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Don't get me wrong, I do love games and cyperpunk culture. But is this REALLY HN frontpage worthy?

by jadbox 6y ago

antiterra 6y ago
Absolutely. First it pertains to the persistent problem of projecting release dates and committing to them. More importantly, it adds data points to the story of CD Projekt Red getting press for bragging about no ‘mandatory’ crunch time and subsequently adopting a brutal mandatory crunch at the home stretch.
- nickthegreek 6y ago
  They also told their staff there would be mandatory overtime after promising the community that would not be the case. And now it's being delayed, so does that mean the mandatory overtime just got extended another few weeks as well or did they delay it so that they could cancel the mandatory OT?
  - detaro 6y ago
    Right, they've been in the overtime phase for "finishing the game" since ... january? now?
    - dkersten 6y ago
      If that was true, it would put them over the legal limits for overtime under Polish labour laws (max 8 hours per week, 150 hours per year).
- dkersten 6y ago
  > brutal mandatory crunch It was my understanding that they asked people to work an extra 8 hours per week (the maximum under Polish law, for no more than 150 hours per year) and paid extra for it (again, as required by law). While this is definitely not ideal and crunch is, IMHO, due to project mismanagement, especially after promising they wouldn't, but I wouldn't exactly call this "brutal", especially considering that covid has messed up many people's plans. Now, if non-polish contractors got a worse deal, I don't know...
bart_spoon 6y ago
The delays of Cyberpunk have been one of the most high profile stories regarding developer crunch I can think of in years. The video game itself isn't necessarily HN relevant, but the delay very much is.
pixxel 6y ago
I’ll happily take this type of hacker news over the constant stream of politics.
elorant 6y ago
This is arguably THE most anticipated game of 2020, so yes, it's worth been in first page.

Don't get me wrong, I do love games and cyperpunk culture. But is this REALLY HN frontpage worthy?

by jadbox 6y ago

Don't get me wrong, I do love games and cyperpunk culture. But is this REALLY HN frontpage worthy?

Absolutely. First it pertains to the persistent problem of projecting release dates and committing to them. More importantly, it adds data points to the story of CD Projekt Red getting press for bragging about no ‘mandatory’ crunch time and subsequently adopting a brutal mandatory crunch at the home stretch.

nickthegreek 6y ago
They also told their staff there would be mandatory overtime after promising the community that would not be the case. And now it's being delayed, so does that mean the mandatory overtime just got extended another few weeks as well or did they delay it so that they could cancel the mandatory OT?
- detaro 6y ago
  Right, they've been in the overtime phase for "finishing the game" since ... january? now?
  - dkersten 6y ago
    If that was true, it would put them over the legal limits for overtime under Polish labour laws (max 8 hours per week, 150 hours per year).
dkersten 6y ago
> brutal mandatory crunch It was my understanding that they asked people to work an extra 8 hours per week (the maximum under Polish law, for no more than 150 hours per year) and paid extra for it (again, as required by law). While this is definitely not ideal and crunch is, IMHO, due to project mismanagement, especially after promising they wouldn't, but I wouldn't exactly call this "brutal", especially considering that covid has messed up many people's plans. Now, if non-polish contractors got a worse deal, I don't know...

bart_spoon 6y ago

The delays of Cyberpunk have been one of the most high profile stories regarding developer crunch I can think of in years. The video game itself isn't necessarily HN relevant, but the delay very much is.

pixxel 6y ago

I’ll happily take this type of hacker news over the constant stream of politics.

elorant 6y ago

This is arguably THE most anticipated game of 2020, so yes, it's worth been in first page.