Canadian indie developer Brace Yourself Games – perhaps best known in the Nintendo community for its rhythm-based hit Cadence of Hyrule – has cut the size of its workforce.
Brace Yourself Games shared the following statement with PC gamer, confirming “an incredibly difficult decision”. In addition, it was mentioned that severance p ay and support services will be provided to help those affected.
“Yesterday, senior management at Brace Yourself Games made the incredibly difficult decision to lay off some of the company’s staff. This decision was not made lightly, as we deeply value our talented and dedicated employees.
“As part of our commitment to our employees, we are providing severance and support services to help those affected by this decision. We are also working to address the impact on our remaining team members and to ensure we continue to meet the needs of our players.”
Despite the cancellations – work on the new Rift of the NecroDancer game and Crypt of the NecroDancer: Synchrony DLC along with certain other projects will continue, but some other “unannounced” games have reportedly been “shelved”.
As pointed out on the website Game developerformer senior producer of Brace Yourself Games Crystal Savin mentions that roughly half of the developer workforce has been laid off:
“(It is) with a very heavy heart that I announce that I have recently been affected by a 50% reduction in the workforce at my studio after only 4 months with the company.”
The Brace Yourself Games LinkedIn Page reveals 43 people working at the Vancouver studio, which means there could potentially be just over 20 people left now based on the information above. Other employees also posted theirs going to recent times.