I fucking love these sorts of posts. Some person I've never heard of leaves company, hype for next game not announced or due anytime soon DEAD!
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Michael Knowland (Lead Character Artist) leaves Naughty Dog
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I fucking love these sorts of posts. Some person I've never heard of leaves company, hype for next game not announced or due anytime soon DEAD!
1. Create what was regarded as the pinnacle of AAA gaming.
2. Fire half the studio.
3. Scream Druckmann!
4. ????
5. Profit!
Seriously though, that's weird after such a streak of big hits, the studio has never been more popular and suddenly lots of important developers are leaving.
2. Fire half the studio.
3. Scream Druckmann!
4. ????
5. Profit!
Seriously though, that's weird after such a streak of big hits, the studio has never been more popular and suddenly lots of important developers are leaving.
Wow, serious over-reaction.
Here's some of his work
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?1027594&p=1027594&viewfull=1#post1027594
Can't unsee Post-It hair.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
ITT: We learn which people haven't got the slightest clue how an actual studio functions.
For christs sake there are h-u-n-d-r-e-d-s of people working at major studios at any given time, with people constantly leaving and joining. Do you have any clue how many key people left during the Crash days? Jak days? Even after Uncharted?
There are also these things called contracts. See, sometimes they run out. Sometimes these key guys actually specify they only want to work there for a certain amount of time, because most likely they're in the middle of striking up their next work period with another studio. Sometimes this happens in batches. Sometimes friends jump from studio to studio. Sometimes people leave for creative differences.
Seriously these threads always play out the same way. If only some of you had a clue how many key players have come and gone from your favorite studios.
For christs sake there are h-u-n-d-r-e-d-s of people working at major studios at any given time, with people constantly leaving and joining. Do you have any clue how many key people left during the Crash days? Jak days? Even after Uncharted?
There are also these things called contracts. See, sometimes they run out. Sometimes these key guys actually specify they only want to work there for a certain amount of time, because most likely they're in the middle of striking up their next work period with another studio. Sometimes this happens in batches. Sometimes friends jump from studio to studio. Sometimes people leave for creative differences.
Seriously these threads always play out the same way. If only some of you had a clue how many key players have come and gone from your favorite studios.
Holy tap dancing fuck, people can't seriously be this ignorant.
Sony loves devs so much, they are giving them permanent vacations.
travisbickle
Member
So that's why they're called "naughty gods"! They made TLOU and uncharted with 10 people!
Dragon1893
Member
Every one of these threads is more embarrassing than the last.
Did you miss the "seriously though"? It's as if some of you can't take a
shitty
hydrophilic attack
Member
Looks like Druckmann wants to be
The Last of Them
The Last of Them
boredandlazy
Member
Lead of God of War? I thought David Jaffe left years ago? Cory Barlog is still there too. Or do you mean the project lead for one of the six god of war games?
Lead of Infamous SS? The gameplay designer left, not the project lead.
Lead of Last Guardian? He's still at Sony on a contract basis.
Living up to that tag though.
funkystudent
Member
SCE lost a lot of big names late in the PS2, early in the PS3 as well.
It wasn't all centred on one studio like this is though.
It wasn't all centred on one studio like this is though.
better start looking for another job, YOU'RE NEXT!
The leaps of logic and rampant speculation on the reasonings and internal politics for why these people have left are mind-boggling. I feel like because of Linked-In and Twitter is the only reason we're even aware of the departures, when they've been happening throughout the entire time video games have been a thing. Sheesh.
RamzaIsCool
The Amiga Brotherhood
Yup, it's especially embarrassing because we are supposed to be a hardcore gaming forum. Yet we apparently have no clue how this industry works. :/
iceatcs
Junior Member
Remember you cannot make any joke working in here. In neogaf, what you wrote is what you are.
Acquiescence
Member
Plenty of people out there who would pay to see Druckmann force out a mini Druckmann.
thekiddfran
Member
but they are still doomed right?
SenjutsuSage
Banned
When a studio has as many resources and talent as they do, I doubt there's much of anything to worry about.
LapinAgile
Member
At this point I would rather not take shortcuts. I want floor schematics and seating charts of every major development house worldwide. Every time someone moves their desk, hell every time someone has something new for breakfast I would like to see a thread created so we can speculate as to why. Only then will the pattern emerge and the secrets we all seek be revealed.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
My personal, non-educated feeling is that after the running success of the Uncharted series and the strike now with The Last of Us, so many people are leaving because the company has decided to go in some direction that not everyone is agreeing with.
After you make a game like The Last of Us, you have to wonder where you will go next, and it's a hard decision, and I am guessing whatever answer the company has come to is not one all are on-board or interested in following.
After you make a game like The Last of Us, you have to wonder where you will go next, and it's a hard decision, and I am guessing whatever answer the company has come to is not one all are on-board or interested in following.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
Fuck this. I'm done.
Why would they be doomed? A lot of people have left ND over the years, and it doesn't seem like it has damaged the quality of their games.
Kenshin001
Member
Nate Wells left Naughty Dog about a week ago. There was a thread about it. Don't know, could be just the regular industry turnover but I think something bad went down at ND with Amy Hennig's departure and it had an impact on the atmosphere.
For everyone complaining about the hair/beard. When you are setting up hair to be simulated you will make it into quad strips like this. Each strip will be mapped to a clump of hair that gets simulated and blown around. So don't look at this and think that he is incapable of modeling hair just because you don't know why it looks the way it does.
I know. My post was more about the fact that people have made threads about devs joining ND as well.
A few people not everyone equals to.
CadetMahoney
Member
Leave whilst you're on top the game for better positions elsewhere?
pharmboy044
Member
Are we going to get a thread for every employee that leaves Naughty Dog?
This has become a joke.
This has become a joke.
Interfectum
Member
Step 1: Help release a title that garners tons of GOTY awards and sells a bunch
Step 2: Put that on your resume and become more valuable
Step 3: Move to another job for more money and power
Step 2: Put that on your resume and become more valuable
Step 3: Move to another job for more money and power
Messofanego
Banned
Nightengale
Member
I'm personally fine with these threads, especially if those who leave/join are top-flight talents with either years of experience or proven themselves ( this guy did the Clicker design ), but these threads are also often not constructive, with memes of Druckmann ( still think it's pretty rude ) or instant association with the other sides of the story(Amy/Justin/Todd/UC4, etc) , even though a simple LinkedIn check will show that this guy obviously had nothing to do with Uncharted 4, since he was part of TLoU team, and only joined in 2011 as well.