Wishing the best to all of those affected by the layoffs
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Playful Studios (Lucky's Tale developer) significantly reducing their full-time staff, effective today.
- Thread starter FelipeMGM
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Wishing the best to all of those affected by the layoffs
I wish the best for all those who were laid off.
I played Lucky's Tale on Xbox when it release, it was pretty meh. Apparently the Switch version was way better? At least that's what I heard. I'll give it a shot if it goes on sale.
I played Lucky's Tale on Xbox when it release, it was pretty meh. Apparently the Switch version was way better? At least that's what I heard. I'll give it a shot if it goes on sale.
Indie game dev is tough especially when it's hard to gain traction on making hit games that resonate with people. Untitled Goose Game and Enter The Gungeon being prime examples. It sounds like New Super Lucky's Tale didn't sell as well as they'd hope among other factors.
I'm saddened by the news and hope the laid-off talent lands on their feet. As for Playful Studios, here's hoping they stick around somehow.
I'm saddened by the news and hope the laid-off talent lands on their feet. As for Playful Studios, here's hoping they stick around somehow.
A shame. I feel like there aren't a lot of developers that make decently sized 3D platformers for younger ages.. oh well. Hope they'll be able to continue working on those kind of games.
I wouldn't call it desperate. They made a lot of changes and it reviewed much better than the Xbox version. I just finished it a couple weeks ago and thought it was great.
I wish the best to those affected!
But you are missing the point...it had nothing to do with the quality of the game. The marketing and even the title of the game (NEW Super Lucky Tale) was very questionable and reeked of trying to get Switch owners to believe this was something other than a two year old game with improvements.
This is the type of situation where id love to see Microsoft, Sony, Google, or Nintendo to step in.
Sad news. I guess this explains the return of that one creative director to Retro. He must have seen the writing on the wall.
Hopefully everyone lands on their feet.
Hopefully everyone lands on their feet.
I didn't miss your point. I disagreed with it. There were some major improvements. I don't think they were trying to trick anyone.
The title of the game wasn't questionable. It was a new version Super Lucky's Tale. They marketed it as such, and the people who played both seem to agree that the differences are significant. I don't think they were trying to mislead anyone with it.
Either way, that's a shame, hopefully they're able to bounce back from this. I also hope "working with those affected" is more than PR speak.
This a weird take. They didn't step in to help Alpha Dream, someone they worked with for years... These companies don't seem particularly close. Not sure why they would be obligated to help them...
Sad news. Super Lucky's Tale wasn't exactly mindblowing but it was a charming platformer with quite fun gameplay, that mixed 3D stages with sidescrollers nicely (a bit like an expanded Crash Bandicoot game). With more visibility they would have done well.
They even put out a before-after video, not something you'd do if you were trying to mislead people.
I agree, plus I also think the whole controversy about Oculus and Luckey didn't do them any favors, even if Palmer's got nothing to do with SLT at all (?), Regarding perception of the first game. This might just be a personal feeling though.
So was Monolith Soft in Japan. Never should've bought them since Nintendo is in Japan already.
Building costs and how the studios are used are pretty damn different in two different countries. Hell, Monolith Soft is expanding to multiple buildings because of lack of space; I highly doubt they can just move 100+ people into the Nintendo Kyoto building willy nilly. Space is a lot less of a premium in places like Texas
That's a shame. I really wanted to try Super Lucky's Tale and i had the impression that they had big plans for it, including releasing it on other platforms (which was hinted at by the developer). I wouldn't have hesitated to buy if it came to PS4 but i guess that will not happen now...
They aren't closing up shop. If anything, ports are more likely now, as such a project would be more manageable for a small team.
Really a shame to hear this and hopefully those laid off find work soon.
I think they made a huge mistake releasing the game as an Xbox One timed exclusive as it has a limited audience for this kind of game and when it did come out on switch, which is a perfect fit, it came with the baggage of mediocre reviews and being a flop for Microsofts system.
I think they made a huge mistake releasing the game as an Xbox One timed exclusive as it has a limited audience for this kind of game and when it did come out on switch, which is a perfect fit, it came with the baggage of mediocre reviews and being a flop for Microsofts system.
Like DQXI, I think they made a mistake of makign the deifnitive version of the game not only an inferior hardware, but on a totally different console without any chance of upgrading to the customers of the original versions.
Not at all rewarding for the people who supprted the devs in the first place.
Not at all rewarding for the people who supprted the devs in the first place.
unlike DQ11, however, is there even enough of an audience for that to matter? Xbox isn't home to platformer fans and hasn't made inroads in decades. this situation wouldn't change if SLT was on Xbox. hell, it might not change if it was on PS4 or PC (less so PC)
I thought they were in some sort of deal with Microsoft given how hard MS was pushing Lucky during the Xbox One X E3, guess not. Wishing them the best
given they made SLT for switch only, that pretty much answers the question
I played the first on Oculus years ago and thought it was alright. I figured these games released on consoles were VR games but without the VR. Kind of like playing Astro Bot without VR. Not fun.
I wonder if we'll get confirmation on the status of Star Child. With the unfortunate reduction in staff, they're going to have to focus their priorities and it may not be on a game that seems like it might have hit some major snags in development.