Welcome from cohost!
A welcome from folks migrating from cohost.
If you came from cohost, welcome! Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.
I’m CJ. I cofounded Studio Terranova, a design and video game collective in Tokyo, with mabbees. We self-fund the games we make through a mix of client work and player support.
I’m gonna miss cohost. The scene in tech and game development is growing unsustainably and there was no good place to talk about it in a nuanced, long format way. There’s demand for folks to do more stand out in an oversaturated market. Platforms and publishers ask for more money and more IP buy-in to sell games, and more revenue for investors.
This “growth” is enabled by laying off workers en masse, low-paying and toxic working environments, and burn out.
We reject this growth mindset. We think we can do better with less growth and more solidarity. So we started Studio Terranova. We aim to grow sustainably, to give our workers decision-making power and revenue, and to give back to our community.
This newsletter will be regular updates on the work we do as a collective, such as game releases, special streams, and more.
And before cohost closes down, we have one last present for you… four new 00’s inspired tracks by mabbees in our new addition to our series Tomodachi 8in1.
We know it’s not the same, but we hope you enjoy visiting our new homes on the web.
Your friendly neighborhood devs,
CJ & mabbees