Node.js multiplayer framework. The Colyseus open-source framework has had over 300,000 downloads since it was created six years ago and averages 10,000 downloads per month.
And Lucid Sight has used it to power its games. These include MLB Champions, CSC with Star Trek, Herocade, Polyrunner, and several other games spanning VR, AR, and nonfungible tokens (NFTs).
Colyseus Arena is a fully managed solution that handles server management, infrastructure, and scaling so that game makers can focus on game design and development. The funding round was led by Galaxy Interactive. Other investors included VamosVentures, Goal Venture Partners, Gaingels, as well as existing investors. The new round brings the total raised to $15.4 Million.