ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Disco Elysium@lemmy.zipEnglish · edit-214 days agoA call for help from Disco Elysium writer Argo Tuulik (Summer Eternal)lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1368arrow-down1imageA call for help from Disco Elysium writer Argo Tuulik (Summer Eternal)lemmy.dbzer0.comArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Disco Elysium@lemmy.zipEnglish · edit-214 days agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
https://bsky.app/profile/mixedmartialarx.bsky.social/post/3ld5iazxpg22i https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-disco-elysium-writer-survive-the-winter
minus-squareWolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·edit-214 days agoI heard something about a rogue employee selling a studio to a wealthy scammer for a dollar (and a massive kickback). Does that describe disco elysium’s situation?
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down1·14 days agoAccording to Kurvitz (game designer and writer of the prequel novel Sacred and Terrible Air) and Rostov (lead artist): Kompus (Zaum Studio CEO) bought a majority share in Zaum Kompus bought four early sketches from Zaum for 1 GBP Kompus sold back those sketches to Zaum for 4.8 million EUR When they began raising questions, Kurvitz and Rostov were demoted and later fired
minus-squareLem Jukes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down1·14 days agoThe story has A LOT more than four bullet points. https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-mysterious-magical-end-of-disco-elysium-was-one-of-the-years-best/ https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/game-development/for-a-while-it-seemed-like-miracles-were-possible-and-with-them-redemption-a-follow-up-to-the-legendary-disco-elysium-might-have-been-ready-to-play-within-the-next-yearzaums-devs-loved-it-management-canceled-it-and-laid-off-the-team/
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-214 days agoOf course there’s a lot more. I specifically condensed the story down to bullet points relevant to the “$1 purchase” mentioned in the parent comment.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoWhere might one procure this prequel novel?
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-214 days agohttps://archive.org/details/sacred-and-terrible-air_en/mode/2up (make sure you donate to the Internet Archive if you end up reading the novel!)
I heard something about a rogue employee selling a studio to a wealthy scammer for a dollar (and a massive kickback). Does that describe disco elysium’s situation?
According to Kurvitz (game designer and writer of the prequel novel Sacred and Terrible Air) and Rostov (lead artist):
The story has A LOT more than four bullet points.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-mysterious-magical-end-of-disco-elysium-was-one-of-the-years-best/
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/game-development/for-a-while-it-seemed-like-miracles-were-possible-and-with-them-redemption-a-follow-up-to-the-legendary-disco-elysium-might-have-been-ready-to-play-within-the-next-yearzaums-devs-loved-it-management-canceled-it-and-laid-off-the-team/
Of course there’s a lot more. I specifically condensed the story down to bullet points relevant to the “$1 purchase” mentioned in the parent comment.
Where might one procure this prequel novel?
https://archive.org/details/sacred-and-terrible-air_en/mode/2up
(make sure you donate to the Internet Archive if you end up reading the novel!)
Thank you very much.