VitalXP raises $3M for Web3 shooter Lowlife Forms

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VitalXP has raised an additional $3 million in pre-seed funding for its action-packed gaming platform and debut game, Lowlife Forms.

The round was led by Streamlined Ventures and Marbruck Investments. And it shows that web3-based games are still receiving funding despite a crypto crash and tough times in the blockchain space.

Lowlife Forms is an evolved modular shooter set in a gritty yet humorous science-fantasy world filled with alien smugglers, droid bounty hunters, mercenaries, crooks, and psycho crime lords. The deep lore behind the game lives at the intersection of advanced alien technology and mystical shamanic magic.

“We are building this new Lowlife Forms IP from the ground up for the blockchain,” said Tarik Malak, Creative Director of Lowlife Forms. “Including the community from day zero is a defining trait for the crypto space, and we are excited to include gamers and fans on this journey to chart a course for both our fiction and game development over time. time."

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Malak added, "Events that happen in the community can be reflected in our game's lore, and the game itself will shape stories in other media as we integrate Lowlife Forms into the animation, film, and other entertainment platforms. A gang we haven't even thought of is forming as we speak in the community, and could be in the IP and storyline. next year."

Malak said he had been thinking about the game for a long time, but it was a side project. The team came together in 2018 and 2019 when Malak reunited with co-founder and CTO Roberto Rodriguez. Rodriguez had worked at Insomniac Games and Infinity Ward. Malak had a background in live animation as a director, screenwriter and producer.

They raised a seed round in 2020, and they will likely be looking for a new round later this year. Their idea focused on realizing the potential of blockchain gaming. Their flagship sci-fi, fantasy and crime IP, Lowlife Forms, is created from the ground up to exist in both cross-media and cross-chain.

“The game is based on this idea of ​​the intersection of criminal underworld and science fantasy,” Malak said. "I've always been obsessed with these ideas, as a writer. And I felt like it was a missed opportunity in a way. There's a certain scientific fantasy that's crime-oriented But the intersection of those two hasn't really been done. Like [Cyberpunk 2077]. If you go back to the roots of science-fantasy in the 1970s, that's what I'd love to capture. The movies have therefore been the main source of inspiration."

Films like Scarface or The Godfather captured a criminal underworld as Malak intended, with a focus on characters. They thought of ideas like a pr...