HomeNews
Saltsea Chronicles and Mutazione studio Die Gute Fabrik is closing its doors due to lack of fundingThe team will be looking for new roles from mid-March
The team will be looking for new roles from mid-March
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Die Gute Fabrik
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Die Gute Fabrik
2024 continues its efforts to be the worst year in my memory, as delightful indie development studio Die Gute Fabrik have halted work. The studio, notable for its lovely story-driven games about forging personal connections in strange or difficult worlds - e.g.Mutazioneand the more recentSaltsea Chronicles- was unable to find funding for its new project, after a year of searching, so is shutting up work. All of the staff, including the leadership team, will be looking for new work come mid-march.
The company’s official Xitter accountposted the announcement earlier today. “We halted production on the 19th Feb, and used our remaining runway to give the current team a month of paid time to catch their breaths. We will still try and seek funding to resume production, but wanted to announce this publicly in order that the team can share that they’r2 looking for new roles.” In a linked thread, the account shareda Google Docwith info on the developers now looking for work, if anyone is able to hire them. The account also shared that company leadership will return to founder Nils Deneken, and “will hibernate until it’s possible to secure funding for a next project.”
To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
Thus this feels like a case ofStar Trek TNG’s Peak Performance: “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life.” Die Gute Fabrik seems to be a victim of the current context of the games industry as a whole. So I suppose I can just be angry at the business bastards, then?
Update 27th February 2024:Hannah Nicklin has provided the following comment to RPS via email:
