Ukrainian developer Frogwares is fighting to complete its game in a city under siege.
Due to Russian attacks on power infrastructure, the Ukrainian government has had to institute scheduled blackouts. The developers are forced to work where and when they can get electricity—some shifting ad hoc between remote working and the office based on where the power is, some working evenings and even nights when there's less strain on the grid.
"There's still a lot of work ahead of us: finalising the game, fixing the bugs, and preparing the releases on multiple platforms," says another developer."All complicated things that are made extra difficult by this whole situation."It's surreal watching shots of the team hard at work in the office interspersed with footage of the war: destroyed buildings, minefields, and explosions.
"I have to be honest, we are all exhausted," says the first developer, still sitting in darkness."This war started 8 years ago with the annexation of Crimea and the Donbas. We then had two years of severe Covid restrictions, and now an all-out invasion in 2022. I think a lot of us can no longer even remember what normal feels like.
Even if the game's not on your radar, the video is well worth a watch. It's a real window into the remarkable endurance and persistence of ordinary people in an extraordinary situation, and it's clear that, to Frogwares, the project has come to mean far more than just another detective game.Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.
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