A lover of checkers, chess and connect four, Marcus Robertson has always been interested in puzzles and games of strategy. As a kid, he thought it would be cool to combine them to create his own game that was just as complex — and would involve being one step ahead of opponents.
Along with the help of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Department of Computer Science, Robertson was able to bring his game Stratagem! to life.
“I picked the name Stratagem because it means ‘to devise a scheme against your opponent to outwit or outsmart them’,” says Robertson. “I had to find a way to get the game from out of my mind and into the world.”
Once the idea for Stratagem! was born, Robertson needed a team to make it a reality. Like many budding entrepreneurs, he was not sure where to start. As a new member of the Chapel Hill entrepreneurial community, he reached out to UNC’s Department of Computer Science to find the right person to develop the game and help bring it to the rest of the world.
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