Gendai Games主要为用户提供基础的游戏开发工具，目前获得了超过100万美元的融资，该风投由德丰杰资本DFJ Mercury牵头，参与投资的包括Steamboat Ventures、DFJ Frontier、ff Asset Management以及其他的个人投资人Paul Bricault、Paige Craig、 Tom McInerney、Josh Resnick还有Mark Suster。
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Gendai Games旗下的开发者工具叫做GameSalad，可以为那些没有程序经验的人开发属于自己的2D版iphone和ipad游戏。该款软件至今已经超过70000次下载。
目前Gendai Games的竞争对手包括 Playcrafter和WIldpockets。
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Gendai Games, a startup that offers a simple game creation tool, has raised over $1 million in Series A funding led by DFJ Mercury with Steamboat Ventures, DFJ Frontier and ff Asset Management as well as angel investors Paul Bricault, Paige Craig, Tom McInerney, Josh Resnick and and Mark Suster participating in the round.
The game creation tool, called GameSalad, is allows non-programmers to build, develop and publish 2D casual games games for the iPhone and iPad. GameSalad has been downloaded more than 70,000 times and in the nine months since the launch of its iPhone publishing service, GameSalad has powered over 800 titles in the iTunes App Store including Asplosion! HD and Doodle Cannon.
The new funding will be used for product development and to hire additional talent. The startup faces competition from a number of other companies who also have democratized game development, including Playcrafter, and WIldpockets.
