One developer was quoted: “We move on to [work from home] Okay, but it caused a couple of weeks of interruption. How [New Zealand] It has COVID under control, we are already back in the office and working 100 percent. “
Every year ahead of the annual Game Developer Conference, organizers launch a state of the industry survey with responses directly from developers. This year, the GDC physical event in San Francisco, California was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In light of the events, the organizers decided to publish a special survey on how the pandemic impacted the gaming industry.
These surveys are typically intended to assess a variety of industries related to the work of game developers. In previous years, polls reported on general interest in emerging technology like virtual reality, or how many developers have started working on next-generation games before the PS5 and Xbox Series X announcements.
But with much of the industry turned to COVID-19, this year’s survey focused primarily on the pandemic.
Elsewhere in the industry, 34% of respondents revealed that their gaming business declined, while 37% said their business remembers the same thing. 31% of developers even said business increased during the pandemic. Less than 10% of developers surveyed were laid off as a result of the pandemic.
GDC will host a special digital-only event from August 4-6.
Matt TM Kim is a reporter for IGN.
