Star Citizen Developer Cloud Imperium Games Imposes 7-Day Work Week Ahead of Citizencon

Star Citizen has Deadlines? Since when?

I would have said I can't be any more disappointed with this company, wow.

An internal email sent to staff yesterday states that the company needs to “double down over the next 18 days to make sure that once again we create an amazing experience for our community.” This includes finalizing patch 3.24.2 for Star Citizen and having a Squadron 42 demo showcase for Chapter 1.

I'd probably be so inclined to just call in sick every weekend or something. Unless the employees have really been slacking and have no right, I'd not bother with doubling down.

Sounds a lot like my previous jobs where the boss would sometimes tell us to "make a career" for ourselves by working overtime, and ask us to give our absolute 200%, stating how much the clients pay "us" for some big project and how we should really give our absolute best (despite management often briefing us waayyy too late on projects and deadlines), telling us to never have a 9 to 5 mentality, yadda yadda. But never actually bothered to reflect this in our salaries whenever we did put the extra effort in. (And the occasional company pizza slice doesn't count as a reward)

It never mattered how much effort we put into something, it just meant that the next day the next thing would just pop-up and expectation became we kept putting that 200% into every project. Morale often just dropped to absolute zero around the place. Especially when after all that the boss shows up in his brand spanking new car, while telling us we should be happy to have a job, and even telling everyone they're replaceable.

Star Citizen feels like it's exactly this kind of work ethics. Now they gotta put in the extra work to be ready for their next big presentation. But after that it's probably the same song until the next one all over again.

I'm guessing the top management didn't learn that crunch is perceived negatively and doesn't always yield quality results. I'm so glad I never backed this game all those years ago.

The company that sells ships in an unfinished game with IRL money that cost more than a real car is being scum? surprisedPikachu.gif

I'm sure this will do wonders for morale. Are they paying people overtime for these extra days or is it free labor demanded based on unrealistic deadlines? Nope.. just time off.

I would kill myself with no weekend. It’s no way to live. Just work slaves

Sooo 4.0 not this year then? 😂

I lost interest in this game. Will check it out again if they come with a beta before I retire.

Are they just cruel for fun? Do they think that out of all the gaming communities out there this community expects deadlines to be kept? If you opted into SC then you surely don‘t mind waiting, no? Or maybe it‘s got nothing to do with customers and it‘s corporate speak and about fucking investors, Idk.

I guess this is a feeble attempt at showing teeth to investors .

Anyway, lawsuit incoming.

with staff receiving company TOIL (time off in lieu)

I like their self-aware acronym there.

Billy Bragg - There Is Power in a Union

Imagine actually working on this game. What the hell is wrong with these developers?

I've never seen a single game make less progress at a slower speed while also been on sale. Who out there is deluding themselves into believing this will ever be released as a finished product?

There are game studios that have come into existence, had many commercial hits, and shut down in the time it's taken them to fail to make one game.

wow my dyslexia had a field day with that title. I was very curious what "Senior Citizens Develop Could Emporium" meant

I hope they just don't show up on weekends.

The Crobler strikes again!