KO_OP operates as a cooperative, a bit like the French SCOPs. A rare entrepreneurial model, certainly, but which can work very well, as evidenced by the success of Motion Twin in our hexagon. In the spirit of their corporate structure, KO_OP wishes to delay the release of Goodbye Volcano High so as not to give in to the vices of crunch, as the official statement published on Twitter tells us: “with our current workload, we would never have been able to meet the deadlines without significantly reducing the scale and quality of our game. […] Our team would have had to work nights, weekends and early mornings, which could cause burnouts.“
An important update on Goodbye Volcano High’s release date: we’ve made the decision to move launch to August 29, 2023.
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— KO_OP ? GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH ☄️ ➡️ COMING AUG.29 (@KOOPMode) May 11, 2023
No hurry
Here, patience will therefore be the mother of safety. KO_OP also points out that the June release calendar is already jam-packed (Diablo IV and Street Fighter 6 to name a few), and that shifting towards the end of the summer holidays allows you to clear the way.
To make us wait, a second narrative demo will soon be published on Steam. In the meantime, the first trial version of Goodbye Volcano High is always available.
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