Nekki will invest $1.5 million in the further development of Cascadeur

Two months ago – in April 2021 – Nekki launched the Cascadeur character animation tool for early access. This time was enough for the engine to increase the audience of users from 70 thousand to 80 thousand people.

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How many of them have purchased the paid Pro version of the license, Nekki does not drown.

However, according to them, many customers switched to it. Moreover, Nekki is so pleased with the sales results that they are expanding the development team from 25 to 30 employees and plan to invest an additional $1.5 million in the development of the engine functionality.

The full release of Cascadeur is scheduled for 2022. Before that, the team wants to refine AI support, improve solutions for working with advanced physics, and also increase the functionality of the package by adding standard animation tools to it. There are also plans to polish the interface.

Recall that Cascadeur is a software for physically correct animation of characters without motion capture. Initially, it was created for internal tasks: even for the first Shadow Fight in 2011. The high level of animation quickly became one of the “chips” of Nekki. Therefore, over time, third-party developers began to show interest in the solution. This led to the creation of Cascadeur as a separate tool.