Titan Studios.
Founded by Dustin.
A small team—six developers, including him.
Two active titles: Uncharted and Battle Together.
On the surface, the studio was functioning.
A few proprietary servers.
Manageable traffic.
Nothing spectacular—nothing failing either.
Their monthly revenue hovered around ₹60,000, generated almost entirely through advertisements.
This was still an early era—skins, microtransactions, and streaming hadn't yet taken hold. Monetization options were limited.
Most of that income went straight back into the company.
Server costs.
Operational expenses.
And, most importantly—keeping developers from leaving.
Titan Studios wasn't growing.
It was surviving.
Curiosity turned into verification.
Thanks to my skills, accessing internal details took very little effort.
Financial constraints.
Burn rate.
Staff retention risks.
Everything aligned.
An understanding settled in—and with it, a faint smile.
I didn't want to work with this company.
I wanted to own it.
Titan Studios was located in Z City, inside Sky Towers—a modest office space of roughly 100 square feet.
Two rooms.
One served as Dustin's office, doubling as a server room.
The other housed the development team—a cramped space filled with desks, wires, and half-finished ideas.
Small. Fragile.
But not worthless.
I closed my laptop, already seeing possibilities where they saw limitations.
This wasn't a hostile takeover.
Not yet.
It was simply the right time.