[vvanders]

It's all in the culture.

I did similar after a long drawn out crunch. Decided I was going home at 10pm rather than 11-12(after being in at 8am each day for the last 6 months).

I was branded as 'not a team player' the whole team basically resented me for 'not pulling my weight'.

In summary, fuck that industry.

The real solution is unionization or fresh blood but I don't think it'll happen in the next 5-10 years. Both titles I worked on previously I'm almost dead certain the constant crunch lead to a sub-par game and subsequent poor releases. Until that industry learns that crunch isn't the solution nothing is going to change.

[fwip]

The video game industry already gets fresh blood constantly - then burns them out in three years.