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'Devs are getting ground up as collateral damage': Fallout: New Vegas lead says burnout has replaced crunch as 'the primary hazard of the game industry' (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Endmaker@lemmy.world 110 points 7 months ago (19 children)

Nathaniel Chapman, a designer who has worked at both Blizzard and Obsidian, also added: "The slow grind on something you do not believe in is 10x as soul crushing as crunching for something you care about."

I felt that

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 38 points 7 months ago (16 children)

Hey this is me working at Unity! The never ending churn building a thing that I tell people to not use is terrible. In a few months though I can handle a change or gap in insurance though so I've got a light at the end of the tunnel at least

[–] zib@kbin.social 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As a fellow Unity employee, I feel that right down to my bones. If the job market for software devs didn't suck so hard, I would have left a while ago. Compartmentalization is the only coping mechanism I have to keep myself going.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This isn't at all how they told me being in it together would be lol. Congrats on surviving the mass firings at least, and I hope some good opportunities come your way

[–] zib@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago

Thanks, friend, you too. And remember, best ideas win... unless you happen to know what you're doing.

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