{"id":153759,"date":"2020-12-27T13:31:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T13:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/psychonauts-2-development-final-stretch-no-crunch\/"},"modified":"2020-12-27T13:31:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T13:31:18","slug":"psychonauts-2-development-in-final-stretch-will-not-crunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/12\/27\/psychonauts-2-development-in-final-stretch-will-not-crunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychonauts 2 Development in Final Stretch, Will Not Crunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><meta name= \\\"keywords \\\" content= \\\"\u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f, \u6559\u80b2, IT \u96fb\u8166\u73ed,\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u73ed\uff0c \u5bb6\u6559\uff0c \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b\uff0c \u8cc7\u8a0a\u6280\u8853\uff0c \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8a2d\u8a08\uff0c \u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c \u904a\u6232\uff0c \u860b\u679c\uff0c \u96fb\u5f71\uff0c \u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c\u7de8\u78bc\uff0c Java\uff0c C\/C++\uff0c JavaScript\uff0c PHP\uff0c HTML\uff0c CSS\uff0c MySQL\uff0c mobile\uff0c Android\uff0c \u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c Python\uff0c teacher\uff0c \u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 \u8cc7\u8a0a, \u7535\u5b50\u8ba1\u7b97\u673a, IT ,Game, apple, movie, Computer,student,Java,\u6559\u80b2, ,\u5b66\u751f, \u5b66\u4e60, learn, \u6559\u5b66,  Android, apple,anime, animation, \u4fe1\u606f\u6280\u672f, \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8bbe\u8ba1, \u79fb\u52a8\u7535\u8bdd, \u8cc7\u8a0a\u79d1\u6280,Game, Jeu, Juego,Call Of Duty ,\u4f7f\u547d\u53ec\u559a , \u6e38\u620f, \u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f,, \u591a\u4eba\u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f, \u7f51\u7edc\u6e38\u620f\uff0conline\uff0conline game, \u624b\u673a\u6e38\u620f, mobile \\\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static2.gamerantimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Psychonauts-2-Art.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>While the path to\u00a0<strong><em>Psychonauts<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><em>2<\/em><\/strong> has been long and arduous, it appears that the game will make it to <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/psychonauts-2-delayed\/\">its scheduled 2021 release window<\/a> and also without the baggage of a problem common to the video game industry. In a developer update video from Double Fine Productions, president and CEO Tim Schafer\u00a0revealed\u00a0that the game is in the final stage of development and that it will not involve crunching to complete it.<\/p>\n<p>Schafer, who is the director of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/tag\/psychonauts-2\/\">Psychonauts\u00a0<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/tag\/psychonauts-2\/\"><em>2<\/em><\/a>, stated that this development period was &#8220;the last chance to put anything new in the game,&#8221; notably the addition of a post-game state that allows the player to visit completed levels. This particular feature was added to address fan complaints on the lack of a post-game state in the 2005 original. Schafer stated that he is currently in the process of writing it, complete with a shot in the video of him in the pose of the Lo-Fi Study Girl.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"related-single\"><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/psychonauts-2-teeth-tunnel\/\">Psychonauts 2 Features Spinning Tunnel Made of Teeth<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite the various stakeholders including Microsoft and crowdfunding backers having waited a long time for <em>Psychonauts 2<\/em>, Schafer remains committed to avoiding crunch following his own personal experiences when developing the\u00a0original\u00a0<em>Psychonauts<\/em>. He said of that particular time which involved 12-hour workdays: &#8220;You&#8217;re just so focused on making the game good and getting it done, then you look up and see a sea of dead bodies all around you and you&#8217;re like &#8216;What have I done?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/06rCM04SDUw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;width:1280;height:720;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Like\u00a0virtually every other\u00a0company, Double Fine Productions are working from home due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this setup and <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/xbox-covid-19-us-surgeon-general-comparison\/\">the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine<\/a> now being distributed, it appears that the San Francisco-based developer is maintaining its no-crunch attitude. A tram ride platforming sequence was displayed in the video, with the team talking of removing it in favor of a rail slide section that would be easier to implement.<\/p>\n<p>Crunch remains a problem endemic to the video game industry. The need to satisfy various stakeholders, particularly investors, forces developers to work extremely long hours in order to get their products out to the market by certain deadlines. This results in the quality of life of workers suffering immensely, particularly physically, emotionally, and psychologically. The discussion around crunch has flared up following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/last-of-us-2-game-of-the-year-awards-controversy-geoff-keighley\/\"><em>The Last of Us Part II<\/em> winning big at The Game Awards 2020<\/a> and the tumultuous launch of\u00a0<em>Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>\u00a0with its multiple delays, including one that came after the game went gold.<\/p>\n<p>Both of these games are alleged to have been produced in perpetual crunch conditions, with\u00a0<em>Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>&#8216;s poor technical performance, especially on last-gen consoles, speaking volumes on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/cd-projekt-red-cdpr-cyberpunk-2077-ceo-crunch-comments-adam-kicinski\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">effectiveness of this industry-wide practice<\/a>. While the community has waited since 2015 for\u00a0<em>Psychonauts 2<\/em>, being able to play it once it releases in 2021 should come with the peace of mind that it was not produced through crunching.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Psychonauts 2<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is scheduled to release sometime in 2021 for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"next-single\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/xbox-game-studios-fable-halo-infinite-state-decay-3-the-initiative\/\">What Every Xbox Games Studios Team is Working On<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><figure class= \\\"wp-block-image alignnone \\\"><img src= \\\"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo2-2.png\\\" alt=\\\"IT\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 java\u88dc\u7fd2 \u70ba\u5927\u5bb6\u914d\u5c0d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2,IT freelance, \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b, PHP\u88dc\u7fd2,CSS\u88dc\u7fd2,XML,Java\u88dc\u7fd2,MySQL\u88dc\u7fd2,graphic design\u88dc\u7fd2,\u4e2d\u5c0f\u5b78ICT\u88dc\u7fd2,\u4e00\u5c0d\u4e00\u79c1\u4eba\u88dc\u7fd2\u548cFreelance\u81ea\u7531\u5de5\u4f5c\u914d\u5c0d\u3002\\\"\/><figcaption>\u7acb\u523b\u8a3b\u518a\u53ca\u5831\u540d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\u8ab2\u7a0b\u5427!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/br>Find A Teacher Form:\r\n<\/br>https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1vREBnX5n262umf4wU5U2pyTwvk9O-JrAgblA-wH9GFQ\/viewform?edit_requested=true#responses\r\n<\/br><\/br>Email:\r\n<\/br>public1989two@gmail.com<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>\r\n<a href=www.itsec.hk style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itsec.hk<\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\\\"www.itsec.vip\\\" style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itsec.vip<\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\\\"www.itseceu.uk\\\" style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itseceu.uk<\/a><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In a recent developer update, director Tim Schafer states that Double Fine is finishing up work on Psychonauts 2 and that it will not be crunching.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Psychonauts 2 Development in Final Stretch, Will Not Crunch - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"In a recent developer update, director Tim Schafer states that Double Fine is finishing up work on Psychonauts 2 and that it will not be crunching."},"footnotes":""},"categories":[607],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153760,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153759\/revisions\/153760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}