LOBBY
FUND
PROJECTS
PLAYBOOK
OPERATIONS
RITUAL TIDES
Vertpaint Studios — UK
Solo first-person Silent Hill-inspired psychological horror, built by deep-art-pipeline UK co-dev studio. $2.5M GTM-only on $4M project; structurally engineered around creator-partnership-driven GTM (DAZ secured + Cory in negotiation).
STUDIO
VERTPAINT LTD. (UK CO-DEV)
TYPE
GTM-ONLY PUBLISHING DEAL
HG CAPITAL
$2.5M
STATUS
CONDITIONAL — DE-RISKED (CREATIVE LEAD + DAZ CONFIRMED)
DOCUMENT DATE
MAY 29, 2026
PREPARED BY
HELLO GIANT CAPITAL
HUXLEY (ROGUELIKE)
Ben Mauro’s HUXLEY — US
Roguelike set in Ben Mauro’s Huxley universe — Ronin clone lifecycle as run loop, AI companion (Huxley-the-robot) as meta-narrator. $8M HG co-dev in $18M project (Mauro IP equity $4M + co-financier $6M). Direction A of A>B test on Huxley IP.
STUDIO
TBD (BIG MEDIUM SMALL PRIMARY CANDIDATE)
TYPE
CO-DEVELOPMENT (HG SENIOR CO-FINANCIER)
HG CAPITAL
$8.0M OF $18M
STATUS
CONDITIONAL — STRONG WITH EXECUTION-DEPENDENT UPSIDE
DOCUMENT DATE
MAY 5, 2026
PREPARED BY
HELLO GIANT CAPITAL
WILCO: DIRECT ACTION
Hydratac INC — US
Tactical mil-sim FPS from the Due Process team via HydraTac, leveraging retained tech IP. $2.0M GTM-only publishing capital on $4M project; 100/50/35/20 GTM waterfall (corrected rule, 100% T1 recoup).
STUDIO
HYDRATAC INC. (DUE PROCESS TEAM)
TYPE
GTM-ONLY PUBLISHING DEAL
HG CAPITAL
$2.0M
STATUS
CONDITIONAL — TOP CONVICTION
DOCUMENT DATE
MAY 29, 2026
PREPARED BY
HELLO GIANT CAPITAL
BLADE RUNNER: OFF-WORLD
ZA/UM — US
Premium AA RPG set in the Blade Runner off-world colonies, by Disco Elysium creators ZA/UM, licensed by Alcon. $5M HG (publisher slot) in $22.5M three-financier project; full-project 100/75/50/40 waterfall. Game-first IP adaptation thesis.
STUDIO
ZA/UM (DISCO ELYSIUM CREATORS)
TYPE
CO-FINANCING (HG ONE OF 3 FINANCIERS)
HG CAPITAL
DAN BUNTING
STATUS
CONDITIONAL — WATCHLIST (MKT 22% BELOW FLOOR; COMMERCIAL SCALE RECALIBRATED POST-ZERO PARADES)
DOCUMENT DATE
MAY 29, 2026
PREPARED BY
HELLO GIANT CAPITAL
HELLO GIANT
Los Angeles, CA
MAY 26, 2026
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