Leaving CDProjekt RED, a first step in the dark
Ex-CD Projekt RED dev, Ryan Pergent, writes about working on Cyberpunk 2077: "The team I inherit of contains almost all the positions you can find in the studio. Designers, 3D artists, Cinematic Animators, Gameplay Animators, Writers, and Coders. The job is thrilling.
"The most challenging part: the Animators hate the design. I obviously can’t talk about the specificities, as the game hasn’t come out yet, but Animators straight up hate it.
"The most striking example is a meeting where the Lead animator openly expresses his issues with my concept, echoing the opinion of his team. I keep it straight and manage to defend the idea with the promise that I won’t disappoint them.
"And I don’t. I rewrite the design almost entirely and come up with a better version that satisfy everyone, including the Animators. Before that, I had nightmares involving them. For real.
