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Crunch sucks. At least, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:that's what most game devs say about working 100-hour weeks without time to sleep or see friends and family. Crunch culture is the leading cause of burnout among developers in the industry, and it's a big reason why certain games turn out to🔯 be technical disasters dꦛespite all🌊 the hard work that goes into making them.
But at Relic𝔍 Entertainment, crunch is a thing of t💃he past. According to game director Quinn Duffy (who was speaking to German gamer site ), Relic has had to crunch in years.
"Fortunately, that's not an issue at Relic," replied Duffy when asked if Relic was preparing to Crunch in order to get 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Age of Empires 4 out by this fall. "I don't even remember when we last had crunch. If I remember correctly, Company of Heroes 2 had a couple of🌠 weeks of overtime."
Duffy explained that many of Relic's long-time employees have families and that mai🦂ntaining a work-life balance 💟is extremely important to the company.
On top of that, Duffy acknowledged that working harder doesn't necessarily mean working well. "In creative professions, it is extremely important to have a clear head. But you don't havඣe [crunch] with burnout.ꦗ"
AoE 4 narrative lead Philippe Boulle added that crunching might be good in the short term, but it's terrible for the long-term health of𓄧 a developer.
"Relic is a good example of a studio that has learned from its mistakes. As with many studios that started in the late 90s, there were sections with crunch," explained Boulle. "At some point, the members of the management team said: That must not be the case if we want to build up a functioning studio over the long term. You can th🅘en throw a product on the market in good time, but a large part of the workforce quits immediately afterwards."
Many of Relic's employees have been with the company since the beginning, and these veteran developers are still putting out their best work when it comes to Age of Empires 4. You can get a preview of what's to come thanks to a recent fan appreciation video that also 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:might have come with a few spoilers for the upcoming RTS game.
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