shit like this is why piracy will always be a net positive
Currently, in our bank account, we have £2100 (around $2800). It’s not even enough to pay the rent for one month," explains Joseph Redon, head of the Japanese Game Preservation Society. He’s describing the end of the non-profit organisation he set up in 2011 with the aim of properly safeguarding Japanese gaming history before it is lost forever.
To be fair, game development is one of those professions that should’ve moved to remote-only years ago.
As a gameplay programmer I fully disagree. Just the ability to quickly ask a designer near you for clarifications or to if modifying the design slightly to save on time is worth soo much.
Asking over slack just isn’t the same as it adds more friction, takes longer, and makes it easier for misunderstandings to sneak in.
To be fair though it can be worth sometimes working from home to give you less distractions if you need some full focus time… And other jobs in the industry does gain a lot more from being fully remote…
I don’t understand why can’t they put all the software to different torrent trackers. There are enthusiast seeders who will keep distributing stuff
Probably because it’s not legal and they currently operate legally.
That being said if the project falls apart they may reconsider that stance
Yeah, sometimes you got to do what you got to do.
