Time for a new LinkedIn connection, thanks Greg!

Does the team have a dedicated combat designer yet? Would love to connect and chat with them :) Always love learning from my peers

This is why I love combat design, though. It's an almost endless cycle of continual subtle improvements, VFX here, hitstop there, and maybe some camera shake and suddenly "Hey this feels pretty good?"

It's really hard as a solo dev though as you don't have the VFX or animation resources.

I hope we see a shift towards hiring more juniors and supporting the short term investment, but I don't see that happening soon especially given all the layoffs.

Once your studio is in a place to hire juniors please let me know I'd love to apply :)

Thanks again for the response

negative ramifications as, as you said, seniors begin to retire or leave the industry.

In some ways, it feels like we could end up having an entire generation (using this term loosely) of designers that get left behind as there just aren't any roles for them right now and they leave the biz

Don't check here much so apologizes for the delayed response!

I really appreciate your mentality here and I wish more hireups had the same thought process. Unfortunately it seems like many big AAA companies are so profit focused that they neglect the juniors, which will eventually have

How do you feel about the industry right now and specifically how its state will impact juniors in the industry?

It seems like a lot of studios are prioritizing juniors less and less, making it much harder to get into the industry. Curious if you think this will have any ramifications.