LBC Studios announces new rhythm game based on Bob Marley
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The developer of popular cannabis management game Hempire have announced their new project. The studio is working on a rhythm game that puts you in the role of a band manager for Bob Marley as he travels the world on tour. I had an opportunity to sit down with Solon Bucholtz, CEO and co-founder of LBC Studios, to talk about their new game, the power of music, and changing the world for the better.
The following is an edited transcript of our discussion.
GamesBeat: What got you folks interested in making a rhythm game specifically for Bob Marley?
Solon Bucholtz: You know what? It kind of came the other way around. Our success in mobile gaming was driven by building Hempire, which is one of the world’s most popular cannabis games. As the studio grew and we started planning out what our future looked like we started opening the doors to what the possibilities of the next game could be for us.
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We didn’t pursue Bob (Marley). We had a lot of IPs and people that had come to the table with interesting ideas that they wanted us to potentially develop, but nothing really resonated or landed in the way that we felt when we built Hempire. Hempire was a passion project to kind of destigmatize cannabis culture and bring something authentic to the mobile gaming space.
When the opportunity came to us to potentially build a game for Marley, we didn’t know what that game was going to be. And truth be told it’s changed
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