# Deep Monolith

> Solo-founded indie game studio. Five original titles shipped across PC, mobile, and web — competitive multiplayer card games, cooperative narrative, and branded Roblox worlds. The thesis: only a person is required to create a breakthrough game.

Deep Monolith is built on one conviction: a single focused person can build a breakthrough game. The studio ships original titles across competitive strategy, narrative co-op, and live-service multiplayer — validated by market data before development begins.

## Games shipped

### Heroes of Hecanos (2025 — Web)
- Genre: Competitive multiplayer trading card game
- Platform: Web
- Backed by Startale and Soneium
- Built on the OpenDuelyst codebase with full AWS cloud infrastructure and auto-scaling for live player load
- Players position units on a grid-based battlefield in strategic head-to-head matches

### Dawnshard (2024 — Mobile · Web)
- Genre: Competitive multiplayer trading card game
- Platform: Mobile and Web
- Published by ISKRA, backed by Sei
- 16,000+ community members
- 300+ unique cards across a full live-ops card game
- Unique mechanic: procedurally generated, immutable decks that cannot be changed — designed to remove the traditional TCG meta-game entirely
- Stack: Unity frontend, Nakama / Go backend

### Mark & Lara: Partners in Justice (2023 — PC · Mac · Linux · iOS · Android · Steam)
- Genre: Cooperative asynchronous detective narrative
- Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Steam
- 8,000+ copies sold
- Led a 5-person team
- Two players share information asynchronously to solve cases neither can crack alone

### Escada Fairy Love (2023 — Roblox)
- Genre: Branded Roblox social world
- Client: Escada (fragrance launch — Fairy Love)
- 10,000+ concurrent viewers inside the Roblox world at peak
- Funfair environment with live streamer events and a custom claw-machine mini-game that converted in-world engagement into trackable offline purchases (discount coupons for real purchase)

### Tony Epic Run (2023 — iOS · Android)
- Genre: Mobile endless runner (free-to-play)
- Platform: iOS and Android
- 50,000+ downloads at launch, fully organic from the existing audience
- Built for a children's content creator with 4M+ YouTube subscribers
- Turned passive YouTube viewers into daily active players

## Studio identity

- **Founder:** Federico Gallucci
- **Model:** Purely original games — no external clients, no services
- **Audience:** B2C players (competitive strategy, roguelike, 25–35 demographic) and B2B partners (investors, publishers)
- **Process:** Market research before any line of code. Genre sizing, platform fit, competitive gap analysis. Every title ships within a 3–6 month window.
- **Platforms mastered:** Web, iOS, Android, PC (Steam), Mac, Linux, Roblox

## What we build (pillars)

- **Deep Games**: Games built around meaningful choices, complex systems, and mastery-rewarding experiences
- **Connected Worlds**: Multiplayer, cooperation, competition, and evolving live-service experiences
- **Play Anywhere**: Cross-platform experiences from mobile to desktop to web

## Contact

- Email: info.deepmonolith@gmail.com
- Website: https://deepmonolith.com