Subj : League of Geeks announces mass layoffs and halts Jumplight Odysse
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Dec 06 2023 17:45:06

League of Geeks announces mass layoffs and halts Jumplight Odyssey 
development - will distribute 50% of early access profits to employees until 
work resumes

Date:
Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:39:47 +0000

Description:
Over 50% of League of Geeks employees have been made redundant, including the 
entire Jumplight Odyssey team.

FULL STORY
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League of Geeks, the development studio currently working on space strategy 
sim game Jumplight Odyssey and turn-based political strategy game Solium 
Infernum , has announced cuts to over 50% of its workforce. That includes the 
entire Jumplight Odyssey team, putting the early-access games development on 
hold indefinitely. 

The news was announced in a statement posted to Twitter / X by League of 
Geeks co-founders and directors, Trent Kusters, Blake Mizzi, and Ty Carey. 
Rapidly rising operation costs, as well as a weakening AUD, poor early access 
sales, and the unprecedented withdrawal of funding opportunities across the 
industry were blamed for putting the studio in a position where we could no 
longer afford to cover development costs. 

They added: We are devastated to be in this position, and we have done 
everything in our power to avoid it. We are so very sorry. Weve got some 
unfortunate news to share, folks. A thread: pic.twitter.com/hDjlrkKtdV 
December 5, 2023 See more 

Furthermore, in an update posted on the Jumplight Odyssey Steam page, Kusters 
described the process of saying goodbye to many of our closest friends as 
traumatic. He clarified that the team doesnt want this to be the end of the 
game: If investment in the project becomes a reality, and the conditions 
exist where it is financially possible for us to boot this game back up, we 
absolutely will. The grim reality however, is that at least for right now, 
its a very scary time (economically) for indie developers of our size. 

It was also confirmed that in an effort to give back to the team who worked 
on Jumplight Odyssey , for the next 12 months or until development is 
resumed, whichever comes first, half of our profit from every copy sold will 
be distributed to our team (including those whose employment was impacted). 

As for the studios other ongoing project, Solium Infernum , the 
already-announced February 14, 2024 launch date apparently wont be affected 
by the layoffs. The same goes for the ongoing support of League of Geeks 
fairytale board game Armello . 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/league-of-geeks-announces-mass-layoffs-and-ha
lts-jumplight-odyssey-development-will-distribute-50-of-early-access-profits-t
o-employees-until-work-resumes


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