11mo ago

Risk of Rain developers join Valve, announced in a twitter post.

x.com /hopoogames/status/1830763152818217461

Today, we have an exciting update: Duncan and Paul, alongside many other talented members at Hopoo Games, will now be working on game development directly at @valvesoftware

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nanoUFO @sh.itjust.works

11mo ago

Today, we have an exciting update: Duncan and Paul, alongside many other talented members at Hopoo Games (Risk of rain and deadbolt), will now be working on game development directly at Valve Software

x.com /hopoogames/status/1830763152818217461

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Excuse the overdramatization, but it feels a lot like Frodo going to the Grey Havens. They did something great and now their reward is to disappear forever and be well taken care of.
So they sold thier game to one publisher, and then left to work for a different dev?
- Pretty much. They said they were done with RoR (the sequel was already ambitious, they don’t want to be stuck with the series forever) and the payout for the IP was probably worth it to keep the studio financially flexible. Joining Valve is a no-brainer imo
  
  Oh yeah you'd be dumb to pass up working there. I totally understand not wanting to work on the same game forever.
  Good for them, imo. I just think it's funny they "played both sides" so to speak.
- Yeah, but it's not GoOd PR unless you reframe "hired by" as "joined"
Fuck, one of the best roguelikes destroyed
I didn’t know Valve still made games 😄.
- Err...
  !deadlock@sopuli.xyz
  
  they would fit into the Deadlock development, imo
- They seem to be getting back into it.
  There was Alyx, at first. But today there's Deadlock, two more rumoured games, and now this?
  
  Dont forget cs2, plus the short (but very fun) Aperture Desk Job)
  
  Half Life VR game for Deckard most likely
- the RoR devs are looking to apply their talents to...VR headsets?
welp, glad I never bought Risk of Rain or Risk of Rain 2 then.
- Why? They are not live service games.
  
  Despite that, I've heard from friends there's been some major changes since the sale... and they're not good.
  Not live service, but an update broke a lot of stuff and people aren't too happy about it.
What in the fuck

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