Devs should not be “forced to run on a treadmill until their mental or physical health breaks”, says publisher

Manor Lords’ publisher has hit back at claims the game is an “interesting case study in the pitfalls of early access”, stating that assuming games can continue “endless growth” “causes so much trouble in the games industry”.

Responding to a post on LinkedIn from Hinterland CEO Raphael van Lierop, Tim Bender – who heads up publisher Hooded Horse – responded with a lengthy post of their own, suggesting that “if this industry is to find a more sustainable path forward, we need to move away from takes like [this]”.

“This is exactly the kind of distorted endless growth/burden of expectations/line must go up perspective that causes so much trouble in the games industry,” Bender wrote.

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