Statement on Crunch from Take This
Crunch is yet again a hot topic in the gaming news. With the recent stories about crunch development there has been a renewed interest in Take This’ 2016 white paper…
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Glixel Looks at Crunch 14 Years After EA Spouse
Read MoreIt’s been nearly 14 years since Erin Hoffman-John anonymously published the historic EA spouse letter, a blog post that made the world aware of just how toxic game development work…
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Don’t Miss This Breakdown of Today’s Crunch Culture
Read MoreWhile the video game industry has been maintaining the same struggle with crunch — long hours and unhealthy levels of overwork — for at least the last decade and a…
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IGDA’s Latest Report Confirms That Crunch Is Still a Major Issue
Read MoreThe International Game Developers Association (IGDA) just released findings from its 2017 Developer Satisfaction Survey (DSS), which looks at issues, demographics and working conditions for people in the video game…
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Industry Experts Discuss Better Workflows for Avoiding Crunch
Read Morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKOFsyI53Fg Moving away from crunch is a great idea, but producing a game without crunching is certainly easier said than done. Celtx, creators of the GEM Game Editor, got the…
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Let Tanya X Short Teach You How to Make Games and Meet Deadlines Without Burning Out
Read MoreEvery year, indie developers get together to close out GDC by sharing their hard-earned expertise. The talks are always fantastic, and this year is no exception. Ta You can watch…
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How Midnight Hub Is Making a Game Without Crunch
Read MoreCreating games can be an intense job. It’s not uncommon for studios or publishers to expect the people making their games to work sixty, seventy, eighty hour weeks, all without…
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The New York Times Looks at Crunch in the Game Industry
Read MoreTalking about crunch in game development can seem like inside baseball. It’s an issue that game developers are intimately familiar with, but one that doesn’t get talked about outside the…
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Tim Schafer Opens Up About the Costs of Crunch
Read MoreLast week, Resources for Humans sat down with Tim Schafer of Double Fine Games, one of the most recognizable game developers around. Over the course of an almost 30-year career…
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Don’t Miss This Action Plan for Pushing Back Against Crunch Culture
Read MoreTalking about crunch can be frustrating. While many of us agree that it’s a problem, no one’s quite sure about the solution (though we offer some research-backed suggestions in our…