Tatsumeeko
Eight playtests in three years, then the studio started over
A free-to-play fantasy MMORPG-lite, later titled Lumina Fates, meant to be playable inside Discord as well as on mobile and web, from the Singapore team behind the Discord bot Tatsu.gg.
- Capital raised (announced)
Recorded announced backing; this is separate from cash received, customer deposits and money recovered.
- Playtests before development stopped
The studio's own count in its closure announcement, repeated by three outlets.
Funding
| Round | Date | Announced | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed round | 2022 |
Announced is what was said at the time. Cash actually received is rarely disclosed and is not assumed to match.
People
| Name | Role | Period | Now | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lim | — | Unknown | — |
Promises vs reality
Commitment
No release date was ever confirmed. Development stopped in May 2025 after eight playtests, and the game was never released.
A missed promise is a missed promise. It is not evidence of fraud, and this page does not treat it as any.
Timeline
November 2021
10,000 genesis NFTs, the game's first collection, released seven months before the seed round.
9 June 2022
The 15-person team rebranded for a move to a Web3 game model.
September 2024
19 May 2025
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📜 Embracing What's Next For Tatsu Today, we’d like to share a difficult decision. The Tatsu team has discontinued the development of Tatsumeeko. However, we’re still here. With sharper focus and hard-won lessons, we’re working on Project: Wander, a new experience designed to transform your Discord servers into a dynamic, cozy, fantasy-based lifesim.
How it ended
Pivoted away
Tatsu Works announced on 19 May 2025 that it had discontinued development of Tatsumeeko: Lumina Fates after eight playtests, saying the game had not met its sustainability goals or quality standards and that its growing scope had pulled it away from the studio's original ideals. The studio said it would build a smaller game, Project: Wander, inside Discord servers, and that its existing NFT passes and land parcels would gain utility there.
What happened next
- Aftermath19 May 2025
Announced with the closure as a fantasy life-sim running inside Discord servers, built on shorter release cycles. The studio said Meekolony Passes and Aethereal Parcels would carry utility into it. Whether that game has shipped is not established by any source fetched here.
Still alive
Open spot
Tatsumeeko is gone. Is your RPG still running?
Spotlight your project here.
Sources
8 sources behind this page.
- 1Blast Royale and Tatsumeeko: Lumina Fates closing down · BlockchainGamer.biz (Steel Media) · May 2025
- 2Tatsu Closes Lumina Fates, Returns to Community-Driven Games · ChainPlay
- 3Tatsumeeko: Lumina Fates Shutting Down · GAM3S.GG
- 4Tatsumeeko Raises $7.5M in Seed Round to Create Fantasy Cross-Platform Game That Elevates Social Engagement · GlobeNewswire (press release issued by Tatsumeeko) · Jun 2022
- 5Web3 Game Tatsumeeko Ends Development Amid Industry-Wide Shutdowns · PlayToEarn · May 2025
- 6Tatsumeeko raises $7.5 million in seed round ahead of transition to web3 model · The Block · Jun 2022
- 7Posts by @Tatsu_Verse, 18-22 May 2025 · twitterapi.io · May 2025
- 8X account profile: @Tatsu_Verse · twitterapi.io
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