reidyboy102998;n8153570 said:Found this on Neogaf, which has some pretty interesting news. Give it a read guys!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1353877
blblblblbl;n8170340 said:This probably doesn't require a new topic and is a bit sensationalist but nonetheless makes me worried. CDPR always had problems with engine development (they barely made the streaming working before the launch of TW3).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-cichocki-8a6195130/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasz-jonarski-83667a11/
Cichocki was pretty much the sole guy responsible for rendering in TW3. This would leave the company with no one with this sort of expertise. There is of course the possibility that they might still work as contractors (the EU grants?). I just sincerely hope that it's not the case of CDPR being a shitty employer again since they have a history of that. Proprietary engine development for such enormous games is an insane undertaking and problems in this regard can sink entire projects.
Sneky;n8171320 said:I did some research right now, and u are wrong that he was "solo" responsible for rendering.
Their Principal/Lead Graphics Programmer for Cyberpunk 2077 right now is Marcin Gollent since august 2016, so they already filled this position many many months ago. He left CDPR after Witcher 3 release for 9 months and they hired him in august again. Probably they were already aware that Cichocki will leave or something. Besides him there is two other Graphics Programmers working on Cyberpunk 2077. Marcin Gollent was working on RED Engine, rendering since the start for both Witcher 2 and Witcher 3.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcin-gollent-a75ba15/
They dont have open position for Engine Technical Director on their site, so probably he did his work and leave, and they dont need to fill his position again because reasons.
Stop panicking because there is absolutely 0 reason to panick. And they are working on Cyberpunk engine since 2012/2013 so it is not like they started after Witcher 3.
CDPR shitty employer again? Compared to whom ? And ur source is what? Glassdoor, ass or other internet anonymous sources? Even on Glassdoor they have pretty positive reviews and 3.9/5.0. And Glassdoor is shit site if u are looking for company reviews, without any internal verification and often employers who where kicked or something and they can anonymously get revenge.
People change jobs all the time in gaming industry from all over the world, nothing new.
blblblblbl;n8171590 said:I don't think there's a reason to panic but I doubt that would be a good situation. The "solo" part was taken straight from his profile where he describes his work in the "projects" tab. My point is that according to Linkedin they don't have enough senior staff in this department compared to other companies even with smaller projects than this. Principal does not mean Lead, Gollent is surely a fantastic programmer but he seems very specialized. Creating a rendering architecture from the ground up is a massive task and requires years of experience. The proper engine work for CP started in 2015, the new APIs require a lot of effort so surely most of the low-level stuff must have been rewritten.
I don't claim that CDPR is a shitty employer, I claim that at a point in time in some aspects they definitely were. There have so many "former employees" that they're basically a start-up incubator for the Polish gamedev scene. I don't want them to become the second Bioware (so much employee rotation that bareely nothing of the past is left) or Bethesda (seen Fallout 4 engine lately?) and that's why I'm worried. Hope they're worried too. Glassdoor means nothing, it doesn't provide the big picture.
metalmaniac21;n8174170 said:https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comme...the_witcher_3/
"I believe, that in case of Cyberpunk, CD Projekt can fight not only for prestigious awards and accolades, but also for a huge commercial success. It's hard to achieve both of those in our industry, but it's perfectly doable, as shown by Rockstar and, in the past, Blizzard."
Implying Rockstar's games are literal perfection.
no. no Cyberpunk at E3 this year.Tarathelion;n8266730 said:Official confirmation, - no CD projekt at E3 this year
Tarathelion;n8266730 said:Official confirmation, - no CD projekt at E3 this year
"The work on Cyberpunk is advanced, about 300 people are working on this project, probably there will be about 400 people in the final phase. The testers are already working. We have a lot of ambition, so we still need time." - Adam Kiciński, President of CD Projekt.
Sneky;n8266980 said:The testers are already working