Indivisible: The development team falls apart due to the conduct of the director

    Indivisible: The development team falls apart due to the conduct of the director

    In the videogame sector, unfortunately, it is not uncommon to see the disruption of development teams due to reasons that make it difficult - if not impossible - to carry on collaborations, even of a certain level and of a certain importance. The news that we report today deals with this sad topic and sees it as the protagonist Lab Zero Games, an independent software house that has produced titles such as Skullgirls e indivisible (game of which you can read our in-depth review). Over the past few weeks, many developers belonging to the studio have announced their resignation following the evolution of the story that sees Mike “MikeZ” Zaimont, the director of the study, be accused of harassment and bullying.



    Zaimont's rethinking from wanting to resign was the cause that led several developers to abandon their work, according to a statement released on Twitter (present at the bottom of the article) by the former creative director of Lab Zero Games, Mariel “Kinuko” Cartwright. Cartwright has in fact stated that the failed resignation of Zaimont are the reason why the company has not issued a statement about it. The perpetuation of the director's intimidating ways have brought to a minimum the resistance threshold of the developers who, frustrated by having to work in an unhealthy environment, have decided to leave the studio en masse.

    Of the same opinion is the former senior animator of the team Jonathan Kim, who said Zaimont used scare and potentially retaliatory tactics to bully his team, also refusing to admit responsibility for his actions. In addition to the statements of the various former collaborators of the studio, other software houses also wanted to have their say on the story. The team of Necrosoft through a statement he stated that relations with Lab Zero Games were interrupted earlier this year following some offensive comments by Zaimont relating to the tragic story that led to the death of George floyd and the spread of anti-racist protests around the world.



    Regardless of how the situation will evolve, it is really sad to have to register the loss of such a capable development team, able to churn out a pearl like Indivisible, due to deeply negative and inhuman attitudes perpetrated by the one who should instead provide guidance and be an encouragement for their collaborators.



    I've resigned from Lab Zero Games. pic.twitter.com/I0dazMz4XB

    - Kinuko (@kinucakes) August 24, 2020

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