1/12/2023 0 Comments Propnight steamcharts![]() * Perhaps as a result of these revelations, The Day Before has since been replaced at the top of the Most Wishlisted chart by the upcoming kitty adventure, Stray. And I honestly don’t know which is worse. It’s bad enough that Fntastic thinks it’s okay to stick “volunteer” in everyone’s job title in a bid to confuse everyone and cream off free labour from generous fans who want The Day Before to succeed so much, that they’re giving their “unique skills” away to double down on it shows Fntastic either cannot see – or does not care about – how wrong this is. Not only does it harm the people donating their skills, but it also completely undermines those who do those jobs for a living, too. Many, many game studios are stuffed to the rafters with kind, thoughtful, compassionate, brilliant people, but even one shitty outfit like Fntastic is one too many. This kind of thing is why game studios need unions. Whatever it is, I don’t think any of those people – people Fntastic already admits have “unique skills” – can pay their rent or skyrocketing fuel bills with a fucking participation certificate. Maybe it’s just the awful mental image of BJ’s BJ. Maybe its the gradual chipping away of civil rights in the US. Maybe it’s symptomatic of my perpetual rage fuelled by the British government’s determination to villainise unions and strikers – which now include rail workers, barristers, and BT staff for the first time in 35 years – who just want a pay rise. That’s nearly three in ten people are giving their time and expertise to The Day Before for nowt more than “cool rewards, participation certificates, and free codes”. With 40 of its 140ish staff classed as “supporters”, that means around 29 per cent of Fntastic’s workforce is unpaid. It’s one thing to offer your players the chance to report bugs and issues through your communities It’s quite another to lean on them to organise your communities, never mind exploit their talents as free QA testers, community managers, and translation staff, too. I hate to break it to you, Fntastic, but this is not the winning statement you think it is. In Propnight, together with these supporters, we found bugs, dealt with cheaters, and even organised our Discord communities.” Most of it had to be redone with the help of our enthusiastic volunteers (supporters). As practice has shown, the result of their work was not so perfect. Last year, we ordered localisation for Propnightfrom a well-known large studio specialising in translations. “In addition to tests, external volunteers (supporters) help localise products into different languages. In an ironic twist on the company’s name, instead it doubled-down. ![]() To its credit, Fntastic didn’t issue a mealy-mouthed apology or tried to back peddle. Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, gamers and game press alike called Fntastic out, seeking clarification. It says that “every Fntastic member is a volunteer”, only they use the word “volunteer” to mean “anyone who works on our games”, paid or otherwise. Checking the website doesn’t help much, either, though. ![]() The non-paid ones are not, but needed for activities “ranging from translating to community moderating” and may offer “unique skills to improve projects or create new special features”.Ĭonfused? Yeah, me too. The paid ones (you know employees) are “limited” in number. Volunteers that are – bear with me here this gets stupidly confusing and confusingly stupid – both paid and unpaid. More volunteers, actually, to complement the ones it was already using. To help The Day Before cross the finish line, Fntastic was looking for volunteers. I repeat: that’s a staggering accomplishment. Other games that include Hollow Knight: Silksong and Starfield. We also discovered that, at the time*, it was Steam‘s most wishlisted game, a staggering achievement that meant more eager fans had put The Day Before on their Steam wishlist – one of the world’s biggest video game marketplaces – than any other game. Last month, we learned that the post-apocalyptic game had slipped from its original release in June 2022 to March 2023.
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