Dear players,
PAC-MAN WAKA WAKA will be discontinued on November 1, 2023.
As of today, it is no longer possible to purchase a new subscription. However, all worlds in the game will be free to access for everyone until the service is discontinued.
Thank you for your support, and we hope you have enjoyed playing our game over the last three years!
Two years in, we’ve been fortunate to have some success with our first two titles, The Vortex and The 3% Challenge, both of which approach the challenge of designing fun and engaging voice games from slightly different angles.
I wouldn’t say, however, that we’ve found the “perfect formula” for success here yet. We believe that just falling into complacency with existing design patterns and limiting oneself to just building more of the same sort of games that already exist would be a terrible mistake to make in this space right now.
Yesterday, we announced the completion of our first funding round. We’ve raised €1 million from a group of investors that includes the Amazon Alexa Fund and the Google Assistant Investment Program, as well as leading gaming and tech investors Sisu Game Ventures, Andy Chung and Philipp Moehring from AngelList and BreakawayGrowth Fund, alongside Portuguese investors Portugal Ventures and Busy Angels. The round also included several leading angel investors in the gaming industry, such as Lasse Seppänen (Supercell), Alexis Bonte (Stillfront & Atomico) and David Helgason (Unity).
We are tremendously grateful to this group of investors for the confidence they’ve shown in us. We strongly believe that voice-first games have the potential to bring exciting and compelling entertainment experiences to whole new audiences, and this investment will help us continue to do that.
In fact, we’re already putting some of that money to work on a brand new game, which we talked about a bit on stage at the VOICE Summit in Newark, New Jersey yesterday. We’ll have a lot more details to share on that soon, so stay tuned!
And if you are interested in joining the revolution, please get in touch!
In the meantime, here are a few of the articles in the media yesterday covering our funding round:
Gamasutra – “Doppio raises $1.1 million from Google and Amazon for voice-controlled games”
PocketGamer.biz – “Doppio Games raises $1.1 million for voice-controlled games”
Business Insider – “2 gaming veterans raised $1 million from Amazon and Google to make games you can only play by voice” (subscription required)
And here are a few from our own back yard, em Português:
We’re very excited to announce that The Vortex, Doppio’s debut, voice-first space adventure game, is available today to play on the Google Assistant!
You can play the game as a completely voice-driven, audio-only experience on smart speakers like Google Home, or pair it with a fully-interactive visual experience when you play on smart displays like the Google Home Hub. You can even play on Android phones and tablets, or on iOS devices with the Google Assistant app installed. With all of these new devices at your disposal, it’s easier than ever to jump into the game, build your robotic team, and explore the mysteries of The Vortex!
Just click this link to get started! (Tip: tap the link on your phone and you should be launched right into the Google Assistant app, if you’ve got it installed!)
This marks our first game for the Google Assistant, and we’re thrilled for all of you to try It out! Once you’ve played the game, feel free to send us any feedback you’ve got. And, as always, if you enjoy The Vortex, please leave us a review!
Happy February everyone!
It’s hard to believe, but we’re already coming up on The Vortex’s two-month anniversary! We’re really excited to see everyone out there enjoying the game and uncovering all of the story’s secrets.
Today we want to let you know about a new game update that we’ve just published. With this update, there are three big new features for you to try out!
Hello, worlds!
Today is the culmination of a lot of work behind the scenes in the past few months. Through this time, we had support and help from lots of people - you were too kind, and too numerous to list here. To you, a heartfelt THANK YOU!
Doppio is part dream and part strategic bet: both of us love stories and games, and we feel that this is a great time to be making entertainment that can be played in a uniquely human way - with our voices.
We decided to set on this voyage of discovery from Lisbon, as we feel there's a renaissance going on in Portugal, and we wanted to ride (and contribute to!) this wave of excitement and positivity.
Although we have lofty goals, we're not quite sure where this journey is going to take us. But we're glad that you're here with us.
Let's change gaming forever.
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